Let's not forget the French had their "jour de gloire" as well. After all, not quite a year after the first battle of Puebla, the Legion gave their lives heroically at Camerone.
And I always felt sorry for poor Maximilian. I assume you're aware that his last words were "Viva Mexico!"?
To say nothing of his poor mad widow, Charlotte of Belgium.
I grew up, just 30 miles from Goliad. A lot of history in and around that small town.
Let's not forget the French had their "jour de gloire" as well. After all, not quite a year after the first battle of Puebla, the Legion gave their lives heroically at Camerone.
And I always felt sorry for poor Maximilian. I assume you're aware that his last words were "Viva Mexico!"?
To say nothing of his poor mad widow, Charlotte of Belgium.