{"id":9071,"date":"2013-06-30T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T22:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=9071"},"modified":"2018-03-22T00:20:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T07:20:37","slug":"the-battle-of-san-pasqual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/06\/30\/the-battle-of-san-pasqual\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle Of San Pasqual"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Hidden History of The West<\/h1>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"reviewermag\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The Battle Of San Pasqual Memorial Grave Site, Fort Rosecrans<\/h2>\n<p><b>Words and photos by Robert Rowsey<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9072\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"1\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1.jpg?w=643&amp;ssl=1 643w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above: Boulder with the memorial plaque for the American Dragoons killed by Mexican Lancers, &#8220;Californios&#8221;, during the Battle Of San Pasqual, December 6 to 10, 1846, near present-day Escondido. The Californios were expert horsemen and had the advantage of being well-rested and well-equipped with long spear-like lances they used to stab the U.S. soldiers who were mostly on mules or else dismounted and on foot. The Americans had been on a long march in the rain before getting to the field of battle that cold December morning and, sadly, their gunpowder was also wet so they were forced to use sabers to fight the Californios with their firearms, lances and braided lariats. It must have been a mess.<\/p>\n<p>Although it can&#8217;t be said definitively that the U.S. won the battle, the Dragoons were among the first real wave of U.S. troops sent here to help secure California and fulfill Manifest Destiny. Eventually San Diego would be held by the U.S., cutting off coastal access to San Francisco from Mexico. A few years later gold would be discovered at Sutter&#8217;s Mill and the 49ers would come flooding. By 1850 California joined the Union.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9073\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"2\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above: On the left is the monument to the Battle Of San Pasqual which is inscribed as being over the graves of its dead. To the right is the fine marble headstone dedicated to the Mormon pioneers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9074\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/3.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"3\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/3.jpg?w=675&amp;ssl=1 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/3.jpg?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above: Close up of the plaque for the Dragoons.<\/p>\n<p>Text from Wiki: &#8220;The battle is also unique in that it is one of the few military battles in the United States that involved elements of the Army, Navy, Marines, and civilian volunteers, all in the same skirmish&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more on Wiki <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_San_Pasqual\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9075\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/4.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"4\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/4.jpg?w=844&amp;ssl=1 844w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/4.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9076\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/5.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"5\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/5.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/5.jpg?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden History of The West Tweet The Battle Of San Pasqual Memorial Grave Site, Fort Rosecrans Words and photos by Robert Rowsey Above: Boulder with the memorial plaque for the American Dragoons killed by Mexican Lancers, &#8220;Californios&#8221;, during the Battle Of San Pasqual, December 6 to 10, 1846, near present-day Escondido. The Californios were expert horsemen and had the advantage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9531,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/09\/04\/almost-forgotten-ancient-san-diego-western-history-the-battle-of-san-pasqual\/","url_meta":{"origin":9071,"position":0},"title":"Almost Forgotten Ancient San Diego Western History: The Battle Of San Pasqual","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"September 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"[History]People From The Past: TweetGeneral Kearny, Kit Carson and the quiet Historic Landmark of Mule Hill from the Battle Of San Pasqual Preface: I have long been fascinated by Western movies, disaster stories and military and local San Diego history. 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