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Mary J. Briscoe to McArdle, August 20, 1890
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standing here, letting the Volun-
teers gain all the glory of the
day." "I am obeying orders." "Whose
orders." "Gen Hs." "Well I am his
superior[,] being Secretary of
War, and I order you to
rush ahead and kill all the
Mexicans you can." With a cheer
for Rusk they started in double
quick time. I suppose it would
be very difficult to put such
"incidents of Battle" on canvas and
still more so for the spectator
to understand them. Gen H. was
wounded early in the action and
ordered the army to desist from
further fighting, but neither Volun-
teers, or Regulars, would hear him
but pursued the Enemy as long
as day light lasted. I presume from
history point of view, Gen. H's
wanting a reserve force, might
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Mary J. Briscoe to McArdle, August 20, 1890, The Battle of San Jacinto Notebook, The McArdle Notebooks, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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