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ENDED - Alamo Battlefield Relics - American Civil War Forums I won this lot several weeks ago at auction, and am keeping just one rifle ball out of the original group, selling the remainder 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
Raising the black flag - American Civil War Forums In the battle of the Alamo (Texas War of Independance), General Santa Anna flew the black flag, accompanied by the song "Deguello" which indicated that no prisoners would be taken
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
Should Houston have marched to relief of Alamo? IMO, the Alamo garrison should have withdrawn joined with Houston This would mean abandoning the townsfolk, the sick and wounded of the garrison (including its commander) to be executed, and all the artillery and ammunition Plus it would mean nothing would stand between Santa Anna's forces and the towns and farms in the interior
Louis Marx The Battle of the Blue and the Gray But of course my most treasured were The Battle of the Blue and the Gray, Fort Apache, and Davy Crockett at the Alamo, in no particular order As you can see, I also saved the relevant pages from the Sears Roebuck Wish Book, reproduced here
Texas Forts Trail - American Civil War Forums It has been home and headquarters to many Hollywood productions working "on location" at nearby Brackettville and James T "Happy" Shahan's ranch, beginning in 1959 with John Wayne's The Alamo I stayed there briefly in June, 1987 while working in Alamo - The Price of Freedom, which was also filmed on Wayne's old set
Did any regiment match the 1st Minnesota for heroism? But I also see what the OP means about the 1st MN, they paid with their lives for every second theydelayed the rebs it's more reminiscent to Thermopylae and the 300 Spartans then with the Alamo The Spartans knew exactly what they were walking in to The Alamo defenders were caught off guard and essentially trapped inside the Alamo
Uniforms - Home guard uniforms North and South. | Ranks, Uniforms . . . There were "Old Pattern Jackets" Infantry and Artillery still in stores at the Alamo, unissued and damaged, and while I've known a lot of folks to believe with their hearts them to be Mex War jackets, the M1852 existing, and this image's jacket being so dang close I'd bet they were issued Perhaps the one in the photo is a variant or modification?