Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 527
... Matamoros . To do so they made a deci- sion that could only be satisfying to the President and his generals ; for to obtain troops for the invasion of Mexico at Matamoros , they withdrew all but sixty men from the garrison at the Álamo ...
... Matamoros . To do so they made a deci- sion that could only be satisfying to the President and his generals ; for to obtain troops for the invasion of Mexico at Matamoros , they withdrew all but sixty men from the garrison at the Álamo ...
Page 563
... Matamoros , where General Canalizo with eighteen cannon and fifteen hundred regular troops awaited him . On December twelfth the federalists reached Matamoros and laid down their siege . There soon followed two gestures of extreme ...
... Matamoros , where General Canalizo with eighteen cannon and fifteen hundred regular troops awaited him . On December twelfth the federalists reached Matamoros and laid down their siege . There soon followed two gestures of extreme ...
Page 838
... Matamoros . No French troops threatened Matamoros during the Union occupation of Brownsville . The occupation interrupted the cotton trade out of Brownsville . Cotton was now hauled overland from San Antonio warehouses to Eagle Pass far ...
... Matamoros . No French troops threatened Matamoros during the Union occupation of Brownsville . The occupation interrupted the cotton trade out of Brownsville . Cotton was now hauled overland from San Antonio warehouses to Eagle Pass far ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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