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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No: 375
1836 June 1,
NTONIO LOPEZ DE SAr T AN A, VELASCO, [TEXAS]7°
Addres to the Texan Army upon his departure. Printed. In no. 2374, p. 30; _cf. no. 521, p. 6-7. ro. 376 [1836] June 2, T .. J. RUSK. ORDER 80
Labhia
2nd June .
ARlllY ORDER As a token of respect as well to the memory of the men, who fell here a acrifice to the treachery of the bad faith of our Enemy, as a duty which we o,re to the relations of the unfortunate deceasep, it is ordered that the skeletons and bones of our murdered brethren be collected in one place in front of the fort, and buried with all the honoric; of War.- signed Thos. J. Rusk Brig Gn Comg No. 377 1831-i June 3, J . J. HOLZINGER TO J . A. WHARTOX, [QUir TAr A 1]
Quintana 3rd June 1836
Colonel Jno A. Wharton E teemed Sir,
In answer to your favor of yesterday re pecting the affair of Col. Fanning with the division of the mexican army com- manded by General Ul'l'ea, in which I occupied a station as engineer, I proceed to make kncwn the fact which came under my per onal observation.- On the 19th :\larch ulto. we learned in the l\Icxican Camp at 2 P :\[. that the Texian garrison had e,·acuatcd Fort Goliad and taken the. Coleto road for Victoria. Two battalions of infantry and 200 cavalry were immediately cnt to attack Colonel Fanning's force , nnd they were overtaken at Pa s Pcrdido and the action began at 4 P. ~r. which Jastrcl till nig-ht, withou (t] any advantage having been gained by either side. Genl. Urrea received next morning two pieces of urtil- ler.v which were placctl in n favorable po. ition, but were not to fil'c unless the enemy ma<lc a ·•movement. On leamiug from one of om· Ont-posts that the enemy was moving, or<lers were given to nttack him ' "Printed In Drown, J . H., 1/fstorv of Tcxai, II, 73; Foote, H. S., Texa, cmd the ,Texan,, II, 336; Kennedy, Wm., Texas, II, 246; nnd In No. 621 ot this collection . ..Copy. Jo no. 601.
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