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1 There were really twenty-seven wounded.
2 Should be 783.
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" In a battle where every individual performed his duty, it might seem invidious to draw distinctions ; but, while I do justice to all in expressing my high admiration of the bravery and gallant conduct of both officers and men, I hope I may be indulged in the expression of my highest approbation of the chivalrous conduct of Major James Collinsworth in almost every part of the engagement. Colonel Hockley, with his command of artillery ; Colonel Wharton, the adjutant-general, Major Cooke, and in fact all the staff officers ; Colonels Burle- son and Somervill on the right, Colonel Milliard in the center, and Colonel Sherman, Colonel Bennett and Major Wells on the left, and Colonel Lamar on the extreme right, with the cav- alry, led on the charge and followed in the pursuit with dauntless bravery.
" All have my highest approbation. With such men, sus- tained as we shall be by the patriots and lovers of liberty in our mother country, hateful depotism cannot find a resting place for the sole of her foot on the beautiful plains of Texas ! A volumewould not contain the deeds of individual daring and bravery. Each captain has been required to make a re- port, and I hope justice will be done to all the brave spirits who mingled in the glorious achievement of yesterday.
My aid-de-camp, Dr. Wm. Motley (late of Kentucky), fell near me, mortally wounded, and soon after his spirit took its flight to join the immortal Milam and others in a better world.
" I have the honor to be, very respectfully yours,
" THOMAS J. RUSK, Secretary of War." 1
1 The total number of prisoners was near eight hundred, though at first reported less, including Santa Anna, Gen. Martin Perfecto de Cos, Col. Juan Nepomucino Almonte, Col. Bringas, Col. Ocepeces, Col. Portilla, Col. Pedro Delgado. Among the Mexicans killed were Gen. Castrillon, who led the assault on the Alamo; Colonels Mora, Batres, Trevino, Jose M. Romero - Lieut .- Colonels Aguirre and Castrillon. The total number killed was a little less than seven hundred, and probably, in various ways, about seventy-five
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succeeded in escaping, one of whom I met in San Luis Potosi in 1865, who stated that about that number escaped.
Of the Texians the killed or mortally wounded, were: Dr. William Motley, aide to Secretary Rusk, Sergeant Thomas P. Fowl, Lieut. George A. Lamb, Lieut. John C. Hale and privates Lemuel Blakey, A. R. Stevens, Benjamin R. Brigham, and Olwyn J. Trask, the latter mortally wounded on the 20th - 8.
Wounded severely : Gen. Houston, Lieut .- Col. Joseph C. Neill (wounded on the 20th), and Privates James Cromby, Wm. S. Walker, Logan Vande - veer, Martin Walker, Allen Ingram, John F. Tom (reported as dead, but lived till 1885), J. Cooper, George W. Robinson, Wm. Winters, Washington Lewis, Alphonso Steele, W. F. James, and Devereaux J. Woodlief (wounded on the 20th) - 15.
Wounded less severely : Capt. Mosely Baker, Capt. Jesse Billingsly, Capt. Smith, Sergeant Albert Gallatin, and Privates George Waters, Wash- ington Anderson, Calvin Page, C. D. Anderson, Leroy Wilkinson, James Nelson, Mitchell Putman, E. G. Rector and Wm. A. Park - 13.
Camp guard and sick left opposite Harrisburg :
Only a partial list of the sick and the guard left at the camp can be given. The whole number, with convalescents and a few recruits coming up, was about two hundred. As elsewhere shown those who were able for duty were compelled to remain against their protest and are as much entitled to be enrolled among the soldiers of San Jacinto as those who participated in the battle. The entire detachments of Splane and Kuykendall, few in num - ber, were detailed, but their names cannot be given. After great diligence I can only give the subjoined list :
Major McNutt, commander of the camp; Captains Peyton R. Splane, - Kuykendall and Wm. W. Hill (sick); Zoroaster Robinson, Benjamine Rob- inson (sick) ; I. Benton, - Roarer, - Irvine, Capt. Henry Teal (sick) ; Benjamin Robinson, Wiley Parker, Thomas Korner, Evan Karner, Daniel Rayper, James Darst, - Darst, Albert M. Halmark, Samuel McGown, William P. Kerr, J. H. Kuykendall, George W. Seaton (accidentally wounded in the foot), Lewis Moore, Morris Moore, Robert Price, Miller Francis, - Black, John Price, Wm. McMaster, Samuel Damon, Wm. Price, Philip Coe, - Gibbons, John Davis, S. Y. Reams, - Ballard, - Peavyhouse, Launcelot Abbott (a printer in 1888, still living in England), Chance, - Hunter (sick and died in camp). These were 40 of the men from various companies.
Of Gillaspie's company, complete: John Blaney, Micajah Bradley, Wm. Everett Kennard, Wm. McCoy, Wm. McIntire, Andrew McMillam (sick), James McMillam (sick), Daniel Smith, Oswin Wilcox, Wm. Physic Zuber (in his sixteenth year) - 10. Of the same company left sick at Donoho's who came up, Samuel McFall (the afterwards noted Mier prisoner), - Newton - 2. Recruits who came up and joined the company, Henry Full- erton, John Wlaker - 2. Total, 54, of about 200.
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By the aid of Mr. William P. Zuber, and otherwise, I have been enabled to add several omitted names in the published list of San Jacinto soldiers, and to correct errors in the names of about fifty, some of which were mutilated beyond recognition, as " Kimbo" for "Kimbrough "-" Mc- Curdy" for McCorley-" William Finch " for " Matthew French, " etc. There are doubtless still many errors in the names, and the first names of a large number are missing.
THE SOLDIERS OF SAN JACINTO.
Sam Houston, Major-General Commanding; Thomas J. Rusk, Secretary of War; John A. Wharton, Adjutant-General; George W. Hockley, Inspec - tor-General; John Forbes, Commissary General; William G. Cooks, Assistant Inspector-General; Alexander Horton, Wm. H. Patton, James Collinsworth, aids-de-camp; Robert M. Coleman, Robert Eden Handy, James H. Perry, volunteer aids; Dr. Alexander Ewing, acting chief surgeon; Dr. Davidson, surgeon; J. P. T. Fitzhugh, assistant surgeon 1st regiment; Anson Jones, surgeon 2nd regiment; Shields Booker, and N. D. Labadie, assistant surgeons 2nd regiment -- 18.
ARTILLERY CORPS.
J. C. Neill, Lieutenant-Colonel, severely wounded on the 20th; Isaac N. Moreland, Captain; W. Stillwell, 1st Lieutenant; Richardson Scurry, 1st Sergeant; Thomas Plaster, 2nd Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
T. O. Harris, Jno. M. Wade, Hugh M. Smith, William A. Park, Thomas Green, Clark M. Harman, T. J. Robinson, M. Baxter, Ben McCulloch, Joseph White, Thomas N. B. Green, John Ferrill, Joseph Floyd, Alfred Benton, D. T. Dunham, Willis Collins, T. C. Edwards, S. B. Bardwell.
Assisted by the following regulars from Teal's company : Campbell, Millerman, Gainer, Cumberland.
From Turner's company : Benson, Clayton, Merwin, Legg-31.
CAVALRY CORPS.
Mirabeau B. Lamar, Commanding; Henry W. Karnes, Captain; Wm. H. Smith, Captain; James R. Cook, 1st Lieutenant; Wm. Harness, 2d Lieuten- ant; Lem. Gustine, M. D.
PRIVATES.
Erastus (Deaf) Smith, Washington Secrest, Fielding Secrest, A. Alls- bury, S. C. Turnage, D. W. Reeves, E. R. Rainwater, J. D. Elliott, J. P. Davis, J. Neil, G. Deaderick, N. Nixon, J. Nash, Isaac W. Burton, Jacob Duncan, James Wells, special scout, Young P. Alsbury, Daniel McKay, W. J. C. Pierce, W. King, Thomas Blackwell, - Good- win, John Coker, W. B. Sweeney, Benjamin F. Smith, Thomas Robbins, Elisha Clapp, H. Henderson, George Johnson, J. W. Williamson, Wilson C.
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Brown, J. Thompson, John Robbins, William F. Young, James Douthatt, John Carpenter, William S. Taylor, Anthony Foster, Z. Y. Beauford, Spen- ser Townsend, James Shaw, William D. Redd, - Clopper, Peter H. Bell, James W. Robinson, A. W. Hill, Olwyn J. Trask - 53.
REGULARS.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Millard, Commanding; Captain John M. Allen (future Mayor of Galveston), Acting Major.
COMPANY A.
Andrew Briscoe, Captain; Martin K. Snell, Ist Lieutenant; Robert McClosky, 2d Lieutenant; Lyman F. Rounds, Ist Sergeant; David S. Nelson, 2d Sergeant; Daniel O. Driscoll, 3d Sergeant; Charles A. Ford, 4th Sergeant; - Richardson, Ist Corporal, Harry C. Craig, 2d Corporal, - Bear, 3d Corporal, - Flores, Musician.
PRIVATES.
Bruff, Bebee, Benton, Henry P. Brewster, Cassady, Dutcher, Darrl, Elliott, Flynn, Farley, Grieves, Warner, Henderson, Lang, Labartare, Limski, Mason, Montgomery, Marsh, Morton, O'Niel, Pierce, Patton, Rhein- hart, Kainer, Richardson, Smith, Ist; Smith, 2d; Sullivan, Saunders, Swain, Tindall, Ist; Taylor, Van Winkle, Wilkinson, Webb - 49. .
VOLUNTEERS.
COMPANY B.
Amasa Turner, Captain; W. Millen, 1st Lieutenant; W. W. Summers, 2d Lieutenant; Charles Stewart, 1st Sergeant; N. Swearingen, 2d Sergeant; Robert Moore, Corporal; Thomas Wilson, Corporal, M. Snyder, Corporal.
PRIVATES.
Bernard, Browning, Dalrymple, Eldridge, Edson, Harper, Hogan, Harvey, Bissett, Belden, Johnson, Keeland, Ludus, Lind, Minnett, Mordorff, Col- ton, Callahan, Massie, Moore, 2d; Nirlas, Pascal, Phillips, Smith, Ist; Christie, Clarkson, Smith, 2d; Scheston, Sigman, Tyler, Woods, Wardry- ski -40.
COMPANY B.
Richard Roman, Captain; Nicholas Dawson, 2d Lieutenant; James Whar- ton, Sergeant; A. Mitchell, Sergeant; S. L. Wheeler, Sergeant; A. Taylor, Corporal; J. S. Egbert, Corporal; W. Moore, Corporal.
PRIVATES.
-- Angell, G. Brown, Joseph Barstow, J. B. Bradley, B. Coles, J. S. Conn, J. H. T. Dixon, William Dunbar, H. Homan, J. M. Jett, Stev. Jett, A. S. Jordan, S. W. Lamar, Edward Lewis, J. W. B. McFarland, A. M'Stea, H.
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Miller, W. G. Newman, W. Richardson, D. Tindale, J. Vinaler, C. W. Waldron, F. F. Williams, James Wilder, W. S. Walker, James Ownsby.
COMPANY I.
W. S. Fisher, Captain; R. W. Carter, 2d Lieutenant; - Jones, Sergeant. PRIVATES.
George W. Leek, N. Rudder, J. W. Stroud, Jos. Sovereign, W. Sergeant, R. J. W. Reel, Rufus Wright, Jos. McAllister, B. F. Starkley, - Day, John Morgan, Henry Tierwester, - Slack, R. Banks, Jac. Maybee, - Graves, B. F. Fry, E. G. Marie, - M'Neill, John M. Shreve, W. Pace, Ch. Stebbins, R. Crittenden, Adam Mosier, J. S. Patterson, Jos. Douane, George W. Mason, Thomas Pratt, E. Knowland, A. H. Miles, John Lewellan, Joseph Joslyn, W. S. Arnot, M. W. Brigham, P. Burt, H. Bond, Geo. Fennell, W. Gill, Jo. Gillespie, A. J. Harris, D. James - 44.
STAFF OF THE COMMAND.
Nicholas Lynch, Adjutant; Wm. M. Carper, Surgeon; John Smith, Ser- geant-Major; Pinkney Caldwell, Quarter-master - 4.
FIRST REGIMENT TEXAS VOLUNTEERS.
Edward Burleson, Colonel; Alex. Somervell, Lieutenant-Colonel, Jas. W. Tinsley, Adjutant; H. N. Cleveland, Sergeant-Major - 4.
COMPANY A.
Wm. Wood, Captain; S. B. Raymond, 2nd Lieutenant; J. C. Allison, 1st Sergeant; Jas. A. Sylvester, 2nd Sergeant; O. T. Brown, 3rd Sergeant; Nathaniel Peck, 4th Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
Irwin Armstrong, Wm. H. Berryhill, Uriah Blue, Seymour Bottsford, Luke W. Bust, James Cumbo, Elijah V. Dale, Abner C. Davis, Jacob Eiler, Simon P. Ford, - Garner, Giles A. Giddings, James Greenwood, Wm. Griffin, Wm. C. Hayes, Thos. A. Haskin, Robert Howell, Wm. Lockridge, J. D. Loderback, Edward Miles, Benj. Osborne, Jas. R. Pinchback, Joseph Rhodes, John W. Rial, Ralph E. Sevey, Manasseh Sevey, Edw. W. Taylor, John Vivien, George Waters, James Welsh, Ezra Westgate, Walter. Winn-38.
COMPANY C.
Jesse Billingsly, Captain; Micah Andrews, Ist Lieutenant; James A. Craft, 2nd Lieutenant ; Russel B. Craft, Ist Sergeant; Wm. H. Magill, 2nd Sergeant; Campbell Taylor, 3rd Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
L. C. Cunningham, John Herron, Preston Conley, Andrew Jackson Berry, Jefferson Barton, Dempsey Pace, Lemuel Blakey, George Self, Thomas
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Davy, Jacob Standefer, Wayne Barton, Sampson Connell, Logan Vandeveer, Washington Anderson, William Standefer, William Simmons, George Green, George B. Erath, Jno. W. Bunton, William Criswell, Sam Mc- Clelland, Lewis Goodwin, Jos. Garwood, Willis Avery, Jesse Halderman, Charles Williams, Aaron Burleson, Calvin Gage, Martin Walker, Dr. Thomas J. Gazley, Gernett E. Brown, Robert M. Cravens, Walker Wilson, Prior Holden, Thos. H. Mays, A. M. Highsmith, James Curtis, Thos. M. Dennis, James R. Pace, John Hobson, Nicholas M. Bain, Robt. Hood, Dugald McLean, Thos. A. Graves - 50.
COMPANY D.
Moseley Baker, Captain; John P. Borden, 1st Lieutenant; John F. Pettus, 2nd Lieutenant; Joseph Baker, 1st Sergeant; Edward O. Pettus, 2nd Sergeant; Moses A. Bryan, 3rd Sergeant; James Bell, Ist Corporal; James Friel, 2nd Corporal; Issac L. Hill, 3rd Corporal.
PRIVATES.
O. D. Anderson, J. B. Alexander, John Beachom, T. H. Bell, S. R. Bostic, Paschal P. Borden, J. Carter, Sam'l Davis, G. W. Davis, J. R. Foster, A. Greenlaw, - Fowler, Hugh Franzier, William Isbell, Robert Kleburg, James Tarlton, Mat. Kuykendall, Robert Moore, Jos. Moore, Jos. McCrabb, Louis Rorder, V. W. Swearengen, Jos. Vermillion, I. E. Watkins, A. W. Wolsey, W. R. Williams, Allison York, Patrick Usher, John S. Menefee, Paul Scarborough, John Flick, J. H. Money, Allen Ingram, - Weppler, John Marshall, Wm. Bernbeck, Samuel Millett, Philip Stroth, Andreas Voyel, Nicholas Peck, Wm. Hawkins, John Duncan, Geo. Sutherland, Thos. Gay, Joseph Miller, G. W. Gardner, Wm. Mock, S. H. Isbell, McHenry Winburn, T. R. Jackson, D. D. D. Baker, Peter B. Dexter - 60.
COMPANY K.
Robert J. Calder, Captain; John Sharpe, 1st Lieutenant; M. A. Bingham, Ist Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
Benj. R. Brigham, killed, Thomas O'Connor, F. S. Cooke, T. Cooke, S. Connor, Geo. J. Johnstone, Granville Mills, Elias Baker, H. Dibble, T. M. Fowler, H. Fields, Benj. C. Franklin, J. Green, W. C. Hogg, J. Hall, E. B. Halstead, J. W. Hassell, Walter Lambert, B. Mims, W. Muir, Pleasant D. M'Neel, C. Malone, J. Plunkett, W. P. Reese, C. K. Reese, J. A. Spicer, H. Stonfer, Joshua Threadgill, W. P. Scott, R. Crawford, S. B. Mitchell, B. F. Fitch, W. W. Gant, J. S. Edgar, J. Smith, T. D. Owen, W. Hale, A. G. Butts, D. Dedrick, C. Forrester, W. K. Denham-44.
COMPANY F.
Wm. J. E. Heard, Captain; Wm. M. Eastland, 1st Lieutenant; Eli
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Mercer, 1st Sergeant; Wilson Lightfoot, 2d Sergeant; Alfred Kelso, Ist Corporal; Elijah Mercer, 2d Corporal.
PRIVATES.
Robt. M'Laughlin, Leroy Wilkinson, Wm. Lightfoot, Daniel Miller, Josiah Hagans, John M'Crabb, Maxwell Steele, John Bigley, Hugh Mckenzie, Jos. Elinger, John Hallet, J. Robinson, D. Dunham, Fidelie Breeding, Wm. Passe, James S. Lester, Christian Winner, James Nelson, John Tumlinson, Francis Brookfield, Charles M. Henry, James Byrd, Nathaneil Reid, Andrew Sennatt, P. B. O'Conner, Thos. Ryons, John Lewis, Leander Beason, Steven T. Foley, Allen Jones, Thomas Adams, Mitchell Putman, Thos. M. Harde- man, Chas. Thompson, Wm. Waters, Joseph Highland - 43.
COMPANY H.
Wm. W. Hill, Captain, sick; R. Stevenson, Commanding Company ; H. H. Swisher, Ist Lieutenant; C. Raney, Ist Sergeant; A. R. Stevens, 2nd Sergeant; Wm. H. Miller, 4th Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
E. Whitesides, J. S. Stump, John M. Swisher, Moses Davis, John Lyford, John F. Tom, Nicholas Crunk, Lewis Clemons, Wm. Hawkins, W. J. Cannon, Jacob Groce, Fred B. Gentry, J. G. Wilkinson, A. Dillard, R. Bowen, James Farmer, A. Lesassier, W. R. Dallas, M. B. Gray, James Gray, B. Doolittle, John Graham, James M. Hill, J. Ingraham, F. K. Henderson, Uriah Saunders, John Craddock, John Gafford, N. Mitchell, David Korneky, Geo. Petty, James Evetts, Prosper Hope, J. Powell, Matthew Dunn, J. D. Jennings, John C. Hunt, S. Lawrence, A. Caruthers, Daniel Mckay - 45.
SECOND REGIMENT TEXAS VOLUNTEERS.
Sidney Sherman, Colonel; Joseph L. Bennett, Lieutenant-Colonel; Lysander Wells, Major; Edward B. Wood, Adjutant; Bennett McNelly, Sergeant-Major - 5.
FIRST COMPANY.
Hayden Arnold, Captain; R. W. Smith, 1st Lieutenant; Isaac. Edwards, 2nd Lieutenant.
PRIVATES.
Sam. Leiper, Peter W. Holmes, Wm. P. Kincannon, Daniel Doubt, John Moss, E. E. Hamilton, David Rusk, W. F. Williams, J. W. McHorse, H. Malena Alexin, John Harvey, Mat. G. Whitaker, John Yancy, S. Yarbrough, Thos. G. Box, Nelson Box, G. R. Mercer, Wm. Nabors, Wm. T. Sadler, James Mitchell, James E. Box, Sam Phillips, John B. Trenay, Levy Perch, Crawford Grigsby, John McCoy, Dickinson Parker, Jesse Walling, J. W. Carpenter, John Box, W. E. Hallmark, Thos. D. Brooks, S. F. Sparks, Howard Bailey, H. M. Brewer, Stephen McLinn - 39.
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SECOND COMPANY.
Wm. Ware, Captain; Job S. Collard, Ist Lieutenant; Geo. A. Lamb, 2d Lieutenant; Albert Gallitin, Ist Sergeant; Wm. C. Winters, 2d Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
J. F. Winters, J. W. Winters, C. Edenburg, Lewis Cox, Matthew W. Cartwright, G. W. Robinson, G. W. Lawrence, Wm. Cartwright, John Sadler, James Wilson, James Deritt, Matthew Moss, Jesse Thomas - 18.
THIRD COMPANY.
Wm. M. Logan, Captain; Franklin Hardin, 1st Lieutenant; B. J. Harper, 2d Lieutenant; Edward T. Branch, Ist Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
John Biddle, J. M. Maxwell, M. Charencan, E. Bollinger, P. Bollinger, John Slayton, Patrick Carnel, Wm. M. Smith, David Choat, David Cole, R. O. W. McManus, L. J. Dyches, David H. McFadden, Thomas Orr, Luke Bryan, Wm. Kibbe, E. M. Tanner, H. R. Williams, Michael Pevetoe, Lefroy Godree, Joseph Farewell, Robert Whitlock, Cyrus V. Thompson, Cornelius Devoy, M. J. Brakey, Thos. Belknap, Wm. Duffee, Joseph Ellender, Wm. Smith, Wm. Robertson, W. A. Smith, James Cole - 36.
FOURTH COMPANY.
Wm. H. Patton, Captain (aid-de-camp in battle) ; David Murphree, Ist Lieutenant, commanding; Peter Harper, 2d Lieutenant; John Smith, Ist Sergeant; Pendleton Rector, 2d Sergeant; A. D. Breedlove, 3d Sergeant; G. L. Bledsoe, 1st Corporal.
PRIVATES.
James Bradley, J. C. Boyd, Robert Barr, A. J. Beard, Alex Bailey, J. J. Childs, St. Clair Patton, Claiborn Rector, Phineas Ripley, Thomas J. Sweeney, J. B. Taylor, L. Willoughby, G. Wright, M. B. Atkinson, Colden Denman, Edw. Darst, R. B. Darst, J. K. Davis, E. Gallaher, James Hall, S. Phillips, Thomas M'Gay, J. A. Barkley, Francis Walnut, Hinton Curtis, J. B. Grice, Nat Hager, B. F. Cage, J. M. McCormick, James Hayr, Charles Hick, A. D. Kenyon, G. W. Lewis, J. Pickering, James Harris, Wm. Brennan, Wm. H. Jack, Doct. Baylor, Thos. F. Corry, A. Lewis, Walter P. Lane, E. G. Rector - 48.
FIFTH COMPANY.
Thos. H. McIntire, Captain; John P. Gill, Ist Lieutenant; Bazil G. Ijams, 2d Lieutenant; Robert D. T. Tyler, Ist Sergeant; John Wilkinson, 2d Ser- geant; E. G. Coffman, 1st Corporal.
PRIVATES.
Wm. Boyle, Benj. Bencroft, George Barker, Wm. Bennett, John Clarke, J. B. Coliant, John Chevis, 1st; John Chevis, 2d; Thomas Cox, J. Campbell, - Cooper, T. Davis, Oscar Farrish, Thomas Hopkins, Jack Lowrie, Cyrus
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Cepton, Ambrose Mayer, Moses Allison, Placido M'Corley, David Odom, G. W. Pentecost, S. W, Peebles, Sam Shupe, Isaac Jaques, Isaac Maiden. F. Wilkinson - 32.
SIXTH COMPANY.
James Gillaspie, Captain ; Matthew Funch, 1st Lieutenant; A. L. Harri- ison, 2d Lieutenant; Rchd. Chadduck, Ist Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
John Sayres, Francis B. Lessiter, M. R. Goheen, Thos. H. Webb, John Peterson, John Montgomery, Thos. F. Johnson, Hez. Farris, Wm. L. Fer- rell, Sam Wiley, Wm. Fullerton, Wm. Fertilan, Andrew Montgomery, -- Rollison, Edw. M'Millan, John S. Darling, J. W. Scolling, John Rich- ardson, Jennings O'Bannion, Willis L. Ellis, James Walker, -- Scallom, Alphonzo Steel, Benj. Johnson, F. M. Woodward, Wm. Peterson, John C. White, Robert Henry, Elijah Votau, G. Crosby, Joel Dedrick, L. Ramey-36.
SEVENTH COMPANY.
Benjamin Bryan, Captain; John C. Hale, 1st Lieutenant; A. S. Lewis, 2nd Lieutenant.
PRIVATES.
Wm. Earle, Jas. T. P. Irvine, Sim. Roberts, Joseph P. Parks, C. Rock- well, R. B. Russell, L. H. White, A. M'Kenzie, A. Cobble, John F. Gil- bert, D. Roberts, Wm. B. Scates, J. R. Johnson, William Pate, B. Lindsay, James Clarke, RobertLove, J. S. Irwine,-20.
EIGHTH COMPANY.
William Kimbrough, Captain; James Rowe, Ist Lieutenant; John Haman, 1st Sergeant; William Fisher, 2nd Sergeant; Henry Reed, 3rd Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
D. Brown, William, Bateman, J. A. Chaffin, Hershel Corsine, Joel Crain, R. T. Crain, Josh. Clelens, W. H. Davis, S. Hollman, H. Hill, George Han- cock, E. O. Legrand, D. Love, D. H. M'Gary, Thomas Maxwell, A. J. M'Gown, J. W. Proctor, Benj. Thomas, D. Watson, Lewis Wilworth, R. Stevenson, G. W. Jones, W. B. Bennett, B. Green, J. Kent, -- Caddell, Rinaldo Hotchkiss, Thos. M. Hughes, A. Buffington, James Burch, R. Burch, A. E. Manuel, 37.
NINTH COMPANY.
Juan N. Seguin, Captain; Manuel Flores, 1st Sergeant; Antonio Man- chaca, 2nd' Sergeant ;- Nep. Flores, Ist Corporal; Ambro Rodriguez, 2nd Corporal.
PRIVATES.
Antonio Cruz, Jose Maria Mocha, Eduardo Samires, Lucin Enriques, Matias Cuvier, Antonio Cueves, Simon Ancola, Man'l Tarin, Pedro Henern,
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Thomas Maldonart, Cesario Cormona, Jacinto Pena, N. Navarro, A. Var- cinas, Man'l Avoca-20.
COMPANIES NOT GIVEN.
Turner Barnes, Joseph Weeks, James Collard, Jonathan Collard, John Hannan, Wm. Burdett, N. W. Burdett, J. A. Burdett, William Young (severely wounded)-9.
This gives a total rank and file of 835 men, or 52 more than are mentioned in General Houston's statement; but he doubtless failed to include mem- bers of his staff, 22 in number; a number of whose names were not then reported because of temporary changes from one company to another, and a few who reached the army that day.
Nine persons who signed the Declaration of Independence on the second day of March fought at San Jacinto on the 21st of April, viz. : Gen. Sam Houston, Thomas J. Rusk, Secretary of War, Dr. William Motley (who was killed), James Collinsworth, Dr. Thomas J. Gazley, Robert M. Coleman, Wm. B. Scates, E. O. Legrand and John W. Bunton, the last four being privates. Of other heroes Surgeon Anson Jones became President of the Republic, as did also Col. Mirabeau B. Lamar, who was a private till called to command the cavalry on that day; and Privates Ben McCulloch, Tom Green and Walter P. Lane, who became distinguished soldiers in Texas and Mexico and generals in the Confederate army; Private James W. Robinson, the then late Lieutenant-Governor; Sergeant Richardson Scurry, who be- came a judge and member of the United States Congress; Private Peter H. Bell, who was afterward twice Governor and twice a member of the United States Congress; Private Benj. C. Franklin, who became a judge and con- spicuous legislator ; Private Henry P. Brewster who became a distinguished lawyer; Sergeant Edward T. Branch, who became a judge and speaker of the House of Representatives; Private William H. Jack, who was one of the most distinguished lawyers, orators and legislators in the Republic; Pri- vate Osear Farish, who was for thirty years clerk of Galveston County; Private Isaac W. Burton who was long a senator; and James Shaw, George B. Erath, and a large number of privates, who afterward filled honorable positions in civil life.
Among the Mexican prisoners taken at San Jacinto was Col. Pedro Del- gado, of Santa Anna's staff. Returning to Mexico, after his release a year later, he published what has been styled " A Mexican Account of the Battle of San Jacinto," in which he gives free rein to his envenomed hatred of the Texians. He seems to have thought that he and his fellow-soldiers should have been treated with tenderness and the most delicate courtesy, utterly ignoring the fact that the Mexican soldiery had murdered hundreds of Tex- ian prisoners; that he in person, according to his own averment, had burnt the town of Harrisburg, and the fact that it was impossible, for the want of supplies and shelter, to properly feed and protect from the inclemency of the weather even the victors to whom he had surrendered. Yet, he admits
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that the prisoners were about as well fed as the Texians. He complains bitterly of the rudeness of a portion of the Texian troops towards the prison- ers, and, doubtless, with a measure of justice - for the remembrance of the scenes enacted at the Alamo and Goliad were yet fresh in their minds. He failed to realize that by the laws of modern warfare, owing to their atroc- ities, he and his companions in misfortune held their lives solely at the mercy of the victors. Not one expression of recognition of or gratitude for the magnanimous spirit that spared their lives and provided for the care of their wounded, escaped him. The Texian surgeons, after the fury inspired by combat had subsided, ministered to the Mexican wounded as well as the means at their disposal would permit, and Gen. Cos, Almonte and others received many attentions and evidences of kindness and respect. Delgado in his tirade manifests bitter animosity towards Santa Anna, on whose staff he served, and declares that Santa Anna proved himself a frightened coward and fool when the battle commenced. Yet, even this man was not altogether base. He pays in his account a grateful tribute to Capt. John M. Allen, who interposed to stay the slaughter at the time of the surrender; and Judge William Hardin and his noble wife, at whose place in Liberty the prisoners were held for about seven months. He gratefully mentions numerous evi- dences of their sympathy and kindness. They gave up all their houses, ex- cepting one little cabin, to shelter the Mexicans - denied their own table to give them food - and Mrs. Hardin surrendered her mattresses and bedding to the sick prisoners. He invokes the blessings of heaven on that couple, although they were enemies of his country. That his encomiums on Judge Hardin were just will be attested by all of that gentleman's surviving com- rades; and that, as to Mrs. Hardin, they were equally just, the author of this work and the whole population of Belton (who knew her in after years as Mrs. Kelton), will verify.
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