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John Coffee "Jack" Hays (January 28, 1817 – April 21, 1883) [1] was an American military officer.A captain in the Texas Rangers and a military officer of the Republic of Texas, Hays served in several armed conflicts from 1836 to 1848, including against the Comanche Empire in Texas and during the Mexican–American War.
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The Ranger captain John Coffee Hays began to mobilize the newly reorganized Texas frontier militia companies, recruiting them up to strength to fill the requirements for a mounted regiment. His men were mustered into federal service in June and July 1846 [ 2 ] as the First Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifle Volunteers, a part of Zachary Taylor's ...
John Coffee Hays. At the time of the Texas Revolution there were 30,000 Anglo and Hispanic settlers in Texas and approximately 15,000 Plains Indians.The settlers were armed with single-shot weapons, which the Comanche, in particular, had learned very well to counter.
Frederick Russell Burnham, the celebrated scout, was put in charge of a 250-private security detail hired by John Hays Hammond, a nephew of Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays, who in addition to owning large investments in Mexico was a close friend of Taft from Yale and a U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate in 1908. [23] [24]
As a member of the John Coffee Hays's Rangers, Wallace killed "as many inoffensive Mexicans as he could to avenge his imprisonment after the Mier Expedition". [1] Wallace later participated in the Comanche Wars. In the 1850s, Wallace commanded a ranger company of his own, fighting border bandits as well as Native Americans.
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John Hays may refer to: John Hays (businessman) (1949–2020), British businessman, founder of Hays Travel; John Hays (sheriff) (1770 – after 1822), first known Jewish resident of Illinois, Sheriff of St. Clair County, Illinois; Indian agent; John Coffee Hays (1817–1883), or "Jack" Hays, Texas Ranger, U.S. Army officer, first mayor of ...