Focuses on two of the bloodiest years of fighting in the young Texas Republic, 1838 and 1839. By early 1838, the Texas Rangers were in danger of disappearing altogether. This work shows how the major general of the Texas Militia worked around legal constraints in order to keep mounted rangers in service.
This second volume of the series focuses on two of the bloodiest years of fighting in the young Texas Republic, including the Surveyor's Fight, the Battle of Brushy Creek, and the Cherokee War of 1839. Volunteer Ranger companies, the Texas Militia, and a new Frontier Regiment of soldiers were employed to combat the rise in Indian hostilities against the settlements.
