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Soldiers Kill Three Comanches near Zapata
Lt. John Gibbon orders Cpl. Stanger and ten U.S. troops to track and attack a band of Comanches suspected of raiding....
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...
Waxahachie Enslaved Man Hanged
Settler vigilantes from Waxahachie hang an enslaved man at Red Oak Creek, accusing the man of conspiring to murder whites in...
Three Waxahachie Enslaved Men Hanged
White vigilantes hang three enslaved men, Sam Smith, Cato, and Patrick, in Waxahachie, having accused them of conspiring to...
Henderson Enslaved Woman and Her Owner Hanged
Vigilantes hang a enslaved woman and her white owner, Green Herndon, having accused them of committing arson and dealing in...
Vigilantes Hang an Enslaved Person in Georgetown
Settler vigilantes hang an enslaved person in Georgetown, having suspected the individual of burning down a stable and...
Vigilantes Hang Athens Enslaved Man
Settler vigilantes hang an enslaved man at Science Hill in Athens, having accused the man of being in possession of...
Battle of the Nueces
Confederate troops attack a group of 60 German Unionists traveling to Mexico on the West Nueces River, about fifteen miles...
Settler Vigilantes Kill Seven Mexicans in Boerne
Settler vigilantes “indiscriminately” hang seven Mexicans in Boerne, suspecting them of involvement in a murder.
Comanches Kill Two Settlers in Tom Green County
Indians, possibly Comanches, kill Jim Cummings and another man, Compton, at Spring Creek in Tom Green County.
Two African Americans Killed in Bosque County
Sol Nicholson and James Gathings kill two African American men near Clifton. They are not prosecuted.
African-American Lynched in Walker County
Four Anglo men flog and then kill a black man named Samuel Jenkins in Walker County.