Quote Originally Posted by peacekeeper83 View Post
Watch the movie... One Man's Hero and it gives light to the San Patricios, and the cost they faced for fighting for Mexico.
My girl friend is Mexican from Mexico, and there becomes more similarities, as we learn more and more about each other... But then I also have some Spanish blood, as well as Black Irish.
I wouldn't get my historical facts from it...Robert R. Miller's Shamrock & Sword from the University of Oklahoma Press is the best history of the San Patricios, INMHO, mostly because he deflates the myth that the San Patricios were all persecuted Irish Catholics who felt a common cause with Mexico. In fact, John O'Reilly, the unit's commander, appealed to the British ambassador for assistance when he was captured by the Americans, and even mentioned being a subject under the "Cross of St. George".

Dan -- I really didn't mean to offend -- as my wife will tell you, I love to bring up bits of esoteric trivia in the most unlikely of places.

T.