Mier Expedition Diary: A Texan Prisoner's Account

by Joseph D. McCutchan

Few episodes in Texas history have excited more popular interest than the Mier Expedition of 1842. Nineteen-year-old Joseph D. McCutchan was among the 300 Texans who, without the cover of the Lone Star flag, launched their own disastrous invasion across the Rio Grande.

McCutchan's diary provides a vivid account of his experience--the Texans' quick dispatch by Mexican troops at the town of Mier, the hardships of a forced march to Mexico...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292780915
• ISBN13: 9780292780910
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"