A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

1st Lieut 1st Lt 2nd Lieut 3rd U. S. Cavalry afterwards American arrived Article August Bagdad bandits Battalion Adjutants battle Brazos de Santiago Brigade Brown Cameron County Capt Captain captured Charles citizens command Company Confederates Cortina crossed Cruz Don Porfirio Escobedo Federal fired forces Fort Brown Frank garrison George Harlingen HIDALGO COUNTY Imperialists Indians INFANTRY Colonel Iowa Iturbide James John June Kenedy killed land Laredo Lieutenant-Colonel Major March Matamoros Mexican Republic Mexican side Mexico City Mifflin Kenedy miles north miles northwest miles south miles west Monterrey north from Brownsville northwest from Brownsville officers Point Isabel port Present population prisoners ranch rangers Resaca Reynosa Ringgold Barracks Rio Grande City river San Benito Second Lieutenants soldiers STARR COUNTY Street Tamaulipas Tampico Taylor territory Texas side town treaty troops U. S. Infantry United Valley Vera Cruz Villistas west from Brownsville William wounded Zapata County