The Tomb of Texas Heroes

On April 25, 1846, a skirmish between Mexican Cavalry and U.S. Dragoons at Resaca de la Palmas near Brownsville, Texas brought Texas and The United States on a full-fledged war footing with Mexico. A U.S. Army officer sent an urgent telegram to Washington informing President Polk that “American Blood had been spilled on American soil.” The U.S. declared war. Texans rallied to the cause as white bean survivor Jon Dusenbury and hundreds of other Texans joined the First and Second Texas Rifles of The Texas Rangers. Dusenbury was made a Captain of the forward guerilla fighters and scouts under the command of Major Walter Paye Lane, whose immediate commander was Captain Jack Hays.

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