Resaca de la Palma
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While he and his men do act with courage and dispatch, he concludes that the Americans would have won the Battle of Resaca de la Palma even if his company hadn’t been there.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2018
Within less than two weeks after his victory at Resaca de la Palma, Taylor crossed over from Fort Brown and captured Matamoras.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
The enemy were again met most advantageously posted in the ravine of Resaca de la Palma within three miles of Fort Brown.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, xxv, 281, 283, 284, 288, 371.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
On the next day was the battle of Resaca de la Palma, in which he was acting adjutant in place of the officer killed.
From Ulysses S. Grant by Walter Allen
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