The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1854 Page: 1 of 4
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IS I'UBMailClJ ov IVKKY S \ Tli 111 J A Y BY
l\ N^VVCOMtf &!loa'r J. LAM BERT.
fjji ■*: x>Ji &'iitUid Streets
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TIIK TEXAS REVOLITION.
V U ruUag of Han Antonio cie llenar, ate.
by K late ofktccft of t'ifk >rmt.
CHAP i HI? ii.
Stan Vjitonio'* Woody *irert>>. iin<! walls,
Where frwItHn ' *!♦ red. t « AJiUtin'* t ail.
pairj< r^ <i)t¡¡ri i, wiser** tyituii* A M,
Th#ra- tiMMfty l> iíg-ír«*—koig tó dwell.
Ii has dtUHi be mi sai !, aní t believe with ¡ . . . ...
i # .1 tm attack. Accordingly arrangements, were
- I'lt. tiiat tu pui< ^ in H¡e «ari l is eeUet*-cal- i - , /
- •• , , . , , p ... inane ana time set to commences operations
; Htw'u tor.tie.vcUmi.iia tfte character armdtspo- , , . .. ,
, , * . . ! out upoa^fca eve ot beginning ike buttle th<
It was now thought t®at we were sutiicieiitiy enemy's building*. To pick holes through
strong to take the town, arrangements were ac- them was bat the work of a few minutes, ami
j cordingly made. Gen. Burlerson, and other placing oar deadly rifles through the aperture
i *>tlieeis were violently opposed to making the thus made, every shot told Many a Mexican
| attack with so small a number of men, which on tiiat day bit the dust. The order was given
| were about four hundred; the forces of the ene- for some fifteen or twenty to take possession ot
. my consisting ot pue thousand regular troops, some roofs of houses, ten succeeded in gaining
exclusive oí about three hundred citizens from the roof, but ft p roo ved to be rathet a hot birth,
whom liuie assistance was expected. It was fur the enemy had been beforehand with us.
eon sine red too great a risk to enter a fort Hied gaining the most prominent situations, and the
town strongly garisoned, with more than treble* minute we appeared poured their fue upon u*;
(he number of our troops, assisted with t wenty ; the consequence of which was. that three or four
or thirty pieces oi a «tilery. However, .alter was seriously wounded. In the public square
considere argument ami debate among the j there wa/l large church, some hundred or |
oiiieers, pro and con, it determined on to make yards distant, iu the cupaloof which #eré soil
re fifteen or twenty of the enemy, who had n
to do but pick us off; upon the tops of the hotiSes
A considerable
- tton oí uivii than ti+e a¡ my,-the camp or -ffrld. £ ___
... \ order was 'countermanded and an order issued
..I h -re every^ua.ny wlach man posses <a w>il t . _ . ... , ,
/ ¡na U: knuw H. 'i ii re are
ni ev ry > >muiunit
dial s 'ihcof (hop/ it ty and mor.
t ne b a uds of soc i ty cas t a run
* xhibits to the woi'lu hi< true dtaracter.
... ¿to rcueii.. A bur^t of imlisrnat-ion followed the
iroou and bad men ,
. j annouueem nt ot the order.
and when a man looses
raWeetios uhicl, i '«« «Í'J "««er. I.av,,,3 coUccjed ' ,he Weí,herbt.¡ very co
I¡a him, ho *•*.. ',:sr.'b7' ",e 01 C're^ «•!«.€blowing iron,
karartc.. XI.. r ■ i Louk'dtv a.,id " 1,e cuuld ** iuu,dlrtl i (treat dfficnltr in loading «
Wt re small parapets just hi&MUhugh to
a man* body by lying close to it, m by this
means of defence, we endeavored by crawüig^
as close to ft as possible to return
Id and dreary, with a
the north, w$ l^ad
j great dfficulty in loading our rifles, asthe wlftd
j u. n to joiu Win, he would take thi few., or ; blew „or powd,c At lhis criIiea,
i nt (he atU/apl-j and' w Uiie one part Oi the m ,
.uwy was acteally retreating, th« otfcw wa, . maJe,lis a|)p(.ar,n..e. . Who-haanot
i'i^L'jiaiLpjkcJtiiULUU'efs, Tie* twocuuip;uur:s tKat justly 1celebrated man—that
Ititude • 0Í ^ ^ lot med an 1 matched by the encamp- ( daring soldier 7 He was^ltie s
ment, in this periluos situation, Deaf
vere se^r&l ara-oi. :ts| us, who might
•s 1 ;icrr4'Jts devi;i11nw idely from the true path |
>f rectitude a id virtue, but we will pass over
-i.ueír dt-fcet*T-tWtt;.;h tie y ueic f« u . •trrrttTry
possessed one finite which covered a mu . , , . . . , . , . ^
V e v . , , ■ . .. c , , t ment, declaring their determination to enter the ! ,itr> 'rw.i ii-,r„.,v ,
Of faults, that is they íonght hse fiends, and? , , , , ,, . < tri° i ex au Wrrey UurcU, ¿
t t r . j town. Volunteers nocked to us irom ali diree- ^ , ■
generally was the foremost in danger; . , . . (1 j bctt^i soldier ue„ver iiveu# us
^ r i . ^ uons, atiu as we marched by their quarter, toil ] .u., ^ u.„. ...
On-arriving in tamp, we found the army to ¡ 3 n J | the parap^U Jleéo^aiutea Mwhst ar%y<
consist of about four or five hunth-cd nv-n' un- j u'la l'ü< Uar* ; there—why are^Vou not at «ork-thS •
t tie command ot (i n. Stephen l\ Au- tin, } The volunteers thus collected, including the j time to be idle." We expected to se<ffcii
encamped upon -the banks of the liver San An- ; numbered about four hundred men. \ down every moment, and the words were has^iy
t^'--io/near the ©Id aiilt, abb-ut twj mi;e> fi >.¡r: 1 sma¡^ -orce it >yas determined to -out of his mouth before he received a musket
town, where we amused ourselves by «inning ! lMC unvtl! ti,e gallant and ever to te la- j bail in his shoulder. ''Help me down bp^s, I
attpr and catching the brass balls that the Mex- ¡ íiíc{i^d Milam was unaniiouu.sljr elected to the ¡ am badly wounded," was all he said, hut finding
¿cans did ns the fe>mor occasionally to throw 1 (,mmantea tune was io he lustf|áre#y thing that he was not so badly hurt as he thought, he
into our camp, ocly intended to remind off, that l,e'1 ri>ady we took up the line oi march about j made his escape from the roof, thinking no ctóttbt
4 t V!o« k on the morning of the tith December, | that were right iu kneeling
m*, lor the devote i city. But ohfw'hat* fall- | pew lieut. Hall who was one of&ur
i,ad joined the Greys the.day before, there re- j passing out near tlie eari
ma ¡tied but little over one hundred, ejKfosiec i a rfort ccss.niou ai fireing^ wltb two ortfota.
ot our two coiii|iaiiies, which kit iftMlw ; oilier, made their'escape. There were now
they were fully prepared, and w hat kind of re-
opffo : they would give us, should we be foolish
eapugh to a t ternpt to ta ké \h r i r to wn.
TSvir balls fared better than their hints for the
former were sent back with inte test, while the
- iatrrr were'vltrown away. Our rations were
•divided out, which consisted of a few pounds of* 'í U:i^r:^ some od4 men. This small but ^
beef and a fe w ears of corn, the latter \t e ground
Oil the old mill above mentioned, which made
lemony if not m^tb, such were the provisions
íbi-H.^c a?'my..haí to fuVist upon. This
11Kliflit €j¿míóia wis whether we ; {u attraet the atten
-&v
partan hau l, ("fonune favors the biave/') di-
v i v i i! i n g in two divisions, at a preconcerted
signal, the firing of a cannon with which a
1
tive left on the building, and the sWideir thick-
er than ever#'|Érbat was to bedonel liAWUhl
not do to re#i^i|i^á be shot down like dogé, it
we exhibit^a Mft of our bodies,- liowevet
sina party had been mjt round to the AiaitfO, srnallT it befime-aktork for a htitidr^mas-
BWBI , Bum &n 01 ll,f- e,,cmV' an'1 to kets, Without the power of r«<áSfálf^r: ^fl1ÍÍs
shield makelhe att^ upon tbeciicmj or jralt > ^rvu **f si^nal« ******* the town. This the « impossiblefoVemaii^onfiif ih «Kpretal
for further rétnforcemrm. - ^ A enemy was unprepared for. Daylight begau a.
O n. AuSly having setu by the Provis- to dawti, and then came the tug of war^ the
#^4ík>vcníment on * mísslna to the Uttitid bugles of the enenjy sounds the alarm,
States, was compe l^ to leave the army, th^ the drums beat to arms; siUntly cutting dawn
eotsaaand -tlevoiving upt>ft Burfrsoii t&TreW f«ur sleefnng seminéis midst the deaf-
-Vakmteers werea^lving from various sections vriing roar of artilery, we maJe good our en-
T>t Annntfy..
a second G^ys arHveti in comp,
nr4¿?erthe «omiiriíiKl of Captain Breeze. We
were caWetfobwVf*tm Greys,*' metier from the
* ftirst in the country tooth"
miesT^ng ioinaed iu NcW Or leans about
——y -- , I
si'ion,.and as a tientet
hoie through the roof, whicS^tng
(¡¡Ml of lime, sand and «lay^Ahe
in i
ionio.
ing large
question wa
through ; for
trance,.—U- toomed as if the ¿Jeineiits were it
war^—vfülct and thrilting sensations of excite
ment, so peculiar on the eve or in the midst <>f beneath ui
bflttteffun through our veins.- drape shot and
musket balls felt thick around as, doing but
lulls injury, lor we were soon safely ensconced
behind the ston#teces and thick walls of the
so one place was ai bad as an
tain destruction td remain in
.much longer, *ri« waa tat
tConUused oA fourth
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Newcomb & Lambert. The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1854, newspaper, September 9, 1854; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176989/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.