Saturday, May 03, 2008

Battle of San Jacinto

This clip from the 2004 movie version of the Alamo depicts the Battle of San Jacinto - the Mexicans were defeated and Texas ultimately became part of the US. What it does not show is the fact that Santa Anna the Mexican general was supposedly with a mulatto woman Emily Morgan (apparently the inspiration behind the song the Yellow Rose of Texas) at the time and was caught unawares - apparently he would have the best women forcibly brought to him and this is why when he was captured he was in his shirtsleeves.