The Battle of San Jacinto

Certified Copies of Letters on the Sherman Flag by Edward Miles and Carrie Sherman Menard

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Handbook of Texas article on Edward Miles

Handbook of Texas article on Sidney Sherman

Letters on the Sherman Flag

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Memorandum

Answers of Edward Miles.

	1	The character of the Mexican Breast Works They were made of Mexican Pack Saddles, Brush etc
[(1) only � mile]	2	The ground between the two armies who were en- camped about 2 miles apart (1) was an open rolling prairie a portion being level with motts ans small skirts of woods along the streams
"Buck Eye Rangers" "Presented by the Ladies of Newport Ky" "Victory or Death" on its spear was al- so a Lady's fine Kid glove	3	One "A" Company 1^st Regiment Vol. Infy had been uniformed in grey and were armed with the Mississippi Yager half stocked Brass Mounted Round Barrel Lock & with them some nine recruits not uniformed with long Kentucky Rifles, flint lock This Company also had a beautiful blue silk Flag & handsomely painted, with a female figure, and the only Company uniformed. There was some pretty fair half blood horses and ponies-two com- panies of Regulars were pretty well disciplined and armed with muskets and bayonets. The Command were not uniformed & we had all kinds of-Rifles, Shot guns, Muskets. The Cavalry had short guns Holster Pistols with some lances.
	4	The "Twin Sisters" were made of Iron and they were mounted on plain strong wheels 4 lb
"Tar Buckets"	5	The uniforms of the Mexicans was of light Blue coarse cloth, some with yellow, some with red trimmings Infy [had] high leather hats with pompoons [sic] red white & green. Their Infantry had The London Tower Eng lish Muskets & Bayonets, Flint Locks. Their cavalry had Escopets, Sabers and some lances & Holster Pis- tols. A Musket with 18 inches cut off-only with a larger bore would serve as a model.
	7 [sic]	I am unable to say about Flags. Our Company Flag if found must be considerably Tatter- ed & torn. The Mexican Colors are Red White & Green with the Mexican Eagle, Some of these were very fine silk with Gold I was then under 20 years old unshaven

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Certified Copies of Letters on the Sherman Flag by Edward Miles and Carrie Sherman Menard, The Battle of San Jacinto Notebook, The McArdle Notebooks, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.