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title	:	Volunteers in the Texas Revolution : The New Orleans Greys
author	:	Brown, Gary.
publisher	:	Republic of Texas Press
isbn10 | asin	:	1556226756
print isbn13	:	9781556226755
ebook isbn13	:	9780585235714
language	:	English
subject	Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836, Mercenary troops--Texas--History--19th century, New Orleans (La.)--History, Military--19th century.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	F390.B883 1999eb
ddc	:	976.4/03
subject	:	Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836, Mercenary troops--Texas--History--19th century, New Orleans (La.)--History, Military--19th century.

Page i Volunteers in the Texas Revolution The New Orleans Greys Gary Grown

Page ii Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Brown, Gary, 1945. Volunteers in the Texas Revolution: the New Orleans Greys / by Gary Brown. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN1-55622-675-6 1. TexasHistoryRevolution, 1835-1836. 2. Mercenary troops TexasHistory19th century. 3. New Orleans (La.)History, Military19th century. I. Title. F390.B883 1999 976.4'03dc21 98-31802 CIP 1999, Gary Brown All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from Wordware Publishing, Inc. Printed in the United States of America ISBN 1-55622-675-6 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9812 All inquiries for volume purchases of this book should be addressed to Wordware Publishing, Inc., at 2320 Los Rios Blvd., Plano, Texas 75074. Telephone inquiries may be made by calling: (972) 423-0090

Page iii Table of Contents (With Biographical Sketch at Beginning of Each Chapter) Preface v Chapter 1 Bank's Arcade Robert Mussleman 1 Chapter 2 By Sea with Morris Robert Morris 23 Chapter 3 Overland with Breece Thomas Breece 49 Chapter 4 Siege of Bexar William Cooke 67 Chapter 5 Battle for San Antonio Albert Moses Levy 91 Chapter 6 Winter Quarters William Blazeby 121 Chapter 7 South with Grant Samuel Pettus 143 Chapter 8 Alamo Defenders John Baugh 173 Chapter 9 Battle of Coleto George Voss 189 Chapter 10 Surrender and Captivity Herman Ehrenberg 213 Chapter 11 Palm Sunday Massacre William Hunter 231 Chapter 12 To the Scattered Winds Thomas Ward 249 Epilogue 283 Appendix A New Orleans Grey's Roster 291 Appendix B Archive Photos and Documents 311 Bibliography 325 Index 331

Page iv This book is dedicated to Dr. Donald F. Powell, A professor and a friend And Devin J. Brown, My son and a friend

Page v Preface For a state that brags about and promotes itself on largeness, the Texas Revolution is an anomaly. A relatively few Anglo settlers aided by outside adventurers revolted and wrestled a very large section of land away from Mexico and, in the process, created legends seemingly larger than lifeWilliam Barret Travis, James Bowie, David Crockett, Sam Houston, and Stephen F. Austin. But as a military conflict, it lasted only seven months and consisted of eight battles. The siege of the Alamo lasted just thirteen days and the Alamo battle itself was concluded in barely one hour. Even the decisive Battle of San Jacinto, securing Texas' independence from Mexico, was briefan estimated eighteen minutes. By military standards, there was really no "Texas" army. More often than not, settlers merely picked up their weapons and marched toward the Mexicans. Volunteers did come to Texas but, for the most part, they were more like citizen militias than military units. Military uniforms were almost nonexistent. Weapons consisted of whatever the volunteer reported with. At Gonzales, Sam Houston found that many of the volunteers had reported without arms and he had none to supply. Unit discipline was seldom defined, much less enforced. Officers were promoted (and demoted) by popular vote of the men. Some of the volunteers came for free land. Others, especially the established settlers who generally opposed secession from Mexico, reluctantly took up arms to defend what they perceived as their homes. A few may have even volunteered for the cause of constitutional freedoms. A

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