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The Mier expedition was an unsuccessful military operation launched in November 1842 by a Texian militia against Mexican border settlements; it was related to the Somervell expedition. It included a major battle at Ciudad Mier on December 26 and 27, 1842, which the Mexicans won.
Texan Santa Fe Expedition: Texas Militia Hugh McCleod / George T. Howard 320 POW Failure [48] 1842 Somervell Expedition Texas Militia Alexander Somervell Unknown Inconclusive [49] 1842 Mier Expedition / Battle of Mier: Texas Militia William S. Fisher 30 KIA, 280 POW Loss [50] 1843 Naval Battle of Campeche: Texas Navy: Edwin Ward Moore: 7 KIA ...
In late December 1842, the Mier Expedition was a raid on the Mexican border settlement of Ciudad Mier, which turned into the Batalla de Mier when the Mexican Army arrived. Cameron and the other Texans were taken prisoner, after inflicting a large number of casualties on the other side.
The monument of the fallen men of the Dawson Massacre and the ill-fated Mier Expedition.. On September 18, 1848, the remains of Texans killed in the Dawson Massacre and the Black Bean Episode, which had been retrieved from their original burial sites, were reinterred in a common tomb with a sandstone vault at the location now known as Monument Hill.
John Christopher Columbus Hill (November 15, 1828 – February 16, 1904) was a Texan citizen who, at age 13, accompanied his brother and father on the Mier Expedition.He was captured, adopted by the Mexican president Santa Anna, and eventually became a successful engineer in the United States and Mexico.
Both sides claim victory in Woll's expedition; Beginning of the Somervell expedition; Capture of Monterey (1842) Mexico: United States: Status quo ante bellum. Americans leave the city after hearing war did not break out; Mier Expedition (1842–1843) Mexico Texas: Victory. Texan soldiers were forced to surrender; Texan raids on New Mexico ...
In 1842, he led campaigns against the Texans at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Fort Lipantitlán near San Patricio, Texas, and participated in capturing the Mier Expedition at Ciudad Mier. Later, Canales badgered the U.S. troops stationed between Corpus Christi and Matamoros during the Mexican–American War.
Relieved of duty by Stonewall Jackson because of arguments during Romney Expedition. In command in Southwest Virginia. Then in Mississippi, cut off from Vicksburg at Baker's Creek and escaped capture. Wounded at Ezra Church, Georgia, July 28, 1864. Lovell, Mansfield: Major general rank, nom: October 7, 1861 conf: December 13, 1861 USMA, 1842.