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Post by neferetus on Feb 8, 2005 13:04:09 GMT -5
February 8, 1836: Davy Crockett arrives in San Antonio.
"...You know what I told them fellers? 'You can all go to Hell; I'm going to Texas!"
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Post by Bromhead24 on Feb 12, 2005 18:15:11 GMT -5
February 8, 1836: Davy Crockett arrives in San Antonio. "...You know what I told them fellers? 'You can all go to Hell; I'm going to Texas!" But only as a "High Private"  |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 22, 2005 10:49:36 GMT -5
February 22, 1836. George Washington's Birthday Fandango! Mr. fiddler, strike us up a tune!  This illustration,from a 1911 novel about Crockett, features the Alamo church, complete with hump, palisade and a 'moat', with bridge. |
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Post by Greg C. on Feb 22, 2005 17:04:16 GMT -5
maybe they could have killed a few more mexs. if they had a moat.
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Post by The Mountain Man on May 9, 2005 7:22:24 GMT -5
With a moat it would have taken a longer period of time to get across the moat before cloimbing to walls..There of been more Mex casulities..
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Post by Greg C. on May 9, 2005 10:16:52 GMT -5
they should have filled the trenches with water.
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Post by neferetus on May 9, 2005 11:37:02 GMT -5
they should have filled the trenches with water.  As can be seen in this 1840's Seth Eastman painting, the Alamo acequia had pooled up considerably behind the chapel and cattle pens. Because of this water blockage, Romero's column of 300 men had to veer over towards the north wall to bunch up with the two other columns under Duque and Cos. The new Alamo film incorrectly shows soldados attacking and then scaling the back (east) wall of the chapel's apse. |
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Post by Cole_blooded on May 9, 2005 12:44:23 GMT -5
I have seen that depiction many times and it gets a little better each time you study or observe it! ;D TED....aka....cole_blooded  |
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Post by TexasMacatWork on May 16, 2005 12:52:47 GMT -5
they should have filled the trenches with water. Naw, it wouldn't stop the Militares or even slow them down. All it would have accomplished would have been a lot of mud getting tracked in making a mess. I guess, the more mannerly could have stopped first to wipe their feet, but... |
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Post by The Mountain Man on Jul 24, 2005 18:34:22 GMT -5
Remember the Alamo.
What ever became of David's rifle that was presented to him in PA?
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