Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Pasohttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/MEXRB/browse/?fq=dc_language:eng&fq=str_location_county:Providence+County,+RI&display=brief2011-10-10T21:26:35-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El PasoBattery A on the Mexican Border2011-10-10T21:26:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188054/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188054/"><img alt="Battery A on the Mexican Border" title="Battery A on the Mexican Border" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188054/small/"/></a></p><p>This book is an account of Battery A of the Rhode Island National Guard and its activation on June 24, 1916, its travel to the U.S.-Mexico border, its activities until it was mustered out on November 2, 1916. They were stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and also referred to their site as Camp Pershing. Includes a narrative description of their trip by train, their camp and training activities on the border. Also includes many reproductions of photographs of the troops and sites, cartoons, and a list of personnel.</p>