INDEX
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| Resaca de Guerrero. See Resaca de la Palma. |
| Resaca de la Palma, battle of, map, 1. 170; Mexican position and conditions, 170-2, 467; American advance, mêlée, 172-3; flanking of Mexican left, 174; panic of Mexican right, 174; May's charge, 174, 467; Arista's conduct, 175; flight across Rio Grande, 175; little pursuit, 175, 467; losses, 176. See also Rio Grande campaign. Revista Económica y Comercial, on Herrera administration, 1. 438. |
| Revolutions in Mexico, as relief for ennui, 1. 21; Hidalgo's attempt (1810), 31; Itúrbide's (1821), 33; overthrow of Itúrbide (1823), 35; Montaño attempt (1827), 38; Santa Anna's overthrow of Pedraza (1828), 40-1; overthrow of Guerrero (1829), 43; Santa Anna restores Pedraza (1832), 44-5; attempt against Farías (1833), 46; Mejía's attempt (1839), 49; attempts of Paredes and Valencia(1841), 50; Santa Anna's (1841), 51; overthrow of Santa Anna (1844), 53-5; attempted Federalist (1845), 56; Paredes (1845), 98-9, 120, 438; Alvarez (1846), 216; overthrow of Paredes, 216-7, 485; complexity of this, 2. 1; clerical (Polko), against Farías (1847), 12-4, 230-2. |
| Reyes, I., and the defence of northern states, 1. 305; and plans against Taylor, 2. 165; succeeds Santa Anna, 181, 429. |
| Reynolds, J. F., at Chapultepec, 2. 156. |
| Reynosa, occupied, 1. 204, 479. |
| Rhett, R. B., position in House, 2. 496. |
| Rhode Island, and peace, 2. 123. |
| Richmond Enquirer, on war spirit, 1. 126; on divided sentiment toward Mexico, 443. See also Ritchie, Thomas. |
| Richtofen, Freiherr von, Prussian minister at Mexico, on Bocanegra's note, 1. 69. |
| Ridgely, Randolph, battery at Resaca de la Palma, 1. 172, 173, 467; at Monterey, 254, 492, 496. |
| Riley, Bennet, at Cerro Gordo, 2. 53, 55, 352, 354; brigade in Scott's army, 77; at Contreras, 104, 10810, 378-80; at Churubusco, 114, 382; and plan of attack on Mexico City, 149, 408; at Chapultepec, 152; advance after armistice, 401; at Tacubaya, 461. |
| Rincón, Manuel, and Alvarez' revolt, 1. 216; at Churubusco, 2. 110, 114, 117; and high command, 182, 429; and peace commission, 239, 466. |
| Rincón del Diablo. See Diablo. |
| Rinconada Pass, Mexicans to retire to line of, 1. 259; Taylor's force at, aspect, 265; Wool's march and Mexican abandonment, 508. |
| Ringgold, Samuel, in advance to Rio Grande, 1. 146, 147; at Palo Alto, mortally wounded, 164, 167, 465, 466; field battery, 450, 451; and artillery arm, 451. |
| Río, Señor del, and peace negotiations, 2. 236. |
| Río Frio, American post, 2. 432. |
| Rio Grande campaign, river as boundary of Texas, 1. 138: Taylor's force as guard, 142; crossing by Mexicans as invasion, 144, 453; Taylor's advance to, 145-8, 454; retaliatory orders, 148-9, 455; Mexicans cross and attack, 149, 455; de facto war, Taylor calls for more troops, 150, 205, 458, 480; justification of advance to, 151-4, 456-61; advance not cause of war, 154-5, 185, 457, 471, 2. 276-7; Mexican force, 1. 158, 462; Matamoros fortifications, 158; condition and position of American force, Mexican opinion, 158-60, 462, 463; map of Matamoros and American position, 159; minor mishaps, 160; Mexican propaganda, 160; Mexican impatience for combat, 161, 463; Taylor and line of communication, 161, 464; Mexican advance on line, 162, 464; Taylor's march to Point Isabel, 163; return march, train, 163; size of American force, 163; its morale, 164; battle of Palo Alto, 164-9, 465; attack on Fort Brown, 164, 176, 467-9; pursuit of Mexicans, 169, 466; battle of Resaca de la Palma, 170-6, 467; Taylor's inaction, permits Mexicans to retire from Matamoros, 176-8, 469; Americans cross and occupy town, 178; results of campaign, Taylor's conduct, 178-80, 469, 470; effect on Mexicans, 179 213; original American force, 2. 511. |
| Ripalda, Father, catechism, 1. 13. |
| Ripley, R. S., value of his history, 1. 404; on Scott and Taylor, 490; on Wool's march, 510; on Scott's preparations, 539, 544; at Cerro Gordo, 2. 53, 58; on Cerro Gordo, 348, 353, 354; on Scott's delay at Puebla, 361; on choice of routes, 373; on Contreras, 380; on Churubusco, 383; on Scott and Trist, 392; on armistice, 398, 399; on Molino del Rey, 403; on Scott's failure to prepare, 404; on plan to attack city, 405; on Chapultepec, 409; on Belén garita, 412; on San Cosme garita, 413; on Scott's failure to occupy country, 433; on excesses in Mexico City, 460; on peace negotiations, 467. |
