
Thornton's Luck
How America Almost Lost the Mexican-American War
Lamont Wood(Author)
Lone Star Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-4930-2555-8 (ISBN)
Description
In April 1846, tensions between the U.S. and Mexico along the disputed border were high. About half of the U.S. Army, then tiny, was camped outside of Matamoros, Mexico, and rumors were flying that the much larger and better outfitted Mexican army was about to undertake efforts to remove the troops from their territory. Captain Seth Brett Thornton led his 2nd mounted dragoons on an expedition to try to confirm those rumors and gain intelligence about the military’s plans. He rode his command—which included about thirty percent of the Army’s mounted troops—straight into an ambush and lost his entire command. His ill luck both exposed the position of the Mexican army and escalated the events that would become known as the Mexican-American War.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations; Maps; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-2555-8 (9781493025558)
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04/2017
Lone Star Books
€14.83
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By Lamont Wood