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| 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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Barry Kemelhor
reviewed Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign on January 31, 2020 Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign
There have been many books written about the Texas revolution of 1835-36 and everything has seemingly been covered in such depth, you would think there wasn't anything else left to say or cover. While much of the information contained in this book has been in other books - if you have any doubt about that just look at the Bibliography at the end of the book. However, the author has done an excellent job of putting much of it all in one place when it comes to the Battle of San Jacinto - an 18-minute affair (hence the title) which assured Texas' independence from Mexico.
Want to know who served in what company of San Houston's rag-tag army? It's in here. Want to know who got wounded, or killed? It's a short list, but it's here as well. Want to know who the Mexicans were who served? Sorry, that's not in here although there is a listing of Mexican officers who were killed or captured. Presumably, the Mexican army didn't keep records that extended to the enlisted men. All this is preceded by 428 pages of narrative that essentially goes over the reasons for everything that happened, the movements of Houston's army and the Mexican army as they both worked their way toward Buffalo Bayou near present-day Houston.
And some of the narrative does get a bit tedious - particularly the part where volunteers were listed as to who joined what company, then moved to another company and what they did before the conflict started. Perhaps there is a such a thing as too much information!
Well-written, very readable, and meticulously researched, this is for the person who is interested in more than what some books will tell you - it gets into the battle in great detail and is for the person who wants just a bit more and who isn't satisfied with an overview, but who wants to know who did what to whom and when. Highly enjoyable reading.
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Add Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign, 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 large, Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign, 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 large, Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign to your collection on WonderClub |
