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15.
Groneman,
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, p. 21.
16.
Frankfort Commonwealth
, May 25, 1836.
17.
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18.
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19.
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20.
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21.
Lord,
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22.
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23.
Groneman,
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, p. 119; Hansen, ed.,
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24.
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Eyewitness to the Alamo
, pp. 21, 25; Hardin,
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, pp.
1143, 146–147; Hansen, ed.,
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, pp. 392–393, 611.
25.
Washington Post
, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1916;
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How Did Davy Die?,
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26.
Commercial Bulletin
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, pp. 14, 21, 25; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, pp. 48–49; Borroel, ed. and trans.,
Field Reports, of the Mexican Army During the Texan War of 1836
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27.
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Perry, ed. and trans.,
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Alamo Defenders
, p. 63.
29.
Jose Enrique de la Pena Papers, Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, Texas; Perry, ed. and trans.,
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, pp. 9, 14, 26, 44, 46–49, 51, 53, 62–63, 148;
Borroel, ed. and trans,
Field Reports of the Mexican Army During the Texan War of 1836
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“Assault at Dawn,” Campaign
, p. 9; Roberts and Olson,
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30.
Frankfort Commonwealth
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31.
Frankfort Commonwealth,
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Memphis Enquirer,
Memphis, Tennessee, April 12, 1836; Levy, American Legend, p. 279.
32.
Levy,
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, p. 279; Groneman,
Eyewitness to the Alamo
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33.
Matovina,
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, pp. 21, 25; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, pp. 44–45; Lord,
A Time to Stand
, p. 105.
34.
San Antonio Express
, February 24, 1929.
35.
Frankfort Commonwealth
, May 25, 1836;
Commercial Bulletin
, April 11, 1836; Matovina,
The Alamo Remembered
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The Alamo Reader
, pp. 22–23, 611.
36.
San Antonio Express
, April 28, 1881;
San Antonio Light
, November 26, 1911; Paul Andrew Hutton, “‘It was but a Small Affair,’ The Battle of the Alamo,”
Wild West
, (February 2004), p. 47; Matovina,
The Alamo Remembered
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Eyewitness to the Alamo
, pp. 21, 25l; Roberts and Olson,
A Line in the Sand
, p. 157; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, p. 49; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, pp. 392–393.
37.
Frankfort Commonwealth
, May 25, 1836; Johnson,
A History of Texas and Texans
, pp. 412–413, 418; Boyd,
The Texas Revolution
, p. 36; Reid,
The Texan Army
, 1835–46, p. 13; Groneman,
Eyewitness to the Alamo
, pp. 21, 25; Lindstrom,
“Assault at Dawn,” Campaign
, p. 17; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, pp. 392–393.
38.
Johnson,
A History of Texas and Texans
, pp. 412–413, 418; Lundstrom,
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, p. 17.
39.
Groneman,
Eyewitness to the Alamo
, p. 75.
40.
San Antonio Express-News
, November 22, 1902.
41.
Commercial Bulletin
, April 11, 1836;
Frankfort Commonwealth
, May 25, 1836; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, p. 611.
42.
Chemerka,
Alamo Analogy
, pp. 66-67; Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, p. 126; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, pp. 37, 143,165; Perry, ed. and trans,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, pp. 48, 50; Roberts and Olson,
A Line in the Sand
, pp. 127, 157; Borroel,
The Texas Revolution of 1836
, p. 49.
43.
Memphis Enquirer
, April 12, 1836;
San Antonio Light
, November 26, 1911;
San Antonio Express,
April 28, 1881; Sutherland Manuscript, CAH; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, pp. 48, 50; Levy,
American Legend
, p. 279; Hardin,
Texian lliad
, p. 139; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, pp. 143, 145; Lord,
A Time to Stand
, p. 159.
44.
Jackson,
Alamo Legacy
, pp. 30–32; Fehrenbach,
Lone Star
, pp. 164–165, 178; Hardin,
Texian Iliad
, p. 146;
Frankfort Commonwealth
, May 25, 1836;
Memphis Enquirer
, April 12, 1836; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, p. 611; Borroel,
The Texan War of 1836
, p. 49.
45.
Frankfort Commonwealth
, May 25, 1836; Johnson,
A History of Texas and Texans
, p. 412.
46.
Lundstrom,
“Assault at Dawn, The Mexican Army at the Alamo,” Campaign,
p. 8;
Memphis Enquirer
, April 14, 1835; Craig H. Roell,
Remember Goliad!
, (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1994), p. 36; Barr,
Texans in Revolt
, pp. 13, 33, 54–56, 63; Nelson,
The Alamo
, p. 12; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, p. 48.
47.
Young, ed.,
“The Siege of the Alamo: A Mexican Army Journal,” JABA
, p. 32; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, p. 393; Johnson,
A History of Texas and Texans
, p. 412; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, p. 125.
48.
Johnson,
A History of Texas and Texans
, pp. 412, 418; Chermerka,
Alamo Anthology
, pp. 65–66; Lundstrom,
“Assault at Dawn,” Campaign
, p. 14.
49.
San Antonio Daily Express
, June 30, 1889; Groneman,
Eyewitness to the Alamo
, pp. 101–104.
50.
San Antonio Daily Express
, June 30, 1889; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, p. 147; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, p. 47.
51.
El Mosquito Mexicano
, April 5, 1836; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, pp. 45, 47, 55–57, 59, 72, 95.
52.
San Antonio Daily Express
, June 30, 1889; Chemerka,
Alamo Anthology
, p. 67; Johnson,
A History of Texas and Texans
, p. 413; Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, p. 126; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, pp. 48, 50; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, pp. 37, 143, 147; Lord,
A Time to Stand
, p. 158; Long,
Duel of Eagles
, p. 246.
53.
Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, pp. 48, 50; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, pp. 37, 143.
54.
Memphis Enquirer
, April 14, 1836; Johnson,
A History of Texas and Texans
, pp. 412–413; Hardin,
Texian Iliad
, pp. 134, 146; Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, pp. 392–393.
55.
Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, p. 49.
56.
Ibid. pp. 44–45, 49–50; Huffines,
Men of Noble Blood
, pp. 130, 134, 141 152, 159; Niderost,
“No Mercy!,” Military Heritage
, p. 65; Lindstrom,
“Assault at Dawn,” Campaign
, p. 14; Sutherland Manuscript, CAH.
57.
Matovina,
The Alamo Remembered
, pp. 68–71, 82; Johnson,
A History of Texas and Texans
, pp. 412–413; Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, p. 126.
58.
Matovina,
The Alamo Remembered
, pp. 70–71, 82; Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, p. 126.
59.
Matovina,
The Alamo Remembered
, p. 82.
60.
Brininstool,
Troopers with Custer
, p. 81; Winders,
Sacrificed at the Alamo
, p. 127; Hardin,
Texian Iliad
, pp. 134–135; Borroel,
The Texan Revolution of 1836
, pp. 63, 92; Huffines,
Blood of Noble Men
, p. 134; Perry, ed. and trans.,
With Santa Anna in Texas
, pp. 47, 49–50.
61.
Hansen, ed.,
The Alamo Reader
, pp. 17–19, 21–23, 29, 35–38.
62.
Santos,
Santa Anna’s Campaign Against Texas
, pp. 36, 72–73; Levy,
American Legend
, p. 265; Johnson,

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