Talk:Texas Revolution/Edmondson

Edmondson p 145 hoax saiv 100 armed men at the Sabine - only 40 miles away and were going to attack Anahuac garrison

elect lt in LA militia at Natchitoches - same regiment as Bowie brothers then a sgt major for Henry Perry est hq at Perry's point in NE Galveston Bay

p 146 almost a year of filibustering bickering and nothing happened then joined Mina (along with Perry) 350 of them following Mina couldn't get many Mexican followers because Mina was born in Spain only Bradburn and a handful of others escaped the Fort Sombrero fight in Aug 1817 under Guerrero, then switched to royalists and became col for Agustin Iturbide

when Iturbide abdicated, Bradburn "discreetly stepped back into the shadows" when centralists came back to power under Bustamante, offered to serve under Mier y Teran was an Anglo, so shoul dbe acceptable to colonists his previous experiences left him familiar with Galveston Bay

Oct 4, 1830, Bradburn got his orders to est fort and town at Galveston Bay arrived with 3 officers and 40 men; 6 of the men were convicts

p 147 they built a temporary log shelter at first, and then 2 large kilns to build bricks but bradburn sold the brickes ($5/ton to settlers moving in) soldiers generally idle during this time by March 1831, town had 20 houses, 7 stores, and 1 doctors by Jun, 300 people, some from nearby settlements, others newly arrived immigrants by then, 170 soldiers

when Bradburn began working on permanent brick fort, soldiers angry that they suddenly had to work really hard, and alongside the convist troops Bradburn had high standards, and forced them to rebuilt things that didn't meet it pay late many desertions instructions from Mier y Teran were not to provoke the colonists 0t hey were there for protections

colonists "would probably have resented any officer -ANglo or not -sent among them to initiate the collection of customs" colonists assumed all local crime due to the troops

p 148 when Mier y Teran visited in Nov, alarmed at anti-Mexican sentiment; attributed it to lawyers - "generally more knowledgeable, more arrogant, and more prone to inciting unrest"

mier y teran ordered seat moved from Liberty to Anahuac, "effectively placing the local civil authority under military rule"

p 149 fall 1831, Wm Logan, wanted return of two runaway slaves Bradburn said to talk to Mexican embassy in Washington logan hired Travis

p 150 mutineers turned over to Bradburn prisoners said they were innocent - colonists acepted that and mad at Bradburn soldiers molested a woman Anglo man tarred and feathered then demanded Bradburn surrender soldiers said no

may 1, created a militia

p 151 Jack elected captain colonists said the militi awas to protect from Indians that was Bradburn's job, and no hostile tribe at all organization against Mexican law arrested Jack

p 152 3-legged willie threatened to kill Bradburn if Jack not released said okay, but tensions didn't ease May 10 NO LA Advertiser article

bradburn began to fear intervention from US

p 153 Travis arrested Jack arrested when he protested too much

p 154 fearing they would escape, Bradburn had the men imprisoned in one of the kilns (they were room-sized) but were sweltering

Johnson led men from San FElipe John Austin led men from Brazoria over 100 men gathered at Lynch's Ferry, few miles west of Anahuac John elected leader 19 cavalry surrendered with no shot fired bradburn had only 80 men (rest had deserted) the new fort not done

p 155 by June 10, over 150 Texians after the negotiations, which Bradburn refused, he staked out the texians

p 156 texians retreated back into town next day small skirmishes - 5 soldiers and 1 texian killed fort not ready to withstand siege june 12 bradburn agreed to a deal

p 157 after Turtle Bayou resolutions, John Austin went back to San Felipe with a copy to get other texians to help and to get the cannons 100 regruits and 3 cannon tat brazoria and got schooner (also named Brazoria) easiest to transport cannon by boat ugartechea said no battle of velasco was "first real battle between texian colonists and hte Mexican army" after dark Jun 26, 1832

p 158 2/3 of Texians in a land assault the cannon on the ship also firing by next day MExicans out of ammo they surrendered and wbet back home

mexican fire had damaged the schooner so it could not go further but Anahuac crisis over

July 2, all Bradburn's prisoners released, including mutineers travis had been in prison for more than a month and half

p 221

With Fannin and his forty-nine men secured in the south wing of the river bend, and Coleman with forty-one men dug in on the north, an enemy force attacking from the plain would be caught in a lethal cross-fire. To guard against a surprise attack, sentries were hidden in the underbrush away from the river. Another sentinel was stationed in the bell tower of the old mission, where, in the daylight hours, he could command a view of the entire area.

p 222 Ugartechea left his cavalry behind the Texian position, presumably to cut off any escape, for the dense woods lining the steep riverbank effectively neutralized their offensive potential. The Mexican infantry and artillery under Lieutenant Colonel Don Jose Maria Mendosa continued to a point below the Texians and forded the river. They formed a line on the prairie about three hundred yards from the Texian position with the two cannons in the center and Mission Concepcion at their right flank.

"Another Texian, Pen Jarvis, had an even closer call. Struck by a Mexican ball, he toppled back into the riverbed. His comrades thought at first that he was killed, but as they raced to him they discovered that the ball had been deflected by the Bowie knife that Jarvis wore in the front of his waistband. The impact had shattered the knife, causing cuts and bruises, so he had sustained a painful wound though not a mortal one. Thereafter he was known as “Bowie-knife” Jarvis."

quote was from Bowie in his official report to Bowie "The discharge from the enemy was one continued blaze of fire, whilst that from our lines, was more slowly delivered, but with good aim and deadly effect, "

p 223 Travis arrived ahead of the rest of the army

p 224 "The battle of Concepcion, or the Horseshoe, as it was then called, qualified as the first major engagement of the Texas Revolution."