Mier Expedition Chronology
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This chronology is intended to include events mentioned on the
muster rolls and lists. |
25 Dec 1842 | |
Mexico: Command crosses Rio Grande into Mexico
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26 Dec 1842 | |
Mier: Battle of Mier, capitulation
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31 Dec 1842 | |
Mier: 217 prisoners marched for Mexico City, leaving 21 in
hospital Mier [2, p.94]
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4 Jan 1843 | |
Nueva Reynosa: Saml. McDade died on the march [2, p.100]
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9 Jan 1843 | |
Matamoros: on the 12th, Texan officers: Fisher, Green,
Murray, Lyon, Henrie and Dr. Shepherd marched for Mexico City
[2, p.101]
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14 Jan 1843 | |
Matamoros: Prisoners are marched for Mexico
City, leaving 7 men in hospital and 3 boys on parole [2, p.105, 201]
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11 Feb 1843 | |
Salado: Charge on the guard at Salado; 5 killed,
5 wounded Mexicans; prisoners escape, leaving Reese brothers,
5 dead and 6 wounded
who are taken on to hospital at San Luis Potosi [2, p.224, 229, 238]
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15 Feb 1843 | |
Salado: Lost in the mountains without water the
men eat their horses; all but a few who died or reached Texas are
eventually retaken [2, p.246-260, 279]
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20 Feb 1843 | |
San Luis Potosi ("St. Louis"): Fisher, Green and
5 companions arrive [2, p.227]
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1 Mar 1843 | |
San Luis Potosi: Fisher, Green and 17 Texans
marched to Perote Castle via San Juan del Rio, Cuautitlan and
Tacubaya (at Mexico City), arriving Mar. 25 [2, p.229, 234]
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4 Mar 1843 | |
Matamoros: 10 prisoners forwarded to Santiago
prison (at Mexico City) via Tampico [2, p.310]
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?18 Mar 1843 | |
Mier: recovered prisoners marched to Matamoros,
where some remained in hospital, then to Tampico and Mexico City
[2, p.210]
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25 Mar 1843 | |
Salado: "Black bean" episode, 17 of 176 prisoners
executed [2, p.283-297]
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26 Mar 1843 | |
Salado: Prisoners marched for Mexico City via
Vanegas, Rancho Laguna Seca (Samuel McClelland dies), San Luis
Potosi ("St. Lewis") where 14 stay in hospital [2, p.300-301],
Queretaro where 2 sick were left and San Juan del Rio
where William Martin dies [2, p.304]
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25 Apr 1843 | |
Huehuetoca: Captain Ewin Cameron shot by order of
the Supreme Government; prisoners marched to Santiago prison at
Mexico City [2, p.305]
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8 May 1843 | |
Prisoners at Santiago Prison moved to Molino del
Rey (Power Mill or King's Mill Prison) at Tacubaya for road work
[2, p.320]
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3 Jun 1843 | |
Mexico: 189 of original 248 Mier prisoners still
in the country at Perote Castle (17), Matamoros (5), Tacubaya (159)
and escapees from Mier (8) [2, p.327]
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2 Jul 1843 | |
Perote Castle: T. J. Green, C. K. Reese and Daniel
Drake Henrie escape from Perote Castle, with 14 Bexar men; Richard
Barclay, R. Cornegay, John Forester, John Dalrymple, John Toowig,
reached Texas; Thomas Hancock, Isaac Allen, John Young, D. J. Davis,
Samuel C. Stone, T. B. Beck, Augustus Elley, D. C. Ogden were
recaptured.[1, p.218]
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29 Jun 1843 | |
Tacubaya: 9 escape from Powder Mill Prison before
prisoners moved back to Santiago Prison on 9 Sep. 1843
[2, p.331-337]
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12 Sep 1843 | |
Santiago Prison: 126 prisoners moved to Perote
Castle via Puebla, 21 left in Santiago prison hospital, 1 in Puebla
hospital [2, p.339, 342]
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21 Sep 1843 | |
Perote Castle: 177 Texans of 202 still in
Mexico [2, 347]
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========== 1844 ==========
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13 Jan 1844 | |
Texas: Law for real estate tax relief for 5
years for Mier men who died and for prisoners until released.
[2, p.397]
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28 Jan 1844 | |
18 Mier men have died from epidemic. [2, p.350]
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2 Feb 1844 | |
Texas: Law to prohibit forced sale of Texan
prisoners' property, protect such property and suspend creditor's
claims. [2, p.400]
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5 Feb 1844 | |
Texas: Congress provides $15,000 for relief of
prisoners in Mexico. Government can't deliver funds. [2, p.400]
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22 Feb 1844 | |
Perote Castle: Capt. of the Guard Jose Maria
Diaz de Guzman ("Old Guts") dies [2, p.392]
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3 Mar 1844 | |
Perote Castle: 12 prisoners pass by from Santiago
prison to Castle of San Juan de Ulua in Vera Cruz, leaving 3 in
Santiago hospital and 3 in Puebla hospital. The 3 British
prisoners are freed. [2, p.374]
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8 Mar 1844 | |
Perote Castle: 22 Mier men have died from the
epidemic and been buried in the north side of
the castle moat [1, p.128f; 2, p.353]
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23 Mar 1844 | |
Perote Castle: 31 Bexar-Dawson prisoners freed,
the last (Geo. Van Ness) freed 13 Apr. 1844. [2, p.378, 384, 387]
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25 Mar 1844 | |
Perote Castle: Sixteen more men escape, nine reaching
Texas: A.B. Laforge, Cyrus K. Gleason, John Johnson, Edward Kean,
Richard Kean, Wiley Jones, William Moore, T. Smith and E.D. Wright;
seven retaken: Francis Arthur, John Toops, William T. Runyan, John
Tanney, William H. Frensley, Stephen Goodman and William
Wynn.[1, p.178; 2, p.381]
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3 Jun 1844 | |
Texas: Reuben M. Potter becomes secret agent
for government to deliver funds to prisoners in Mexico via
L. S. Hargous, U.S. consul in Vera Cruz. [2, p.403]
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10 Sep 1844 | |
Vera Cruz: L. S. Hargous secretly reports
118 prisoners in Mexico at Perote Castle (104), Mexico City (3),
Puebla (1) and Castle of San Juan de Ulua in Vera Cruz (10)
[2, p.407]
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16 Sep 1844 | |
Mexico: All Texan prisoners freed except Jose
Antonio Navarro of the Santa Fe Expedition, being held in Castle
of San Juan de Ulua, who was rescued in Dec. 1844.
[2, p.408; 3, p.236]
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========== Later Years ==========
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3 Feb 1845 | |
Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Mier
Prisoners and Others, passed by Congress, vetoed by
Pres. Anson Jones. [2, pp.449-450]
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27 Jun 1845 | |
Deadline for filing suits to clear land titles
extended to 1 Jan. 1847 for prisoners of war in Mexico in
1842-42. [2, p.450]
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circa 1848 | |
The Mexican War: remains of the Texans buried at
Hacienda del Salado were exhumed and returned to Texas. [1, p.280]
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9 Feb 1849 | |
Legislation passed for Mier and Santa Fe prisoners,
for $22.50/month "from the date of mustering into service until one month
after the main body of prisoners were released by Mexico", plus up to
$65 for loss of personal horse, arms and equipment. The Camp Guard and
escapees from Mier Battle to get $67.50 for 3-months service plus $65
for horse and equipment. [2, p.452]
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[Some Mier individuals obtained lands and money via
special legislation in the 1840s and 1850s.] [2, pp.447-453]
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