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U.S. Troops Kill Apaches Near Fort Clark
Three days after encountering and attacking Apaches near their post, U.S. troops at Fort Clark (present-day Brackettville)...
U.S. Troops Skirmish with Comanches
U.S. troops from the 8th Infantry skirmish with a number of Comanches at Howard’s Well in present-day Pandale. Four soldiers...
U.S. Cavalry Kill Comanches near Concho River
U.S. Cavalry, dispatched from Fort Mason to scout up the North Fork of the Concho River, encounter a number of Comanches...
U.S. Cavalry Fight Indians at Kickapoo Creek
A U.S. Cavalry unit under the command of one Sgt. Walter McDonald (or McDonnell), led by guide José Policarpi "Polly"...
Devil’s River Skirmish
A company of seventeen men led by Lt. John B. Hood encounter some fifty Comanches near Devil’s River. A fight ensues in...
Texans Skirmish with Laredo Militia
A ranger company of 25 Anglos and Tejanos led by John C. Hays skirmishes with Laredo militia ten miles outside of town. Nine...
Mexican Troops Attack Refugio
Mexican soldiers enter Refugio where, according to reports, they kill “a few” men. A number of residents were also captured...
San Patricio Rangers Killed
Mexican defensores (milita) under Capt. Enrique Villarreal pursues a party of San Patricio rangers led by John Yerby, which...
San Patricio Rangers Killed
Sixteen Texans led by Capt. James Ownsby are surrounded by Mexican dragoons at Santa Rosa, ten miles west of present-day...
San Patricio Rangers Killed
Mexican troops under Lt. Co. Rámon Valera kill William Cairns and three members of Cairns’ Western Spy Company near San...
Mexican Troops Kill San Antonio Residents
One day after Mexican troops under the command of General Adrian Woll seize San Antonio, three Anglo-Texans are killed at...
Battle of Salado Creek
In response to the capture of San Antonio one week earlier, more than 200 Texas volunteers engage Mexican troops under the...
Dawson Fight
In an effort to reinforce Anglo-Texas volunteers engaged in the defense of San Antonio at Salado Creek, a company of fifty-...
Medina River Skirmish
Capt. Jack Hays and fifteen men skirmish with defensores (militia) under the command of former Bexar resident Antonio Perez...
U.S. Army Officer Killed by Mexican Guerrillas
Colonel Truman Cross is captured four miles from Fort Brown (present-day Brownsville) and killed by Mexican guerrillas led...
Five U.S. Troops Killed by Mexican Guerrillas
Lieutenant Theodore Porter and four men are killed by Mexican guerrillas two miles from Fort Brown.
Thornton Affair
Mexican troops attack a squadron of U.S. dragoons commanded by Captain Seth Thornton twenty miles upriver from Taylor’s camp...
Texas Rangers Ambushed
A Texas mounted ranger company commanded by Capt. Samuel Walker is attacked near Port Isabel by Mexican troops. Six rangers...
Siege of Fort Brown
For seven days, Mexican troops under General Pedro Ampudia bombard Fort Brown (the site of present-day Brownsville). Major...
Battle of Palo Alto
The first major engagement of the U.S.-Mexico War, the Battle of Palo Alto is fought five miles north of present-day...