The lost war for Texas : Mexican rebels, American Burrites, and the Texas Revolution of 1811 / James Aalan Bernsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernsen, James Aalan, 1971- author.

Series:

Vistas (Series : College Station, Tex.)

Vistas, sponsored by Texas A & University San Antonio

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition, 1812-1813.

Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807.

Filibusters--Texas--Biography.

Filibusters.

Revolutionaries--Texas--Biography.

Revolutionaries.

Texas--History--1810-1821.

Texas.

Mexico--History--Wars of Independence, 1810-1821.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xii, 488 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"One of the most important themes in US history is the series of struggles that transformed the Southwest from a Spanish to an American possession: the Texas Revolution of 1836 and the Mexican-American War of 1845. But what if historians have been overlooking a key event that led to these wars-another war almost entirely unknown-that took place on what is now US soil and dramatically shaped the development of the American Southwest to this day? The true story of this war, presented in The Lost War for Texas: Mexican Rebels, American Burrites, and the Texas Revolution of 1811, is only now being revealed by never-before-published research, which will challenge paradigms and reshape much of what we know about United States, Texas, and even Mexican history. In the early 1800s, the impact of the Napoleonic Wars rippled across the Atlantic. Within weeks of the United States's declaration of war on England in 1812, hundreds of western militia forces rallied to a flag and marched boldly to war-but not for the United States. They instead invaded the province of Texas to make common cause with Mexican rebels who had launched their struggle against the Spanish monarchy the year before. The resulting war changed the Southwest forever. Author James Aalan Bernsen places a spotlight on division and separatism at this pivotal moment of the "second revolution" of the United States. The Lost War for Texas, by revealing the forgotten world of 1811-1812 will profoundly change how we understand the birth of the American Southwest"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The Great Conspiracy

The Edge of Empire

Romantics and Rogues

West Florida and Texas

The Secret Agent

The Tejano Revolt

Intrigue on the Frontier

Rebels in Exile

Encounter in New Orleans

The Expedition Forms

Racing toward War

The Rebels Strike

The Republican Army of the North

Trinidad to La Bahía

Toledo's Band

The Siege

Rebels Victorious

Murder on the Salado

Royalist Resurgence

The Fate of Texas

The Battle of Medina

Rebels Never Quit

The Return to Texas

Epilogue

Appendix A: List of Mexican/Tejano Rebels

Appendix B: List of Foreign Volunteers in the Republican Army of the North

Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bernsen, James Aalan, 1971- Lost war for Texas

ISBN:

9781648431739

1648431739

OCLC:

1379265469