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Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780967967

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The Texan Army 1835–46 by Stuart Reid Pdf

The volunteer army that fought the Mexican dictator Santa Anna from 1835 to 1836 was immortalized in the epic battle of the Alamo. Taking arms initially to fight for the restoration of the liberal Mexican constitution of 1824, the volunteers were eventually fighting for outright Texan independence. This book describes and illustrates the group of men who, despite the diversity of their origins, equipment, weaponry and dress, were united in a common cause that reached its culmination in the victory of San Jacinto. The turbulent decade (1836–46) of Texan independence is also covered, and the little-studied army and navy of the Republic of Texas examined.

Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780967363

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The Texan Army 1835–46 by Stuart Reid Pdf

The volunteer army that fought the Mexican dictator Santa Anna from 1835 to 1836 was immortalized in the epic battle of the Alamo. Taking arms initially to fight for the restoration of the liberal Mexican constitution of 1824, the volunteers were eventually fighting for outright Texan independence. This book describes and illustrates the group of men who, despite the diversity of their origins, equipment, weaponry and dress, were united in a common cause that reached its culmination in the victory of San Jacinto. The turbulent decade (1836–46) of Texan independence is also covered, and the little-studied army and navy of the Republic of Texas examined.

Author : Martin Windrow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780962672

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Osprey Men-At-Arms by Martin Windrow Pdf

Osprey Men-at-Arms: A Celebration is a very special volume detailing some of the wonderful artwork that has graced Osprey's renowned Men-at-Arms series over the last forty years. Beautifully presented in luxurious cloth, embossed and foil blocked, with head and tails bands and a ribbon bookmark, the collection contains the most treasured illustrations from the vast archives of this respected series and is a classic, collectable item for all military history enthusiasts.

Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781585445653

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The Secret War for Texas by Stuart Reid Pdf

Could the British have stopped Manifest Destiny in its tracks in 1836? A Scottish doctor named James Grant was the agent who tried to make it happen, and Texas was the stage on which the secret battle was fought. On the eve of the Texas uprising, only two things stood in the way of American ambitions to reach the Pacific Ocean: the British claim to the Oregon country and the vast but sparsely populated Mexican province of Texas. Britain was therefore almost as concerned with the outcome of the Texians’ war as Mexico was. At a crucial point when Texians had to decide whether to seek rights within the Federal Republic of Mexico or to secede and ally with the United States, James Grant led a band of followers toward Mexico, with the intent of forming a state within that nation. His efforts met enduring accusations that he fatally weakened the Alamo by stripping it of men, ammunition, and medical supplies. When Grant was killed on the ill-fated Matamoros expedition, British hopes of blocking the upstart Americans died, too. Yet, despite his important role, Grant remains a shadowy and often sinister figure routinely condemned by historians and frequently dismissed out of hand as merely an unscrupulous land speculator. Drawing heavily on British sources, Reid tells the forgotten story of Dr. James Grant and the twelve-year-long secret war for Texas, from his involvement in the “silly quixotic” Fredonian Rebellion to the bloody battles along the Atascosita Road. The international scope of the story makes this far more than just another tale of the Texas Revolution.

Author : Joseph Luther
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439660362

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The Odyssey of Texas Ranger James Callahan by Joseph Luther Pdf

James Callahan entered Texas armed, a quixotic young man enlisted in the Georgia Battalion for the cause of independence. He barely survived the 1836 Battle of Refugio and the Goliad Massacre. Undaunted by the perils of his adopted home, he remained in the line of fire for the next twenty-one years, fighting to protect Texas settlers from Apaches, Comanches, Seminoles, Kickapoos, outlaws, mavericks and the Mexican army. As a Texas Ranger, he rode with the legendary men of Seguin and San Antonio. In 1855, he commanded the punitive expedition into Mexico that bears his name, a fiasco that has been shrouded by mystery and shadowed by controversy ever since. In this first-ever biography, Joseph Luther traces the tragic course of the wayfarer who crossed so much of the Texas frontier and created so much of its story.

Author : James Donovan
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316202541

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The Blood of Heroes by James Donovan Pdf

On February 23, 1836, a large Mexican army led by dictator Santa Anna reached San Antonio and laid siege to about 175 Texas rebels holed up in the Alamo. The Texans refused to surrender for nearly two weeks until almost 2,000 Mexican troops unleashed a final assault. The defenders fought valiantly-for their lives and for a free and independent Texas-but in the end, they were all slaughtered. Their ultimate sacrifice inspired the rallying cry "Remember the Alamo!" and eventual triumph. Exhaustively researched, and drawing upon fresh primary sources in U.S. and Mexican archives, The Blood of Heros is the definitive account of this epic battle. Populated by larger-than-life characters -- including Davy Crockett, James Bowie, William Barret Travis -- this is a stirring story of audacity, valor, and redemption.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 3088 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216079279

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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 : George Washington Cullum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015013450336

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Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y.: no. 1 to 1000 by George Washington Cullum Pdf

Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781935149521

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Exodus from the Alamo by Phillip Thomas Tucker Pdf

The award-winning historian provides a provocative new analysis of the Battle of the Alamo—including new information on the fate of Davy Crockett. Contrary to legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo during the Texan Revolution died in a merciless predawn attack by Mexican soldiers. With extensive research into recently discovered Mexican accounts, as well as forensic evidence, historian Phillip Tucker sheds new light on the famous battle, contending that the traditional myth is even more off-base than we thought. In a startling revelation, Tucker uncovers that the primary fights took place on the plain outside the fort. While a number of the Alamo’s defenders hung on inside, most died while attempting to escape. Capt. Dickinson, with cannon atop the chapel, fired repeatedly into the throng of enemy cavalry until he was finally cut down. The controversy surrounding Davy Crockett still remains, though the recently authenticated diary of the Mexican Col. José Enrique de la Peña offers evidence that he surrendered. Notoriously, Mexican Pres. Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna burned the bodies of the Texans who had dared stand against him. As this book proves in thorough detail, the funeral pyres were well outside the fort—that is, where the two separate groups of escapees fell on the plain, rather than in the Alamo itself.

Author : Alwyn Barr
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292792098

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Texans in Revolt by Alwyn Barr Pdf

The first comprehensive history and analysis of the Siege of Béxar in early nineteenth-century Texas. While the battles of 1836—the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto—are well-known moments in the Texas Revolution, the battle for Béxar in the fall of 1835 is often overlooked. Yet this lengthy siege, which culminated in a Texan victory in December 1835, set the stage for those famous events and for the later revolutionary careers of Sam Houston, James Bowie, and James W. Fannin. Drawing on extensive research and on-site study around San Antonio, Alwyn Barr completely maps the ebbs and flows of the Béxar campaign for the first time. He studies the composition of the two armies and finds that they were well matched in numbers and fighting experience—revising a common belief that the Texans defeated a force four times larger. He analyzes the tactics of various officers, revealing how ambition and revolutionary politics sometimes influenced the Texas army as much as military strategy. And he sheds new light on the roles of the Texan and Mexican commanders, Stephen F. Austin and Martín Perfecto de Cos. As this excellent military history makes clear, to the famous rallying cry “Remember the Alamo!” “Remember Goliad!” should be added: “And don't forget San Antonio!” “Will most likely remain for some time the standard work on this battle. Outstanding scholarship and research are reflected in the book, including on-site study of the locale. . . . This is an important military history, and as such, it should be in all Texana collections.” —Review of Texas Books “This is a significant contribution to the study of Texas history. Texans in Revolt will be the standard work on this campaign.” —Ralph A. Wooster, Associate Vice President and Regents Professor, Lamar University

Author : Philip Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:990362928

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The Alamo and the War of Texan Independence by Philip Haythornthwaite Pdf

Author : Henderson K. Yoakum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1098 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Texas
ISBN : UCD:31175013802296

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History of Texas by Henderson K. Yoakum Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Genealogy
ISBN : WISC:89082501750

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Genealogical Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henderson K. Yoakum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1100 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Texas
ISBN : IOWA:31858050098502

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History of Texas from Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846 by Henderson K. Yoakum Pdf

Author : Stephen L. Hardin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032180435

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Texian Iliad by Stephen L. Hardin Pdf

A military history of the Texas revolution.