Texas Rangers In The Mexican American War

Author : William Nelson Fox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467153867

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Texas Rangers in the Mexican-American War by William Nelson Fox Pdf

For the Texas Rangers, the Mexican-American War was an opportunity for vengeance. When the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846, the Texas Rangers were eager to settle scores with their familiar foe and quickly became the eyes and ears of the US army. Commanded by established legends like Samuel H. Walker, Benjamin McCulloch, and John Jack Coffee Hays, Texas Rangers led the American charge at Monterrey and saved General Taylor's army at Buena Vista. However, their depredations on Mexican citizenry were often excessive, and their behavior, along with other volunteers, sparked Mexican resistance. However crucial they were to US victory, it is also indisputable that they earned a reputation for brutality even in a vicious war.. Author William Nelson Fox follows these larger than life figures into stories of heroism and villainy at the heart of the Mexican-American War.

Author : Major Ian B. Lyles
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782899532

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Mixed Blessing: The Role Of The Texas Rangers In The Mexican War, 1846-1848 by Major Ian B. Lyles Pdf

The Texas Rangers assumed many roles during the Mexican War (1846-1848), fighting in both the northern and central theaters. Along with frontier knowledge and combat experience, they also brought prejudices and they earned a reputation for ill-discipline. Thus, the central research question is whether the Texas Rangers contributed to the success of conventional army forces or did they materially hinder Generals Taylor and Scott more than they helped? Analysis begins by discussing the Mexican War, the Texas Rangers, and the concept of Compound Warfare (CW) (conventional and unconventional forces employed simultaneously to gain a synergistic advantage). CW theory is used to evaluate the Rangers’ contributions. Ranger actions in support of Taylor’s first battles and his movement to and conquest of Monterey, followed by the Battle of Buena Vista are described and evaluated. The Rangers’ counter-guerilla operations in both theaters are evaluated next. The conclusion is that the Texas Rangers did contribute positively overall to the success of American commanders throughout the war despite some problems and atrocities. The final chapter also discusses the work’s current relevance and suggests way for today’s commanders to avoid problems when integrating irregular forces from differing cultures into the laws of war.

Author : Doug J. Swanson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101979884

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Cult of Glory by Doug J. Swanson Pdf

“Swanson has done a crucial public service by exposing the barbarous side of the Rangers.” —The New York Times Book Review A twenty-first century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does justice to their heroic moments while also documenting atrocities, brutality, oppression, and corruption The Texas Rangers came to life in 1823, when Texas was still part of Mexico. Nearly 200 years later, the Rangers are still going--one of the most famous of all law enforcement agencies. In Cult of Glory, Doug J. Swanson has written a sweeping account of the Rangers that chronicles their epic, daring escapades while showing how the white and propertied power structures of Texas used them as enforcers, protectors and officially sanctioned killers. Cult of Glory begins with the Rangers' emergence as conquerors of the wild and violent Texas frontier. They fought the fierce Comanches, chased outlaws, and served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. As Texas developed, the Rangers were called upon to catch rustlers, tame oil boomtowns, and patrol the perilous Texas-Mexico border. In the 1930s they began their transformation into a professionally trained police force. Countless movies, television shows, and pulp novels have celebrated the Rangers as Wild West supermen. In many cases, they deserve their plaudits. But often the truth has been obliterated. Swanson demonstrates how the Rangers and their supporters have operated a propaganda machine that turned agency disasters and misdeeds into fables of triumph, transformed murderous rampages--including the killing of scores of Mexican civilians--into valorous feats, and elevated scoundrels to sainthood. Cult of Glory sets the record straight. Beginning with the Texas Indian wars, Cult of Glory embraces the great, majestic arc of Lone Star history. It tells of border battles, range disputes, gunslingers, massacres, slavery, political intrigue, race riots, labor strife, and the dangerous lure of celebrity. And it reveals how legends of the American West--the real and the false--are truly made.

Author : Ian Lyles
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-24
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
ISBN : 1500937053

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Mixed Blessing: the Role of the Texas Rangers in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 by Ian Lyles Pdf

"The Texas Rangers assumed many roles during the Mexican War (1846-1848), fighting in both the northern and central theaters. Along with frontier knowledge and combat experience, they also brought prejudices and they earned a reputation for ill discipline. Thus, the central research question is whether the Texas Rangers contributed to the success of conventional army forces or did they materially hinder Generals Taylor and Scott more than they helped? Analysis begins by discussing the Mexican War, the Texas Rangers, and the concept of Compound Warfare (CW) (conventional and unconventional forces employed simultaneously to gain a synergistic advantage). CW theory is used to evaluate the Rangers contributions. Ranger actions in support of Taylor's first battles and his movement to and conquest of Monterey, followed by the Battle of Buena Vista are described and evaluated. The Rangers counter-guerilla operations in both theaters are evaluated next. The conclusion is that the Texas Rangers did contribute positively overall to the success of American commanders throughout the war despite some problems and atrocities. The final chapter also discusses the works current relevance and suggests way for today's commanders to avoid problems when integrating irregular forces from differing cultures into the laws of war."--Abstract.

Author : Captivating History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 1647486610

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The Texas Rangers by Captivating History Pdf

Before Texas became a state in the United States of America, what would become the first state law enforcement agency would be formed. For about 150 years, this group of law enforcement agents has been viewed as both heroes and villains.

Author : Frederick Wilkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89062194840

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The Highly Irregular Irregulars by Frederick Wilkins Pdf

"He is ununiformed, and undrilled, and performs his active duties thoroughly, but with little regard of order or system. He is an excellent rider and a dead shot. He is a Ranger!

Author : Walter Prescott Webb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : United States
ISBN : OCLC:27228724

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The Texas rangers in the Mexican war by Walter Prescott Webb Pdf

Author : Monica Muñoz Martinez
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674989382

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The Injustice Never Leaves You by Monica Muñoz Martinez Pdf

Winner of the Caughey Western History Prize Winner of the Robert G. Athearn Award Winner of the Lawrence W. Levine Award Winner of the TCU Texas Book Award Winner of the NACCS Tejas Foco Nonfiction Book Award Winner of the María Elena Martínez Prize Frederick Jackson Turner Award Finalist “A page-turner...Haunting...Bravely and convincingly urges us to think differently about Texas’s past.” —Texas Monthly Between 1910 and 1920, self-appointed protectors of the Texas–Mexico border—including members of the famed Texas Rangers—murdered hundreds of ethnic Mexicans living in Texas, many of whom were American citizens. Operating in remote rural areas, officers and vigilantes knew they could hang, shoot, burn, and beat victims to death without scrutiny. A culture of impunity prevailed. The abuses were so pervasive that in 1919 the Texas legislature investigated the charges and uncovered a clear pattern of state crime. Records of the proceedings were soon filed away as the Ranger myth flourished. A groundbreaking work of historical reconstruction, The Injustice Never Leaves You has upended Texas’s sense of its own history. A timely reminder of the dark side of American justice, it is a riveting story of race, power, and prejudice on the border. “It’s an apt moment for this book’s hard lessons...to go mainstream.” —Texas Observer “A reminder that government brutality on the border is nothing new.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

Author : William Nelson Fox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439677827

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Texas Rangers in the Mexican-American War by William Nelson Fox Pdf

For the Texas Rangers, the Mexican-American War was an opportunity for vengeance. When the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846, the Texas Rangers were eager to settle scores with their familiar foe and quickly became the eyes and ears of the US army. Commanded by established legends like Samuel H. Walker, Benjamin McCulloch, and John "Jack" Coffee Hays, Texas Rangers led the American charge at Monterrey and saved General Taylor's army at Buena Vista. However, their depredations on Mexican citizenry were often excessive, and their behavior, along with other volunteers, sparked Mexican resistance. However crucial they were to US victory, it is also indisputable that they earned a reputation for brutality even in a vicious war.. Author William Nelson Fox follows these larger than life figures into stories of heroism and villainy at the heart of the Mexican-American War.

Author : Charles Houston Harris,Louis R. Sadler
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0826334849

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The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution by Charles Houston Harris,Louis R. Sadler Pdf

The authors document the secret role of the Mexican president in the insurgency against Anglos during the Mexican Revolution and the Texas Rangers' role in ending the uprising.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1159 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781851098545

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The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War [3 volumes] by Spencer C. Tucker Pdf

This user-friendly encyclopedia comprises a wide array of accessible yet detailed entries that address the military, social, political, cultural, and economic aspects of the Mexican-American War. The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History provides an in-depth examination of not only the military conflict itself, but also the impact of the war on both nations; and how this conflict was the first waged by Americans on foreign soil and served to establish critical U.S. military, political, and foreign policy precedents. The entries analyze the Mexican-American War from both the American and Mexican perspectives, in equal measure. In addition to discussing the various campaigns, battles, weapons systems, and other aspects of military history, the three-volume work also contextualizes the conflict within its social, cultural, political, and economic milieu, and places the Mexican-American War into its proper historical and historiographical contexts by covering the eras both before and after the war. This information is particularly critical for students of American history because the conflict fomented sectional conflict in the United States, which resulted in the U.S. Civil War.

Author : Karl Jack Bauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017850616

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The Mexican War, 1846-1848 by Karl Jack Bauer Pdf

This volume tells the story of the Mexican-American War, an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. The events that led to war are described with reference to military strengths and weaknesses, and every military campaign and engagement is explained in clear detail and illustrated with good maps. Problems of large numbers of untrained volunteers, discipline and desertion, logistics, diseases and sanitation, relations with Mexican civilians in occupied territory, and Mexican guerrilla operations are all explained, as are the negotiations which led to war's end and the Mexican cession.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
ISBN : NYPL:33433081794814

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The Mexican War and Its Heroes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Samuel C. Reid, Jr.
Publisher : Scholars Book Shelf
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0945726937

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The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; Or, The Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico--1846 by Samuel C. Reid, Jr. Pdf

2005 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint. An important work on the Mexican War, first published in 1847 and detailing the 1846 campaign of the American army, especially at Monterey and Buena Vista. Written by an active member of the Texas Rangers, the book includes a great deal of detail about their organization and lives, leaders and adventures, and the battles in which they were involved. 290 pages. Softcover.

Author : Martha Menchaca
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477324370

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The Mexican American Experience in Texas by Martha Menchaca Pdf

A historical overview of Mexican Americans' social and economic experiences in Texas For hundreds of years, Mexican Americans in Texas have fought against political oppression and exclusion—in courtrooms, in schools, at the ballot box, and beyond. Through a detailed exploration of this long battle for equality, this book illuminates critical moments of both struggle and triumph in the Mexican American experience. Martha Menchaca begins with the Spanish settlement of Texas, exploring how Mexican Americans’ racial heritage limited their incorporation into society after the territory’s annexation. She then illustrates their political struggles in the nineteenth century as they tried to assert their legal rights of citizenship and retain possession of their land, and goes on to explore their fight, in the twentieth century, against educational segregation, jury exclusion, and housing covenants. It was only in 1967, she shows, that the collective pressure placed on the state government by Mexican American and African American activists led to the beginning of desegregation. Menchaca concludes with a look at the crucial roles that Mexican Americans have played in national politics, education, philanthropy, and culture, while acknowledging the important work remaining to be done in the struggle for equality.