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Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign
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by Stephen L. Moore
Stephen L. Moore
Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign
544
by Stephen L. Moore
Stephen L. Moore
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Overview
It was the decisive eighteen-minute Battle of San Jacinto where the famous words "Remember the Alamo!" were first shouted. In Eighteen Minutes, Stephen L. Moore describes the momentous battle that established the independent Lone Star Republic. Told largely through the eyes of the participants, the recollections included here are words from over 120 Texan and Mexican soldiers. The book follows General Sam Houston as he takes command of the Texas Volunteers to lead them to victory six weeks after the fall of the Alamo at San Jacinto, the town since known as the birthplace of Texas liberty. The battle and its aftermath are covered in great detail and include the capture of Santa Anna, the "Yellow Rose" controversy, and the death of a woman on the battlefield. Special features include rosters of all Texans involved in the battle, a list of casualties, and the details on other companies involved in the campaign. Eighteen Minutes is a comprehensive history of how revenge for the defeat of the Alamo was at last achieved.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781589070097 |
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Publisher: | Taylor Trade Publishing |
Publication date: | 11/10/2003 |
Pages: | 544 |
Sales rank: | 519,984 |
Product dimensions: | 6.13(w) x 9.26(h) x 1.33(d) |
About the Author
Stephen L. Moore, a sixth generation Texan, was born twenty miles from the San Jacinto battlegrounds, where two of his ancestors fought for Texas independence. Author of three previous books on Texas and military history, Steve; his wife, Cindy; and their two daughters live near Dallas in Lantana, Texas.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | ix | |
Introduction: "Daring Intrepidity" | xiii | |
1. | "Never Surrender" | 1 |
Santa Anna and the Texas Campaign | 6 | |
Sam Houston's Staff Departs Washington | 10 | |
2. | "Anxious for a Fight" | 18 |
A Gathering at Gonzales Begins | 18 | |
Captain Billingsley's "Mina Volunteers" | 19 | |
Captain Hill's Washington Company | 22 | |
Captain Sherman's Kentucky Riflemen | 24 | |
Captain Seguin's Tejano Volunteers | 27 | |
Baker, McNutt and Rabb's Companies | 29 | |
Captain Bennett's Company Heads Out | 34 | |
The Alamo's Fall | 36 | |
3. | Houston Takes Command | 39 |
The Mexican Army Departs Bexar | 42 | |
Houston Arrives in Gonzales | 43 | |
4. | "Flying in Terror and Agony" | 48 |
Captain Patton's Company Organized | 52 | |
Gonzales Abandoned | 57 | |
Captain Bird's Men Join Houston | 61 | |
Last Stand at La Bahia: March 14 | 67 | |
Houston Marches Army to the Colorado | 68 | |
Captain Splane Joins | 69 | |
Navidad to the Colorado | 74 | |
The New Texas Government | 78 | |
Texas Rangers Called to Join the Army | 80 | |
From Crier's to Beason's: March 18-19 | 83 | |
5. | Sparring along the Colorado | 85 |
Karnes Takes a Prisoner | 87 | |
McIntire, Martin, and Logan's Companies | 90 | |
Captain Chance's Washington Guards | 95 | |
New Units Unite with Sherman's Division | 97 | |
Major Ben Smith's Brush with Sesma's Soldiers | 103 | |
6. | Falling Back | 111 |
Houston Calls for a Retreat | 114 | |
The Nacogdoches Volunteers | 118 | |
Sherman Joined by Forbes Battalion | 120 | |
The Palm Sunday Massacre | 128 | |
7. | "Intensely Hungry, Weary and Wet" | 134 |
North up the Brazos | 136 | |
San Felipe Is Burned | 140 | |
Arrival of Captains Kimbro and Bryant | 145 | |
Camp Moves to Groce's Landing | 147 | |
Travels of the Twin Sisters | 151 | |
Santa Anna on the Offensive | 154 | |
Fannin Survivors Reach Baker's Detachment | 157 | |
Court-Martial of Privates Scales and Garner | 158 | |
8. | Camping in the Brazos Swamps | 162 |
Prisoner Execution Spared | 164 | |
Rusk Arrives at Groce's | 167 | |
Major Smith Raises New Company | 171 | |
Santa Anna Captures a Texan | 176 | |
Baker Detachment versus the Mexican Army | 180 | |
Houston Creates Second Regiment | 183 | |
Santa Anna Pushes On | 186 | |
9. | "I Will Avenge the Death of My Brave Friends" | 190 |
Arrival of Fannin's Survivors | 194 | |
Martin's Men Abandon Fort Bend | 195 | |
Twin Sisters Reach Bernardo Plantation | 197 | |
10. | "The Last Hope of Texas" | 203 |
Movements of Santa Anna's Men | 205 | |
"You Must Fall Back" | 209 | |
11. | The Road to San Jacinto | 222 |
Houston Marches to Harrisburg | 233 | |
Old Whip and Miss Emily | 235 | |
Spies Capture Santa Anna's Mail | 237 | |
12. | "Determined to Conquer or Die" | 242 |
"Remember the Alamo" | 248 | |
13. | The First Engagement | 254 |
Supply Boat Captured | 261 | |
Sherman's "Little Squad of Heroes" | 270 | |
Into "The Hornet's Nest" | 277 | |
Houston Restrains Infantry | 280 | |
14. | "Burn That Bridge" | 286 |
Numbers, Guns and Flags | 294 | |
Blacks and Tejanos in Service at San Jacinto | 299 | |
The War Council | 301 | |
"Cut It Down and Set It on Fire" | 303 | |
15. | "Dreadful Havoc" | 309 |
"Parade Your Companies" | 310 | |
Sherman's Second Regiment Draws First Blood | 318 | |
Burleson's First Regiment Engages | 322 | |
Santa Anna's Forces Overrun | 326 | |
"I Shot Old Betsy Six Times" | 329 | |
Twin Sisters against the Golden Standard | 333 | |
A "Panic Stricken Herd": Flight of Santa Anna | 337 | |
The Halt Controversy | 338 | |
16. | "It Was Nothing but a Slaughter" | 344 |
"Colonel Forbes Done It!" | 350 | |
Pursuit to Vince's Bridge | 353 | |
Late Arrivals to the Fight | 357 | |
"Damn Your Manners" | 360 | |
"The Hand of Providence Was with Us" | 364 | |
17. | Catching "The Old Fox" | 369 |
McNutt's Men Arrive | 374 | |
"A Big Haul": Santa Anna Captured | 375 | |
Interrogation | 381 | |
18. | The Spoils of War | 387 |
The Booty Auction: April 26 | 394 | |
Burnet Is Notified | 400 | |
The Forbes Trial | 401 | |
Afterword | 413 | |
Forbes v. Labadie Lawsuit | 413 | |
Miss Emily and the "Yellow Rose" Controversy | 415 | |
Who Shot Sam Houston? | 417 | |
Flags of the San Jacinto Campaign | 417 | |
How Many Texans Fought? | 418 | |
Post-San Jacinto Careers | 420 | |
The San Jacinto Monument and Museum | 425 | |
Appendixes | ||
A. | Texian Casualties of the San Jacinto Campaign | 429 |
B. | Mexican Officers Killed and Captured at the Battle of San Jacinto | 433 |
C. | Roster of Texans Present at the Battle of San Jacinto | 435 |
D. | Roster of Texans Stationed at Texas Army Camp near Harrisburg | 453 |
E. | Other Companies of the San Jacinto Campaign | 459 |
Notes | 463 | |
Bibliography | 495 | |
Index | 501 |
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