William S. Taylor's Account of the Battle and Santa Anna's Attempt to Escape
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Note: This transcription retains all the author's spelling without the customary insertion of "[sic]" to note misspellings. Since the writer used no punctuation, the transcriber has added common punctuation to enhance readability.
No 1
General St Anna, attempting to make his escape
from the Battlefield of San Jacinto April 21st 1836.
When the Mexican Army gave way at there brestworks at
San Jacinto, general St Anna, a portion of his staff & Cavalry
following his retreat, attempted to make his way to his main
force on the [B]razos at [R]ichmond som twenty five miles distant
by the way of Vinces bridge. Capt Karnes cald [called] to all of his
Cavaldrey, that had loded guns to folow in persuit. Som fifteen
in Number folowd in [the] chase, namly Capt Karnes, Deaf Smith,
Washington Secres [Secrest], Field Secres, Dr. Aulsbery, Dock Autery
_____ [?], Two Robbinets, Lieutenant James Cook, Lieut Thomas
Robbins, Jack Robbins [?] Thomas ______ [?], Elishe Clapp,
James Hunter, [and] W S Taylor. If there was any one also
I do not now remember though there might of been[.]
From San Jacinto to the neck of vinces bridge was som Ten miles.
The Mexicans were som three quarters of a mile a head when
the persuit was in full chase. It was through a marshey
Tirirn [terrain] som times for a half mile at a stretch in mud and water
Vince deep to a horse. At the distance of a bout five miles there
horsesis comenst [commenced] tiring. This was on the account of these severe
Spanish bitt preventing them from ___ [?] there horsesis in
that marshey places, Draking [dragging] them down as these horseis would
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