Exodus From the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth Read Online Free PDF
Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker
the man in the sombrero is standing, connecting the church with the fort’s south wall. Note the makeshift log footbridge spanning the irrigation canal in the foreground. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth Texas
Battle flag of the Permanente Matamoros Battalion which was part of Romero’s assault column on March 6. This fine silk banner was captured at San Jacinto, where fortune no longer smiled upon Santa Anna. Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas
William Barret Travis’s ring. Toward the end of the 13-day siege, Travis removed this ring from his finger, placed it on a string, and hung it around the neck of Angelina Dickinson, the 15-month-old daughter of Captain Dickinson and his wife Susanna. Angelina became famous as the “Babe of the Alamo.” The ring was donated to the Alamo Museum in 1955.
A depiction of the fighting outside the Alamo when fugitives from the fort encountered Santa Anna’s cavalry, by the artist Gary Zaboly. Author’s collection
An early 20th—century view of the rear of the Alamo church. Author’s collection
An 1849 sketch of the crumbling, forgotten Alamo church by Edward Everett, before it was transformed into a shrine.
The initial goal of so many escapees, the western end of the Alameda, shown here in Herman Lungkwitz’s 1857 painting, near where a large percentage of the Alamo garrison was killed. San Antonio Public Library
A depiction of the death of Lieutenant José María Torres, who was killed while attempting to take down the Alamo garrison’s flag atop the Long Barracks. Illustration by Ted Spring, courtesy Tim J. and Terry Todish
A modern depiction of the first large flight of escapees from the Alamo, by the artist Gary Zaboly. These men have slipped through the sally port on the left of the stockade and crossed the irrigation ditch, only to meet Santa Anna’s cavalry which had been positioned to intercept fugitives. Note the covering fire provided by Captain Dickinson’s artillerymen atop the church. Author’s collection
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Bibliography
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Manuscript Sources
Alamo Vertical Files, Texas State Library and Archives, Austin, Texas.
Alamo Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Archivo Historico Militar Mexicano, Secreteria de la Defensa Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico. Expediente XI, 481.3, 1149; Expediente XI, 481.3, 1151; Expediente XI, 481.3, 1655; Expediente XI, 481.3, 1900.
Army and Navy Chronicle , New York, New York.
Francisco Paredas y Arrillaga to Minister of War Jose M. Tornell, June 10, 1836, Center for American History, Box 2Q174, vol. 334.
William Ayers. “Fratricide: Can it be Stopped?” Global Security Library, Alexandria, Virginia.
Roger Borroel, trans. “The Last Testament of Santa Anna,” Verz Cruz, Mexico, September 26, 1867, Roger Borroel Collection, East Chicago, Indiana.
William R. Chemerka, Director of the Alamo Society, to author, November 14, 2003.
William G. Cooke Papers, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.
Typescript Diary of Major John P. Gaines, Journals and Diaries Folder, 1846, Missouri State Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri.
General Sam Houston to Henry Raguet, March 13, 1836, Madge W. Hearne Collection, Texas State Library, Archives Division, Austin, Texas.
Mirabeau B.Lamar to Jefferson Lamar, April 10, 1836, Mirabeau B. Lamar Papers, no. 351, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas.
Parish Death Records, January to March 1836, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Texas, Catholic Archives of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Pedro Delgado, “The Battle of San Jacinto,” The McArdle Notebooks, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas.
Elizabeth A. Fenn, to author, April 8, 2004.
General Francisco Vital Fernandez to Secretary of War, February 15, 1836, Box 2Q174, vol. 334, Center for American History,
Battle flag of the Permanente Matamoros Battalion which was part of Romero’s assault column on March 6. This fine silk banner was captured at San Jacinto, where fortune no longer smiled upon Santa Anna. Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas
William Barret Travis’s ring. Toward the end of the 13-day siege, Travis removed this ring from his finger, placed it on a string, and hung it around the neck of Angelina Dickinson, the 15-month-old daughter of Captain Dickinson and his wife Susanna. Angelina became famous as the “Babe of the Alamo.” The ring was donated to the Alamo Museum in 1955.
A depiction of the fighting outside the Alamo when fugitives from the fort encountered Santa Anna’s cavalry, by the artist Gary Zaboly. Author’s collection
An early 20th—century view of the rear of the Alamo church. Author’s collection
An 1849 sketch of the crumbling, forgotten Alamo church by Edward Everett, before it was transformed into a shrine.
The initial goal of so many escapees, the western end of the Alameda, shown here in Herman Lungkwitz’s 1857 painting, near where a large percentage of the Alamo garrison was killed. San Antonio Public Library
A depiction of the death of Lieutenant José María Torres, who was killed while attempting to take down the Alamo garrison’s flag atop the Long Barracks. Illustration by Ted Spring, courtesy Tim J. and Terry Todish
A modern depiction of the first large flight of escapees from the Alamo, by the artist Gary Zaboly. These men have slipped through the sally port on the left of the stockade and crossed the irrigation ditch, only to meet Santa Anna’s cavalry which had been positioned to intercept fugitives. Note the covering fire provided by Captain Dickinson’s artillerymen atop the church. Author’s collection
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Bibliography
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Manuscript Sources
Alamo Vertical Files, Texas State Library and Archives, Austin, Texas.
Alamo Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Archivo Historico Militar Mexicano, Secreteria de la Defensa Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico. Expediente XI, 481.3, 1149; Expediente XI, 481.3, 1151; Expediente XI, 481.3, 1655; Expediente XI, 481.3, 1900.
Army and Navy Chronicle , New York, New York.
Francisco Paredas y Arrillaga to Minister of War Jose M. Tornell, June 10, 1836, Center for American History, Box 2Q174, vol. 334.
William Ayers. “Fratricide: Can it be Stopped?” Global Security Library, Alexandria, Virginia.
Roger Borroel, trans. “The Last Testament of Santa Anna,” Verz Cruz, Mexico, September 26, 1867, Roger Borroel Collection, East Chicago, Indiana.
William R. Chemerka, Director of the Alamo Society, to author, November 14, 2003.
William G. Cooke Papers, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.
Typescript Diary of Major John P. Gaines, Journals and Diaries Folder, 1846, Missouri State Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri.
General Sam Houston to Henry Raguet, March 13, 1836, Madge W. Hearne Collection, Texas State Library, Archives Division, Austin, Texas.
Mirabeau B.Lamar to Jefferson Lamar, April 10, 1836, Mirabeau B. Lamar Papers, no. 351, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas.
Parish Death Records, January to March 1836, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Texas, Catholic Archives of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Pedro Delgado, “The Battle of San Jacinto,” The McArdle Notebooks, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas.
Elizabeth A. Fenn, to author, April 8, 2004.
General Francisco Vital Fernandez to Secretary of War, February 15, 1836, Box 2Q174, vol. 334, Center for American History,
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