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The Battle of the Salado was a decisive engagement in 1842 which repulsed the final Mexican invasion of the Republic of Texas. Colonel Mathew Caldwell of the Texas Rangers led just over 200 militia against an army of 1,600 Mexican Army soldiers and Cherokee warriors, and defeated them outside of San Antonio de Bexar along Salado Creek.
The Battle of Rosillo Creek (called the Battle of Salado Creek at the time) started as a siege of Presidio La Bahía from November 7, 1812, to February 19, 1813, for the purpose of trying to recapture the fort after the Republican Army of the North under Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara and Samuel Kemper, numbered at 600 to 900 men, had taken over.
The event occurred during the Battle of Salado Creek, which ended with a Texian victory. [3] This was among numerous armed conflicts over the area between the Rio Grande and Nueces rivers, which the Republic of Texas tried to control after achieving independence in 1836.
From September 1842 to January 7, 1843, Gillespie held the rank of Private in a Texas Rangers company under John Coffee Hays, [3] and participated in the 1842 Battle of Salado Creek. [4] From June 1, 1843, to September 30, 1843, Private Gillespie was part of the Hays Spy Company. [5]
Wallace fought at the battles of Salado Creek, Battle of Hondo River, and Mier. Some of his most graphic memories were of his experiences in Perote Prison after having survived the Black Bean Incident. Wallace participated in the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican–American War.
On September 17, 1842, [1] Texian and Mexican forces engaged at Salado Creek, east of San Antonio. After a separate favorable Texian engagement earlier in the day, a reinforcement company of 54 Texas militia, mostly from Fayette County, under the command of Nicholas Mosby Dawson, began advancing on the rear of the Mexican Army.
If you've had some cold weather recently, today's look back at history should make you shiver a little less. From Feb. 2-4, 1996, 29 years ago, a frigid arctic outbreak gripped the upper Midwest.
Battle of Salado Creek: Texas Militia: Mathew Caldwell: 1 KIA, 12 WIA Victory [54] 1842 Dawson Expedition (massacre) Texas Militia: Nicholas Dawson 36 KIA, 15 POW Loss [55] 1842 Battle of the Arroyo Hondo: Texas Militia. Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers. Mathew Caldwell: Unknown Unknown Victory 1859-1861 Cortina War: Frontier Battalion, Texas ...