Wounded Soldiers - Buffalo Soldiers - 1916
Wounded Soldiers - Buffalo Soldiers - 1916
In June, Pershing received intelligence that Villa was at Carrizal, in the state of Chihuahua. He selected Captains Charles T. Boyd and Lewis S. Morey to lead approximately 100 soldiers from Troops C and K of the 10th Cavalry to investigate. They encountered 400 Mexican Army troops, or Carrancistas, instead of Pancho Villa’s men. The Mexican soldiers told the Americans to turn back northward. Captain Boyd refused and ordered his men south through the town anyway, which caused shots to be fired. Both sides suffered large losses. Captain Boyd and 10 soldiers were killed and another 24 were taken prisoner. Twenty-four Mexican soldiers were killed, including their commanding officer General Felix Gomez, and 43 were wounded. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/battle-carrizal-1916
Report this entry
More from the same community-collection
Polo Team, Troop "B" Va. Cav., Anniston, Alabama
Lt. Col. Featherstone served in the Virginia National Guard, and ...
A "Bad Man" at Albuquerque, New Mexico
In 1915, the Richmond Light Infantry took a train trip to ...
Inspection, B Troop, Virgina Cavalry
Lt. Col. Featherstone was First Sergeant, then 2nd Lieutenant, ...
Capt. Puller [sic], Virginia Cavalry
The Virginia Cavalry was a National Guard unit that served on ...
