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ENDED - Alamo Battlefield Relics | Sutlers Soldiers Classified Ads These items are documented from a 2008 archaeological dig beneath The History Shop, located across the street from what was the north wall of the ALAMO Items for sale here are: 1 rifle ball, about 509 caliber (This seems almost certainly to have been fired by a "Texian ") 2 musket balls, both around 64 caliber (These could be either
NF - Will “The last full Measure” movie, ever be made? | Civil War . . . The 2004 Alamo film is the perfect example, great movie, way better on history and props than any other Alamo movie before it, (or Gods Generals and a lot of other historical movies for that matter), and a distributors worst nightmare at the box office Nope no Last Full Measure
Louis Marx The Battle of the Blue and the Gray - American Civil War . . . Note the inevitable increase in prices for these, plus the fact they were merchandised differently over the years - in 1956 when Walt Disney's Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier was all the rage on television, there were "official" Marx sets bearing the names of both Walt and his gold mine; later, it was enough to have simply Alamo sets so as to not have to pay those pesky licensing fees!
March 1, 1861: Sec. of War Cameron dismisses Gen. David Twiggs This is an episode I'd like to know more about - meaning I don't know much to start with I'm assuming the Army base in San Antonio was the Alamo complex, which history suggests was somewhat defensible against superior numbers It was well known that people were contemplating secession; 2000 secessionist militia didn't just pop up totally by
Gail Borden and condensed milk | Foods Recipes - American Civil War . . . One of the things it doesn't mention here is that his paper was one of the first, if not the very first, to carry news of the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto Imagine the sadness of setting the type to let the world know your friends had died, as well as the joy of announcing the victory over Santa Anna so people could come home from the Runaway
Raising the black flag | Civil War Potpourri Never heard about the black flag in connection with the Alamo Thank you for the information, Timewalker ---Battalion Trice, indeed, I forgot about Fort Pillow Now after reading your post I refreshed my memory, although the explanation with the signal flag was unknown to me
Texas Forts Trail | Forts, Fortifications, Other Forgotten Places The unfinished and roofless church had been part of the "fort" used by both Mexican troops in 1835 and Tejanos in 1836 and is now familiar worldwide as the Alamo The U S Army essentially preserved it for posterity by remodeling it for use as a supply warehouse; soldier graffiti from that period of its history may still be seen in out-of-the
Tell me more! - Spiking The Guns | Cannons Artillery Crew Served . . . The Alamo gun would have been made of cast iron which is naturally brittle, plus the iron was over 100 years old Iron technology had progressed considerably from the 1740's to the 1860's, but iron guns did fail during the Civil War and the trunnions that I have heard of being knocked off during the War came from being struck by projectiles
Battle Flags captured at Fort Gregg; Petersburg, VA Reference: The Confederate Alamo by John J Fox III The fourteen MOH recipients were: Cpl Andrew O Apple, 12th West Virginia Lt Josiah M Curtis 12th West Virginia Pvt Joseph McCauslin, 12th West Virginia Sgt Robert J Gardner, 34th Massachusetts Cpl Charles A Hunter, 34th Massachusetts Cpl Freeman C Thompson, 116th Ohio
Capt. Joseph Rafael de la Garza | Other Soldiers, Politicians, Men De la Garza enlisted in the Confederate Army when the Civil War erupted and served briefly on the Texas-Mexico border under the command of Capt Santos Benavides On March 31, 1862, in San Antonio, De la Garza, at age twenty-three, was mustered into service as a second lieutenant in Capt Samuel W McAllister’s Alamo Rifles