RESACA DE LA PALMA

rāsäˈkä thā lä pälˈmä, valley, an abandoned bed of the Rio Grande, N of Brownsville, Tex., where the second battle of the Mexican War was fought, May 9, 1846. Mexican troops under Gen. Mariano Arista, retreating south after the battle of Palo Alto, were defeated by American forces led by Gen. Zachary Taylor.

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books on: Resaca De La Palma  - 153 results

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America's Wars
Book by Alan Axelrod; Wiley, 2002
Subjects: United States--History, Military
...after Aristas army. Battle of Resaca de la Palma Taylor reached a dry riverbed called Resaca de Palma, five miles from Palo Alto...troops were killed or wounded at Resaca de la Palma, and most historians believe...
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War and American Popular Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia
Book by M. Paul Holsinger; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Popular Culture--United States--History--Encyclopedias, United States--History, Military--Encyclopedias, War And Society--United States--Encyclopedias
...American victories were not long in coming. Taylor and his men crossed the Rio Grande and soon triumphed at Palo Alto, Resaca la Palma, and Matamoros. By mid-summer, U.S. forces, now composed of a small contingent of regulars along with dozens...
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Bravos of the West
Book by John Myers Myers; University of Nebraska Press, 1995
Subjects: Pioneers--West (U.S.), West (U.S.)--History
...surprise nullified, Taylor was able to hammer out a victory at Palo Alto on May 8. After he had won a second victory at Resaca de Palma the following day, the relief of Fort Brown was automatically achieved, for the shattered Mexican army fled to Monterey...
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant - Vol. 1
Book by Ulysses S. Grant; Charles L. Webster, 1885
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S--(Ulysses Simpson)--1822-1885, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--War With Mexico, 1845-1848--Personal Narratives
...General Scott and General Taylor had such armies as are not often got together. At the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca-dela-Palma, General Taylor had a small army, but it was composed exclusively of regular troops, under the best of drill...
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Attack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage
Book by Grady McWhiney, Perry D. Jamieson; University of Alabama Press, 1984
Subjects: Confederate States Of America--Army--History, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
his performance at Resaca de la Palma or later in the war dispells...heroes of the conflict." 70 Resaca de la Palma was won by the infantry and...offensive at both Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. Taylor reported that he lost...
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journal articles on: Resaca De La Palma  - 2 results

 
 
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Fetching the Old Southwest in Mexico: The Humorous Letters of C.M. Haile (1)
Journal article by Ed Piacentino; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2005
Subjects: Dialect literature--Criticism and interpretation, Haile, Christopher Mason--Criticism and interpretation, Historical fiction--Criticism and interpretation, Humorous works--Criticism and interpretation
...Cress). He covered the battles of Monterrey, Resaca de la Palma, and Vera Cruz and contributed, under the byline...factual accounts of several key battles (Monterrey, Resaca de la Palma, and Vera Cruz), laudatory descriptions of American...
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A Gallant Little Army: The Mexico City Campaign
Journal article by Thomas W. Cutrer; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 74, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Gallant Little Army: The Mexico City Campaign (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...national territory--was a God-given right. Although Zachary Taylor rode a tide of victories--at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey, and Buena Vista into the White House in 1848, the principal architect of U.S. victory, as general...


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magazine articles on: Resaca De La Palma  - 5 results

 
 
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Birder's Paradise
Magazine article by Cate Lineberry; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 44, March 2009
...So when Zieger learned that Resaca de la Palma-Texas newest state park and...500 jobs. Sites close to Resaca de la Palma that draw naturalists include...restoration projects. In addition to Resaca de la Palma, the World Birding Center locations...
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America's Forgotten War
Magazine article by Robert W. Johannsen; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 20, Spring 1996
Subjects: Mexico--History, United States history--War with Mexico, 1845-1848, United States--Relations with Mexico
...the first major battles of the war, Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, in and near the present city of Brownsville. In...Following his early victories at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Taylor moved his army into northern Mexico, his...
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What an Idea Can Do!
Magazine article by Cassandra Franklin-Barbajosa; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 44, March 2009
...Michael Pinto chronicles the process of taking La Palma, Californias 30-year-old community center, a complex...Birders Paradise," where she explores the beauty of Resaca de la Palma, Texas newest state park. But this isnt just any state...
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Mexican War Fought by Few
Magazine article by Richard K. Kolb, Joe Moran; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 88, January 2001
Subjects: Mexican-American War, Pierce, Franklin (1804-69), Politics, Presidents, Social impact, Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)
...1832) and Second Seminole War (1837-40), Taylor became a national hero after his victories at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey and Buena Vista in Mexico. Because of his personal battlefield courage, he was highly respected by...
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Sharing the Martial Heritage of the Southwest
Magazine article by Shannon Hanson; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 91, September 2003
Subjects: Military history, Museums, States
...Belknap, Graham (Indian Wars) Fort Concho, San Angelo (Indian Wars) Old Fort Parker, Groesbeck (Indian Wars) Resaca de la Palma Battlefield, Brownsville (Mexican War) Other Museums 1st Cavalry Division Museum, Fort Hood (Killeen) 4th Infantry...


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newspaper articles on: Resaca De La Palma  - 1 result

 
 
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Mexican Battlefront Training Ground for North-South Conflict
Newspaper article by Roy Gordon; The Washington Times, October 25, 1997
...means of winning a war," he taught. Thayers and Mahans students demonstrated these teachings at the Battle of Resaca de Ia Palma, the Mexican Wars second battle. "If the students have learned, the teacher has taught," is an old Army saying...


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encyclopedia articles on: Resaca De La Palma  - 6 results

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Resaca De La Palma
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RESACA DE LA PALMA rasa ka tha la pal ma, valley, an abandoned bed of the Rio Grande, N of Brownsville, Tex., where the second battle of the...
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Mexican War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1846, the United States declared war. Meanwhile, Taylor had defeated the Mexicans at Palo Alto (May 8) and Resaca de la Palma (May 9). The Mexicans retreated across the Rio Grande. Taylor followed them and on May 18 took Matamoros. After...
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Taylor, Zachary
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...pushing into disputed territory S of the Nueces River. In the Mexican War he defeated the Mexicans at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma , drove them across the Rio Grande, and took Matamoros. Later he forced the surrender of the Mexican stronghold...
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Palo Alto , Historic Site, Texas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...American troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated a Mexican force led by Gen. Mariano Arista, who retreated to Resaca de la Palma. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of...
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Texas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...act was the immediate cause of the Mexican War . After Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexicans at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma , the Mexican forces retreated back across the Rio Grande. Civil War and Reconstruction During the pre Civil War...
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