Edward Stratemeyer
For the Liberty of Texas: The History of the Mexican War
Madison & Adams Press, 2018
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ISBN 978-80-268-9894-8
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER I THE HOME ON THE FRONTIER
CHAPTER II THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE DEER
CHAPTER III A QUARREL AND ITS RESULT
CHAPTER IV SOMETHING ABOUT THE INDIANS IN TEXAS
CHAPTER V THE ATTACK ON THE RANCH
CHAPTER VI POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT
CHAPTER VII IN AND OUT OF THE BURNING CABIN
CHAPTER VIII AN UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT
CHAPTER IX BIG FOOT AND THE MISSING PAPERS
CHAPTER X THE SITUATION IN MEXICO
CHAPTER XI THE OPENING OF THE WAR
CHAPTER XII THE MARCH ON SAN ANTONIO
CHAPTER XIII A FIGHT WITH A PUMA
CHAPTER XIV THE BATTLE OF CONCEPCION
CHAPTER XV DAN TURNS THE TABLES
CHAPTER XVI AFTER A MISSING MUSTANG
CHAPTER XVII THE GRASS FIGHT, AND WHAT FOLLOWED
CHAPTER XVIII DAN COMES TO GRIEF
CHAPTER XIX THE CAVE IN THE RAVINE
CHAPTER XXI WHAT HAPPENED TO RALPH
CHAPTER XXII THE ATTACK ON SAN ANTONIO
CHAPTER XXIII THE SURRENDER OF THE CITY
CHAPTER XXIV A MIDNIGHT DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXV MARCH OF SANTA ANNA INTO TEXAS
CHAPTER XXVI WILD TURKEYS AND ANOTHER TRAIL
CHAPTER XXVII THE MEXICAN ARMY AT SAN ANTONIO
CHAPTER XXVIII WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE MISSION
CHAPTER XXIX THE FALL OF THE ALAMO
CHAPTER XXX ESCAPING TO THE RIVER
CHAPTER XXXI SOMETHING ABOUT GENERAL SAM HOUSTON
CHAPTER XXXII IN WHICH THE TEXAN ARMY FALLS BACK
CHAPTER XXXIII THE VICTORY OF SAN JACINTO
CHAPTER XXXIV BACK TO THE RANCH — CONCLUSION
PREFACE
Primarily the struggle of the Texans for freedom did not form a part of our war with Mexico, yet this struggle led up directly to the greater war to follow, and it is probably a fact that, had the people of Texas not at first accomplished their freedom, there would have been no war between the two larger republics.
The history of Texas and her struggle for liberty is unlike that of any other State in our Union, and it will be found to read more like a romance than a detail of facts. Here was a territory, immense in size, that was little better than a wilderness, a territory gradually becoming settled by Americans, Mexicans, Spaniards, French, and pioneers of other nations, a territory which was the home of the bloodthirsty Comanche and other Indians, and which was overrun with deer, buffalo, and the wild mustang, and which was, at times, the gathering ground for the most noted desperadoes of the southwest.
This territory formed, with Coahuila, one of the States of Mexico, but the government was a gov ernment in name only, and the people of Texas felt that it was absolutely necessary that they withdraw from the Mexican Confederation, in order to protect themselves, their property, and their individual rights, for, with the scheming Mexicans on one side of them, and the murderous Indians on the other, nothing was safe from molestation.
The contest was fought largely by men who knew little or nothing of the art of war, but men whose courage was superb. At first only defeat stared the intrepid band in the face, and hundreds were lost at the Alamo, at the massacre of Goliad, and elsewhere, but then there came upon the scene the figure of the dashing and daring General Sam Houston, and under his magnetic leadership the army of the Mexican general, Santa Anna, was routed utterly, and the liberty of Texas was secured beyond further dispute.