Brandon writes and records stories about Texas and México.

4.14 - Rescuing Zapata

4.14 - Rescuing Zapata

The normally reserved Antonio Canales throws everything he has at Centralist General Mariano Arista in a desperate bid to rescue his estranged brother-in-arms, Antonio Zapata.

Photo: "Zapata's Defeat" inset from Arista's Campaign map, 1840, courtesy Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin.

4.15 - The Concessions of Camargo

4.15 - The Concessions of Camargo

4.13 - The Battle of Morelos

4.13 - The Battle of Morelos