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Rangers Fight Wichitas near Artesia Wells
Lt. Walter Hudson and a dozen rangers track down a band of roughly sixty Wichitas (Tawakonis) seen near Fort McIntosh,...
Lipan Apaches Attack Merchants
More than fifty Lipan Apaches attack a merchant train en route to Fort Duncan at Chacon Creek in Maverick County. The...
Indians Kill Two near San Patricio
Fifteen Indians attack two Mexicans and two Anglos roughly three miles south of San Patricio. One Mexican and one Anglo die...
San Antonio Man Killed
A party of fifteen Indians attack fourteen Mexicans and Anglos running wild horses just outside San Antonio. The Indians...
Mexican Teamsters Killed
Anglos rob a freight wagon near Helena, killing two Mexican teamsters.
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...
Mule Drivers Killed by Mexican Guerrillas
A team of mule-drivers carrying supplies for Zachary Taylor’s army from Corpus Christi to Port Isabel is attacked by Mexican...
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...
Battle of Resaca de la Palma
Fought within the city limits of present-day Brownsville, the Battle of Resaca de la Palma takes place along a dry river bed...
South Texas Residents Killed
Several Mexicans and “one or two” Americans are reported killed by Comanches south of Corpus Christi.
Ranger Company Rescues Two Mexican Youths
A ranger company led by Col. Jack Hays encounters a party of Lipan Apaches on the Nueces River. Six Indians are killed. Two...
Battle of La Bolsa
Texas Rangers encounter Mexican insurgents led by Juan Cortina on the Rio Grande at La Bolsa Bend, 12 miles southwest of...
Battle of Fort Lancaster
A large combined force of Lipan Apaches, Kickapoos, Mexicans, and rogue Settlers (supposed ex-Confederates)—numbering in the...
Indians Kill Hubbard Creek Settler
Unidentified Indians attack George Hazlewood in the vicinity of Hubbard Creek, near present-day Breckenridge. Hazlewood...
U.S. Cavalry Attack Comanche Camp at Paint Creek
Capt. Adna R. Chaffee leads two detachments of cavalrymen to a Comanche encampment at Paint Creek, thirty miles southwest of...
Expedition Tracks Apaches to Santiago Mountains
A combined force of sixty U.S. soldiers and forty-five Mexican-Americans track Lipan and Mescalero Apaches suspected of...