Mier Expedition Diary : : A Texan Prisoner's Account / / Joseph D. McCutchan; ed. by Joseph Milton Nance.

Few episodes in Texas history have excited more popular interest than the Mier Expedition of 1842. Nineteen-year-old Joseph D. McCutchan was among the 300 Texans who, without the cover of the Lone Star flag, launched their own disastrous invasion across the Rio Grande. McCutchan's diary provide...

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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1979
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Biographical Sketch of Joseph D. McCutchan
  • Introductory Chapter
  • Chapter of Preface
  • I. Departure for the Rio Grande
  • II. Capture of Loredo by the Texians
  • Chapter III The Texians reorganize under Col. Wm. S. Fisher
  • Chapter iv The disposition of the men as related to our engagement with the enemy
  • Chapter v The disposition of the wounded Texians made by Ampudia
  • V-a. McCutchan's March to Mexico City
  • VI March of the Main Body of Prisoners towards the City of Mexico
  • VII. An Account of the March of Col. Fisher and His Companions
  • Chapter VIII On the Way Home
  • Chapter IX. List of men comprising the command of Col. Wm. S. Fisher
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index