Exodus From the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth (62 page)

^105.
The Telegraph and Texas Register
, January 9, 1836; McDonald,
William Barret Travis
, pp. 94–95, 129–130; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, pp. 15–19.
^106.
McDonald,
William Barret Travis
, p. 86; Huffines,
The Blood of Noble Men
, pp. 29–31, 35.
^107.
The Telegraph and Texas Register
, January 9, 1836; Lorano,
Viva Tejas
, pp. v, 47, 72–73; Perry, ed. and trans,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, p. 50.
^108.
William G. Cooke Papers, DRT Library; Moore,
Eighteen Minutes
, p. 16;
The Telegraph and Texas Register
, November 7, 1835.
^109.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 32–33.
^110.
Ibid., Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, pp. 77–78.
^111.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 30–31; Borroel, trans. and ed.,
Field Reports of the Mexican Army in the Texan War of 1836
, vol. iii, p. 31.
^112.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 30–31.
^113.
Chariton,
Exploring the Alamo Legends
, p. 110.
^114.
Lack,
The Texas Revolutionary Experience
, p. 189.
^115.
Sutherland Manuscript, CAH; Nofi,
The Alamo
, pp. 105–106; Roberts and Olson,
A Line in the Sand
, p. 104; Borroel, ed. and trans.,
Field Reports of the Mexican Army During the Texan War of 1836
, vol. iii, p. 31; Bill and Marjorie K. Walraven,
The Magnificent Barbarians, Little Told Tales of the Texas Revolution
, (Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1993), p. 52; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, p. 59;
American-Statesman
, Austin, Texas, April 15, 2004.
^116.
Hardin,
Texan Iliad
, p. 34.
^117.
Davis,
Lone Star Rising
, p. 176.
^118.
Ibid; Sutherland Manuscript, CAH; Lindley,
Alamo Traces
, p. 88; Hardin,
Texan Iliad
, p. 34; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, p. 95; Borroel, ed. and trans.,
Field Reports of the Mexican Army During the Texan War of 1836
, vol. iii, pp. 31, 36; John K. Borchardt, “DuPont Marks Its Bicentennial,”
Chemistry Chronicles
, vol. 11, no. 6, (June 2002), pp. 43–46; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, p. 59;
American-Statesman
, April 15, 2004.
^119.
Gunter E. Rothenberg,
The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon
, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005), p. 67;
American Statesman
, April 15, 2004.
^120.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 92–93.
^121.
Groneman,
Eyewitness to the Alamo
, p. 6.
^122.
Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, p. 107.
^123.
Sutherland Manuscript, CAH; Davis,
Lone Star Rising
, p. 3.
^124.
Fowler,
Santa Anna of Mexico
, p. 9.
^125.
San Antonio Daily Express
, April 28, 1881; Sutherland Manuscript, CAH; Brands,
Lone Star Nation
, p. 45.
^126.
Sutherland Manuscript CAH;
San Antonio Daily Express
, April 28, 1881;Uecker,
The Archaeology of the Alamo
, pp. 4, 11–12, 14, 36, 44; Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, pp. 21–22; Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 112.
^127.
Long,
Duel of Eagles
, p. 32; Elizabeth A. Fenn, to author, April 8, 2004.
^128.
San Antonio Express
, February 24, 1929; Sutherland Manuscript, CAH; Chipman,
Spanish Texas
, pp. 258–259; Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 40.
^129.
Groneman,
Alamo Defenders
, p. 130.
^130.
Sutherland Manuscript, CAH;
San Antonio Daily Express
, April 28, 1881; Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, p. 73–76; Groneman,
Alamo Defenders
, pp. 61–62.
^131.
Moore,
Eighteen Minutes
, p. 29; Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 111.
^132.
Chipman,
Spanish Texas
, p. 9; Lord,
A Time to Stand
, p. 111.
^133.
Jackson,
Imaginary Kingdom
, p. 42.
^134.
Uecker,
The Archaeology of the Alamo
, pp. 24, 32; need more
^135.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 31–32; Borroel, ed. and trans.,
Field Reports of the Mexican Army During the Texan War of 1836
, vol. iii, pp. 31, 35.
^136.
Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 46; King,
James Clinton Neill
, pp. 18–19.
^137.
Jackson,
The Alamo
, p. 31.
^138.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, p. 30.
^139.
Uecker,
The Archaeology of the Alamo
, p. 38; Johnson,
The History of Texas and Texans
, pp. 412–413; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, pp. 15, 392–394, 416–417, 712–713.
^140.
Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 48; Guerra,
Heroes of the Alamo and Goliad
, p. 15.
^141.
Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 48; Lord,
A Time to Stand
, p. 23; Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, p. 115.
^142.
Nelson,
The Alamo
, pp. 46–48; Groneman,
Eyewitness to the Alamo
, p. 3; Nelson,
The Alamo,
p. 111.
^143.
Chariton,
Exploring the Alamo Myths
, p. 82; Groneman,
Eyewitness to the Alamo
, p. 3; Robert K. Wright,
The Continental Army
, (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1983), pp. 3–90.
^144.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 31–32.
^145.
Derr,
The Frontiersman
, p. 238.
^146.
Ibid., p. 242; Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, pp. 77–78; Kilgore,
How Did Davy Die?
, p. 10.
^147.
Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, p. 18.
^148.
Barr,
Texans in Revolt
, p. 64; Wheelan,
Invading Mexico
, p. 46; Fowler,
Santa Anna of Mexico
, pp. 160, 163, 165.
^149.
Hardin,
Texian Iliad
, p. 185.
^150.
Miller,
New Orleans and the Texas Revolution
, pp. 129–143; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, p. 107.
^151.
New York Herald
, February 29, 1836.
^152.
Elizabeth Salas,
Soldaderas in the Mexican Military, Myth and History
, (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2006), pp. xi, 1–30; Kevin R. Young, “Finding a Face: El Soldado Mexicano, 1835–1848,” Palo Alto Battlefield Archive, Brownsville, Texas.
^153.
San Luis Battalion Logbook, Jose Enrique de la Pena Papers, Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, Texas; DePalo,
The Mexican National Army
, p. 50.
^154.
San Antonio Daily Express
, June 30, 1889; Santos,
Santa Anna’s Campaign Against Texas
, p. 9.
^155.
San Luis Battalion Logbook, De la Pena Papers, UT; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, p. 8.
^156.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 144–145.
^157.
Ibid., pp. 135–137.
^158.
General Jose Antonio Fernandez, December 30, 1835 notice, Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin Texas, The Matamoros Archives, Box 2 Q266, Vol. IV.
^159.
Francisco Paredas y Arrillaga to Minister of War Jose M. Tornell, June 10, 1836, CAH, Box 2Q174, vol. 334.
^160.
Scheina,
Santa Anna
, pp. 18–20; Brands,
Lone Star Nation
, pp. 77, 140–141; DePalo,
The Mexican National Army
, pp. 37–38.
^161.
Scheina,
Santa Anna
, pp. 87–88.
^162.
El Mosquito Mexicano
, Mexico City, Mexico, March 1 and March 11, 1836;
El Censor
, Vera Cruz, Mexico, March 2, 1836;
La Lima de Vulcano
, Mexico City, March 5, 1836.
^163.
Scheina,
Santa Anna
, pp 87–88; Brands,
Lone Star Nation
, p. 77.
^164.
Brading,
Mexican Phoenix
, p. 237.
^165.
Ibid., pp. 237, 239; De Bruhl,
Sword of San Jacinto
, p. 32.
Chapter 4: LULL BEFORE THE STORM: FATAL OVERCONFIDENCE
^1.
Hardin,
Texian Iliad
, pp. 53, 106, 135; Ford,
Rip Ford’s Texas
, pp. 13–15;
The Telegraph and Texas Register
, November 18, 1837; Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, 95–100; Long,
Duel of Eagles
, pp. 114–116; Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 111.
^2.
Fehrenbach,
Lone Star
, pp. 164–166, 178; Hardin,
Texian Iliad
, p. 158; Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 111.
^3.
Tuchman,
The March of Folly
, p. 25,
^4.
Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 46.
^5.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 31–32.
^6.
Ibid., pp. 85–88.
^7.
Ibid., pp. 123–126.
^8.
Ibid., p. 31.
^9.
Roberts and Olson,
A Line in the Sand
, p. 107.
^10.
Chariton,
Exploring the Alamo Legends
, p. 156; Roberts and Olson,
A Line in the Sand
, pp. 26, 51.
^11.
Gaddy,
Texas in Revolt
, pp. 12–13.
^12.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, p. 20.
^13.
Ibid., p. 35.
^14.
Hardin,
Texian Iliad
, pp. xii–xiii, 10; Boatner,
Encyclopedia of the American Revolution
, pp. 934–936; Heidler and Heidler, eds.,
Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
, p. 20; Wright, Jr.,
The Continental Army
, pp. 25, 49, 67–70, 78–82; Latimer,
1812
, pp. 380–386; Robert Lagermann and Albert C. Manucy,
The Long Rifle
, (Washington, D.C.: Eastern Acorn Press, 1980), pp. 5–32.
^15.
Gaddy,
Texas in Revolt
, pp. 10,14.
^16.
Ibid., p. 26.
^17.
Ibid., p. 46.
^18.
Chemerka,
Alamo Anthology
, p. 66; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, p. 75; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, pp. 71, 163; Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 111; Groneman,
Alamo Defenders
, pp. 4–125.
^19.
Hardin,
Texian Iliad
, p. 110.
^20.
Ibid., p. 248; Anthony J. Scotti, Jr.,
Brutal Virtue: The Myth and Reality of Banastre Tarleton
, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 2002 ), pp. 13–217.
^21.
Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, p. 611.
^22.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, p. 20.
^23.
Army and Navy Chronicle
, New York, New York, vol. iii, no. 4, July 28, 1836.
^24.
Perry, ed., and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, p. 19.
^25.
Fowler,
Santa Anna of Mexico
, p. 163; Walter R. Borneman,
1812: The War That Forged A Nation
, (New York: Harper Perennial, 2004), pp. 216–235.
^26.
Roberts and Olson,
A Line in the Sand
, pp. 8, 14–26.
^27.
Levy,
American Legend
, pp. 257–258, 261–262; Derr,
The Frontiersmen
, pp. 242–243; Lord,
A Time to Stand
, p. 86.
^28.
Lack,
The Texas Revolutionary Experience
, pp. 196–197.
^29.
Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, pp. 92–93.
^30.
Ibid., pp. 99–100.
^31.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 17–18; Groneman,
Alamo Defenders
, pp. 7, 58.
^32.
Gaddy,
Texas in Revolt
, p. 38.
^33.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, p. 20; Groneman,
Alamo Defenders
, p. 7.
^34.
Roberts and Olson,
A Line in the Sand
, p. 109; Lord,
A Time to Stand
, p. 59.
^35.
Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, p. 6; Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, p. 37; Groneman,
Alamo Defenders
, p. 30.
^36.
Sutherland Manuscript, CAH; King,
James Clinton Neill
, p. 90.
^37.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, p. 35.
^38.
Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, p. 100; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, pp. 20–21.
^39.
Sutherland Manuscript, CAH; Hardin,
Texas Iliad
, p. 91.
^40.
Groneman,
Alamo Defenders
, p. 144.
^41.
Levy,
American Legend
, p. 260; Santos,
Santa Anna’s Campaign Against Texas
, pp. 29–30, 34,
43, 53; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, pp. 24, 32; Lord,
A Time to Stand
, p. 73.
^42.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 106–107.
^43.
Nofi,
The Alamo
, p. 49; Boyd,
The Texas Revolution
, p. 27; Roberts and Olson,
A Line in the Sand
, pp. 132–134; Lord,
A Time to Stand
, p. 91; Long,