



In late 1842, Private William Preston Stapp and about three hundred other citizens of the Republic of Texas took it upon themselves to invade Mexico. They intended to retaliate for a recent Mexican attack on San Antonio and to humiliate President Sam Houston, who had been...


The Prisoners of Perote is a historical book written by William Preston Stapp in 1845. The book is a personal account of Stapp's experience as a prisoner during the Mexican-American War. Stapp was captured by the Mexican army and held as a prisoner in Perote, Mexico. He kept...

