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The Linnville Raid of 1840 refers to a raid by several bands in August 1840 of the Comanche people into southeast Texas, resulting in the destruction of the towns of Victoria and Linnville.
Background
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- P1 - Setting (Anglo-American colonization of Texas, Comanche and raiding, Republic of Texas)
- P2 - Texas vs. Comancheria (The Council House Fight and its aftermath)[1]
- P3 (maybe) - Buffalo Hump gathers his warband
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Raid
editAftermath and legacy
editReferences
edit- ^ Hämäläinen 2008, p. 216.
- ^ Haberman, Suzanne (October 2013). "South Texas' Lost Ghost Town of Linnville". Texas Co-op Power. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
Sources
editBooks and articles
editTexas State Historical Association
edit- "Plum Creek, Battle of". Handbook of Texas Online. January 3, 2022 [1952]. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- Roell, Craig H. (November 22, 2020) [March 1, 1995]. "Linnville Raid of 1840". Handbook of Texas Online. Archived from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- Schilz, Jodye Lynn Dickson (October 19, 2020) [1952]. "Council House Fight". Handbook of Texas Online. Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- Schilz, Jodye Lynn Dickson (September 30, 2020) [1952]. "Buffalo Hump". Handbook of Texas Online. Archived from the original on October 29, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2023.