The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 156
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Texas Historical Association Quarterly
DOCUMENTS
A CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF THE SAN JACINTO CAMPAIGN
[A copy of the following letter was obtained for THE QUAR-
TERLY by Miss Katie Daffan of San Augustine, Texas. The orig-
inal is in the possession of Rev. C. E. W. Dobbs, Pastor of the
Eaton Street Baptist Church, Key West, Florida. He care-
fully compared the copy with the original, and made a num-
ber of corrections. -IHe says: "The original . .. is in good
preservation. On account of too frequent handling I find that
several creases have almost rendered illegible perhaps half a dozen
words in the four pages fool's cap. The penmanship is remark-
ably good." The letter was written the second day after the bat-
tle of San Jacinto by W. C. Swearingen to his brother Lemuel
Swearingen of Scottsville, Kentucky.]
Texas Bufaloe Bieau, Apr. 23rd, 1836.
Dear Brother:
In my last letter I informed you that I should start the next
day for Gen. Huston's camp, and Joined him on the Colorado
River, the Mexican Army was then Encamped on the oposite
side of the River 3000 strong.' Huston's Army was including
our 2 companies 1372 men, the next day after we Joined him
he commenced a retreat back on the River Brassas, 15 miles above
the town of San Felipe de Austin (which Gen. Huston had
burnt2) the 2nd day after the Site of San Felipe was occupied
by the Mexican Army Gen. Huston stationed 3 companies on the
river oposite town to prevent their crossing. Santa Anna sent a
detachment of 500 men to a ferry below San Felipe called Fort
Bend and crossed them over and then sent the Remainder down
to the same place and crossed his whole force. Santa Anna sta-
tioned 2500 men at Fort Bend and took 500 of his Veterans and
1 heavy Brass nine Pounder and pushed on to Harisburg on
:The Mexican force at this place seems to have been less than 800. See
THE QUARTERLY, IV, 244, note 5.
"That is, caused to be burnt. Houston always denied that he gave the
order to burn San Felipe.156
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