The men of the St. Patrician, also known as Los Patricius, were a group of soldiers who quit the US army to fight for Mexico during the Mexican-American war. Their bravery and heroism, heroism, men – most, but all, Irish – struggled with differentiation, today, in both Mexico and Ireland.
John Riley, Irishman, Catholic and Rifman Bar Excellence
John Riley was born between 1805 and 1818 at County Callway in West Ireland. At the time, Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom and deep poor before the great famine of 1845. Like many Irish humans of the era, Riley advanced to Canada and eventually Michigan. He was an excellent cannon and joined the US Army, where he was stopped in Ford McCinock to practice West Point Cattes.
Riley was disappointed with the United States. Diaspora resistance and anti -Catholic sentiment, talk of Western expansion and war with Mexico. The army migrants were very harsh. In the end he was sent to Texas, where he left the US army on April 12, 1846, slipped to Mexico and handed over his services to the Mexican Army.
James K. Polk and Manifest Testine
President James K. Bolk believed in the opening fate, an ideology that accepted the notion that white Americans were divinely appointed to settle the entire continent of North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. All Americans, especially Northern Territories and Irish immigrants, do not agree with the opening of the franchise, they do not want a war with Mexico. Many realized that his plans were an attempt to expand the US territory to increase the number of slave states.
His critics have openly spoken that when he sent Polk troops to the controversial territory in Texas, this would lead to war with Mexico. The then Congressman Abraham Lincoln argued, “President James Bolk sent US military forces to the controversial territory, provoking a military response from Mexico. He was protecting their homeland from invasion.”
Why did Irish migrants deficient Mexico?
Relay was welcomed by the Mexican Army. When the war broke out, he was promoted to Lieutenant, and was allowed to organize a section of Irish people who left the US army and joined the Mexican Army. Relay quickly insisted on 48 Irish migrants to the desert and joined his division in the Mexican Army. Most of them were shocked by the Irish potato famine and the non -British policies, which assessed the life of the Irish and the Protestants at home on Catholics. Many have experienced anti -Catholicism in the US military. They were seen as lazy, ignorant and stupid, so they were given very dangerous jobs.
Mexico finds an offer
Seeing an offer, Mexico began to actively appoint immigrants in the US military – providing promotion, land rights, pay rise and religious freedom. The section of the Irish people of Relay grew to 200. With them, migrants from Germany, Poland and France joined, they were disappointed by the widespread fanaticism against Catholics in the United States, and felt the harsh faith of Catholicism. The promise of land and money has attracted the survivor slaves and the free blacks who have seen Mexico – to illegal slavery – a free country than the United States.
Relay was named St. Patrick Battalion, known in Mexico in Mexico, in memory of Ireland’s host. All recruited men were assigned to the battalion of talented artillery and Riley. They marched under a green banner with the image of the St. Patrik on one side, on the other hand, the vein and the symbol of Mexico. Their teams grew from 200 to 700, and they were regarded as the most fearless and talented soldiers in the Mexican Army.
Chan Patricius becomes heroes
San Patricios proved their bravery in North Mexico and played an important role in the Buna Vista war in Kohuwila in February 1847. When the defeat of the war was immediately, the St. Patrician issued a card for the safest retreat of the Mexican forces. The Cross of Honor Medal was awarded to many, including Riley, who was promoted to captain.
When the Americans opened another front to the south, San Paturichos General Antonio Lopez de Santa went to Mexico, Anna, where they created a name for the Chapaldebec war, because the Mexican forces tried to protect from the occupation of American forces.
Most guards were killed or captured in failure. John Riley at 85 San Patricius seized during the war. They were defended by the court, most were found to be culprits, and 50 were executed by execution.
Riley was the highest profile Chan Patricio, but before the war began, he was raging – less serious crime – but it was found that it was severely punished. His head was shaved, he was given more than 50 lashes, and branded with a “D” on both cheeks. He was then thrown into a dungeon to the rest of the war.
The death penalty of Chan Patricius is the greatest of the US military. Colonel William Selby Horni – a person known for his cruelty and brutality – ordered to hang. He was brutally hung by 50 men at the same time confronted with the Capaltebac castle, so he could be seen raised on Saapaldebec before the US flag was fulfilled. The flag was raised at 9:30 am on September 13, 1847, and the men were executed. Responding to criticism, Horny said, “I have been ordered to execute them. I have no orders to build them.”
No one knows what happened to John Reli, but it is thought that he died in 1850.
The Quadaloop Hitalco Agreement was signed on February 2, 1848 and officially ended the war. The US paid $ 18 million to Mexico and gained almost half of the Mexican territory, including California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and some parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Wayoming and Arizona and Colorado.
Just before his death, in his memoir, Ulysses S. The Grand Mexican-American War will describe the “the most unjust war against a strong nation against a weak nation. This is an event of a republic that follows the worst example of European hairs who do not consider justice in the desire to acquire additional regions.”
San Patricios Heroes in both Ireland and Mexico
John Relay is considered a great hero in both Ireland and Mexico. San Patricius has gained a place of honor in Mexican history. The statues of the relay have been erected and the oring of the San Patricios, which is placed in both countries. The streets are named after them, and they have an annual tribute to respect them.
In 150Th The Battalion’s creation of Ireland and Mexico published the same postal stamps with the flags of the two countries with the flags of the two countries. At the same time, Mexico inscribed the golden words of the Battalion on the Honor’s wall, located in the Mexico Chamber of the Mexican Congress.
The Irish band The leaders recorded a song for the Honor’s Ravi of San Patricios “March for War,” Liam Neeson described.
The US military denied the presence of St. Patrick Battalion for 60 years until the 1915 Congress investigation was covered by their history.
Sheryl Loser He is a former Public Relations Administrator, Researcher, Writer and Teacher. He writes professionally for 35 years. He goes to Masadlan in 2021 and does a part -time freeness. Can access her Writer player@gmail.
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