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Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Read about the status of the Texan and Mexican
armies.
Ziegler, Jesse A. When Texas was Young. (1930.)
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Note the marsh land on part of field and the
distant tree line.
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Belden, Dreanna L. Bayou on the Grounds of the
San Jacinto Monument Site. (University of North
Texas Libraries, 02-05-2005.) Permalink
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Read about the lead up to the battle.
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Ziegler, Jesse A. When Texas was Young. (1930.)
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Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Belden, Dreanna L. Fields Around the San Jacinto
Monument. University of North Texas Libraries,
02-05-2005. Permalink http//texashistory.unt.edu
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Note the slight gradient to the battlefield and
the thick tree line.
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A Mexican account of the battle.
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Ziegler, Jesse A. When Texas was Young. (1930.)
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Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Yoakum, H.K. San Jacinto Battle-Ground. 11cm x
19cm (NY Redfield, 1856.) Permalink
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An 1856 map of the battlefield.
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A typical battle flag of the Mexican Army.
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Battle Flag said to have been captured from Santa
Anna at San Jacinto. 52.07cm x 120.65cm Star of
the Republic Museum. Permalink
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Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Ziegler, Jesse A. When Texas was Young. (1930.)
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Read about the results of the battle.
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Another map of the battlefield note The
disposition of the Texan army (top) and Mexican
Army (bottom).
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto. Star pf
the Republic Museum. 28.5cm x 27.8cm Permalink
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The captured Santa Annas order To the Mexican
forces still in Texas.
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de. Letter from Santa
Anna ordering retreat of Mexican Army, 22 April
1836. (The Center for American History)
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StampARMYOF OPERATIONSE. S.As I have
notified Your Excellency in the official
communiquéof today, withdraw the troops through
Bejar and Victoria,I ask Y. E. that you order
the Division commanders that in said retreat, no
harm be doneto the property of the inhabitants
of this Country, hoping that this disposition
will befollowed precisely.God and Liberty.
Field of San Jacinto, April 22 1836.Antonio
Lopez deSanta Ana
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Translation of Santa Annas Letter ordering
retreat of the Mexican Army, 22 April 1836.
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Land Grant, a reward To those who fought At San
Jacinto.
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Title of Land to John Adkinson. 33.7cm x 39.7cm
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Read about an average solider who fought at San
Jacinto
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Shaw, Donna Beth. Lynchburg Voters List
Analysis. 15 December 2007.
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Read about an average solider who fought at San
Jacinto
Primary Source Adventures The Battle of San
Jacinto
Shaw, Donna Beth. Lynchburg Voters List
Analysis. 15 December 2007.
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Veterans of San Jacinto in their Elder years.
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Photo of Battle of San Jacinto Survivors (George
W. Petty, L.C. Clemons, Moses A. Bryan) 20.3cm x
Height 25.4cm 1879. Permalink
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