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Negro Soldier Recalls Carrizal Fight and Flight
Sam H. Harris, a wounded private of C troop Tenth cavalry, describes overwhelming odds at Carrizal as about 700 Mexican troops faced 84 Americans. He recounts a machine gun ambush, his escape on a wounded horse, and the horse saving his life before Harris rode to safety with other survivors toward Colonia Dublan.
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Sam H. Harris
C Troop
Tenth Cavalry
Harris
Boyd
Carrizal
Colonia Dublan