(2892) [BINGHAM to BINGHAM]
Camp at San Jacinto April 27th 1836
Dear Mother
The Courier starts immediately-I have only time to inform you that we have gained a great and glorious victory, the ·21st of April will be long remembered, on that day was fought a battle, on the open prairies of Texas, that will establish the independence of Texas. 600 riflemen & 200 [illegible] with 2 pieces of cannon on our side, were opposed to 1200 of St. Annas best troops commanded by the hero in person 500 of his best troops now lie dead on the field together with most of his distil\,uuished officers. St. Ana with the remainder are prisoners in our camp. Our loss is insignificant 6 men killed and about 20 wounded. The commander in Chief received a wound in the leg which is severe though not dangerous. The battle was fought near the mouth of San Jacinto where it emties into Galveston Bay- The particulars of the battle will be given hereafter.
Your affectionate Son M. A. Bingham
Mrs. Mary Bingham [Addressed:] Mrs. Mary Bingham Arrow Rock Jaline Co. Mo. [2893)
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We, the undersigned, Wilson Simpson, Dillard Cooper and Zachariah S. Brooks, do declare that we were members of Capt. Shackleford's company, in the late division of the Texian army, commanded by Col. J. W. Fannin:that after the surrender of Col. Fannin and his men, they were marched back to Goliad, where they were kept eight days; that early in the morning of the eighth day, they were ordered out, unarmed, in four divisions, to hunt up beeves, as they were informed: that they had not proceeded more that three hundred yards from the fort, then they were ordered to
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