By Bartee Haile
Two hundred Texans itching for a fight answered the call of Gen. William Walker and sailed for Nicaragua on Sep. 17, 1856.
By the mid-1800’s, the South was caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. To satisfy the increasing demand for cotton, planters from Texas to Virginia were in desperate need of more field hands. But a strong back sold at auction for as much as $1,500,…
