Soldiers of Misfortune: The Somervell and Mier Expeditions by Sam W. Haynes

Soldiers of Misfortune: The Somervell and Mier Expeditions

Sam W. Haynes

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The Somervell and Mier Expeditions of 1842, culminating in the famous "black bean episode" in which Texas prisoners drew white or black beans to determine who would be executed by their Mexican captors, still capture the public imagination in Texa...

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