The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation (67 page)
Authors: James Donovan
Tags: #History / Military - General, #History / United States - 19th Century
Zuber, W. P. “The Escape of Rose from the Alamo.”
Texas Historical Association Quarterly
5, no. 1 (July 1901).
———. “Notes and Fragments.” Pts. 1–3.
Texas State Historical Association Quarterly
5, no. 2–6, no. 1 (October 1901–July 1902).
T
HESES AND
D
ISSERTATIONS
Adams, Allen. “The Leader of the Volunteer Grays: The Life of William G. Cooke, 1808–1847.” Master’s thesis, Southwest Texas State Teacher’s College, 1939.
Alexander, Gladys. “Social Life in Texas, 1821–1836.” Master’s thesis, East Texas State Teacher’s College, 1942.
Arpad, Joseph John. “David Crockett: An Original Legendary Eccentricity and Early American Character.” PhD Diss., Duke University, 1968.
Filizola, Umberto Daniel. “Correspondence of Santa Anna During the Texas Campaign, 1835–1836.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1939.
Garver, Lois Antoinette. “The Life of Benjamin Rush Milam.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1931.
Mixon, Ruby. “William Barret Travis: His Life and Letters.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1930.
Tolson, Marjorie Cain. “Gonzales, Birthplace of Texas Independence, 1825–1865.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1966.
Turkovic, Robert J. “The Antecedents and Evolution of Santa Anna’s Ill-Fated Texas Campaign, 1835–1836.” Master’s thesis, Florida Atlantic University, 1973.
Williams, Amelia. “The Siege and Fall of the Alamo.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1926.
U
NPUBLISHED
M
ANUSCRIPTS
Andrassy, Richard, and Clyde Hagood Jr., MD. “Amos Pollard: Chief Surgeon of the Alamo.” Pollard Vertical File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, TX.
Baumgartner, Dorcas Huff. “History of the Alsey Silvanus Miller Homestead and Surrounding Area, 1700/1992.” Gonzales County Records Center and Archives, Gonzales, TX.
Blake, R. B. “Rose and His Escape from the Alamo.” Samuel Erson Asbury Papers, Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
Brierley, Ned F. “The Journal of Sergeant Santiago Rabia.” Santiago Rabia Papers, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, TX.
Choquette, Clifford J. and Marcelle R. “Ashburnham to Alamo: Amos Pollard, M.D.” Clifford J. Choquette Research Papers, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, TX.
Harrigan, Stephen. “The Last Days of David Crockett.” Unpublished manuscript.
Hatch, James. “Lest We Forget the Heroes of the Alamo.” James Hatch Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Henson, Margaret Swett. “List of Mexican Officers Killed or Captured at the Battle of San Jacinto, Plus Biographical Notes.” Unpublished manuscript.
Ivey, James E. “Mission to Fortress: An Architectural History of the Alamo.” Unpublished manuscript.
Jackson, Jack. “Week of Work at Archivo Historico of Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional, July 2000.” Lindley Papers, Southwestern Writers Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
Kailbourn, Tom. “Concordance Comparing Troop Assignments per Column in Alamo Assault.” Unpublished manuscript.
Kuykendall, Jonathan Hampton. “Sketches of Early Texans.” Kuykendall Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Lindley, Thomas Ricks. “True as Steel: Character and Destiny in the Texas Revolution.” Lindley Papers, Southwestern Writers Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
Shelby, Charmion. “Notes on the Mexican Army of Operations in Texas, 1835–1836.” Charmion Shelby Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Walker, R. H., Jr. “Early Life in Gonzales.” Vertical Files, Gonzales County Records Center and Archives, Gonzales, TX.
Wilkes, Chester. “The Andrew Kent Home.” Unpublished manuscript.
———. “Mary Ann Kent Byas Chambers Morris.” Unpublished manuscript.
Young, Kevin R. “Understanding the Mexican Army.” Unpublished manuscript.
N
EWSPAPERS
Dallas Morning News
Gonzales Inquirer
Houston Daily Post
The Lone Star
(Washington on the Brazos)
El Mosquito Mexicano
New Orleans Bee
Niles’ Register; The Weekly Register; Niles’ National Register; Niles’ Weekly Register
San Antonio Daily Express
San Antonio Light
Telegraph and Texas Register
Western Texian
(San Antonio)
P
ERIODICALS
The Alamo Journal
Alamo Lore and Myth Organization
Journal of the Alamo Battlefield Association
The Texas Almanac
C
OLLECTIONS AND
A
RCHIVES
At the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Antonio López de Santa Anna Papers, Genero García Collection At the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
Samuel Erson Asbury Papers
Eugene Campbell Barker Papers
Don Carlos Barrett Papers
Bexar Archives
Robert Bruce Blake Papers
John Henry Brown Papers
Adina Amelia de Zavala Papers
Burr H. Duval Papers
W. W. Fontaine Papers
John Salmon Ford Papers
Benjamin Cromwell Franklin Papers
George Pierce Garrison Papers
Hassell Family Papers
James Hatch Papers
Mary Austin Holley Papers
James Jackson Family Papers
John H. Jenkins Reminiscences
Francis White Johnson Papers
Louis Wiltz Kemp Papers
Jonathan Hampton Kuykendall Papers
Ira Randolph Lewis Papers
Walter Lord Archive
Ruby Mixon Papers
Ben Caldwell Prather Papers
Charmion Clair Shelby Papers
Julia Lee Sinks Papers
William Barret Travis Papers
Amelia Worthington Williams Papers
William Physick Zuber Papers
At the Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Samuel Erson Asbury Papers
At the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
James DeShields Papers
At the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, San Jacinto Museum of History, La Porte, TX
Louis Wiltz Kemp Papers
At the Southwestern Writers Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Thomas Ricks Lindley Papers
At the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin
Harbert Davenport Collection
Contents
Two: “O! He Has Gone to Texas”
Three: “The Celebrated Desperado”
Seven: “A Mere Corral and Nothing More”
Eight: The Napoleon of the West
Thirteen: “This Time You May See Some Blood”
Fifteen: “His Excellency Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty”
Sixteen: “That Terrible Bugle Call of Death”
Seventeen: The Bleeding Country
Eighteen: “The Marrow Bone of Texas”
Afterword: Moses Rose and the Line
Appendix One: Mexican Army of Operations Principal Officers
Copyright © 2012 by James Donovan
Cover design by Julianna Lee; cover art,
The Siege of the Alamo
, © 2004 Howard David Johnson. Cover copyright © 2012 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Endpaper illustraton by Marty Brazil
Maps by Jeffrey L. Ward
All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at [email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights.
Little, Brown and Company
Hachette Book Group
237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
First e-book edition: May 2012
The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher.
The Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events. To find out more, go to
www.hachettespeakersbureau.com
or call (866) 376-6591.
ISBN 978-0-316-20254-1
Table of Contents
Two: “O! He Has Gone to Texas”
Three: “The Celebrated Desperado”
Seven: “A Mere Corral and Nothing More”
Eight: The Napoleon of the West
Thirteen: “This Time You May See Some Blood”
Fifteen: “His Excellency Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty”