Thornton's Luck: How America Almost Lost the Mexic

Category: History: U.S.: 19th Century

Publishing Information: 2014 by Lo2017tar Books

ISBN: 1493025554

Binding: trade pap

Description: In April 1846, tensions between the U.S. and Mexico along the ì disputed border were high. About half of the U.S. Army, then ì tiny, was camped outside of Matamoros, Mexico, and rumors were ì flying that the much larger and better outfitted Mexican army was ì about to undertake efforts to remove the troops from their ì territory. Captain Seth Brett Thornton led his 2nd mounted ì dragoons on an expedition to try to confirm those rumors and gain ì intelligence about the military's plans. He rode his ì command-which included about thirty percent of the Army's mounted ì troops-straight into an ambush and lost his entire command. His ì ill luck both exposed the position of the Mexican army and ì escalated the events that would become known as the ì Mexican-American War.

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