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Laredo Skirmish
Erastus “Deaf” Smith skirmishes with Mexican defensores (militia) outside Laredo. Ten Mexicans are killed, ten...
Córdova Revolt
The Córdova revolt is discovered when two of Vicente Córdova’s men kill an Anglo Texan resident of Nacogdoches who is...
Land Speculators Revolt Against Mexican Government
Land speculators Haden and Benjamin Edwards call upon Nacogdoches residents to join them in a revolt against the Mexican...
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...
Vásquez Expedition Captures San Antonio
Several Mexican soldiers under the command of Gen. Rafael Vasquez are killed in a gunpowder explosion during their...
San Patricio Rangers Killed
Mexican troops under Lt. Co. Rámon Valera kill William Cairns and three members of Cairns’ Western Spy Company near San...
Two Mexicans Hanged as Spies
Following the brief occupation of San Antonio by Mexican troops under the command of General Rafael Vasquez, two Mexicans...
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...
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...
Mexican Troops Skirmish with Smugglers
A company of mounted Mexican militia skirmishes with contraband traders led by Trinidad Aldrete near Corpus Christi. Several...
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...
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...