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Combat near the "Mission Concepcion," by Colonel James Bowie's Battalion, October 28, 1835.

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Map of combat at the Battle of Concepción during the Texas Revolution, showing lines of assault by Mexican infantry, cannon, and dragoons, and lines held by Captain Fannin's and Captain Coleman's companies. The battlefield is surrounded by wooded terrain and lies next to the San Antonio River. No scale indicated. On verso: Photograph of a family making a sandcastle on a beach on the South Coast of England.

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1 map ; 25 x 27 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1938?.

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  • Main Title: Combat near the "Mission Concepcion," by Colonel James Bowie's Battalion, October 28, 1835.
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Map of combat at the Battle of Concepción during the Texas Revolution, showing lines of assault by Mexican infantry, cannon, and dragoons, and lines held by Captain Fannin's and Captain Coleman's companies. The battlefield is surrounded by wooded terrain and lies next to the San Antonio River. No scale indicated. On verso: Photograph of a family making a sandcastle on a beach on the South Coast of England.

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1 map ; 25 x 27 cm.

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On verso: "Land of Britain. (1) The South Country. For millions of British people the South Coast resorts provide holiday playgrounds. Biggest and best know [...], in the eighteenth century a 'fashionable watering place,' now crammed every summer with holiday-makers."

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  • Accession or Local Control No: HSU-0307002109113
  • Accession or Local Control No: 13.A.9
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth492941

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Abilene Library Consortium

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  • 1938?

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  • 29.391202, -98.496519

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Combat near the "Mission Concepcion," by Colonel James Bowie's Battalion, October 28, 1835., map, 1938?; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth492941/: accessed December 13, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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