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Post by crocketteer58 on Oct 18, 2010 21:52:41 GMT -5
Are there any diaries, journals or other records - from 1. US Soldiers, stationed there during its occupation and during the reconstruction of the Chapel? 2. Bishops, priests and nuns who were at The Alamo, when the Catholic Church re-aquired responsiblities for mission, after the Battle? 3. And other statements, writings - of people, on site - during the post Texas Revolution Era, through to the pre-DRT protections, --for instance - I've read much about Theodore Roosevelt, and his time spent, with The Rough Riders training - did he do any inspections of the Alamo property?
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Post by Kevin Young on Oct 19, 2010 9:00:48 GMT -5
Are there any diaries, journals or other records - from 1. US Soldiers, stationed there during its occupation and during the reconstruction of the Chapel? 2. Bishops, priests and nuns who were at The Alamo, when the Catholic Church re-aquired responsiblities for mission, after the Battle? 3. And other statements, writings - of people, on site - during the post Texas Revolution Era, through to the pre-DRT protections, --for instance - I've read much about Theodore Roosevelt, and his time spent, with The Rough Riders training - did he do any inspections of the Alamo property? Yes-quite a lot actually, including on going correspondence between the various US Army Quarter Masters and the Representatives of the Church regarding the ownership and possible improvents of the property. Edward Everett left a fairly detail account of his tenure there as part of the US Army QM during the Mexican War...various Mexican War soldiers left mentions and descripitions of their visits to the property when station in San Antonio...I just found two unpublished accounts by some Illinois soldiers in 1846. The Catholic Church never re-occupied the Alamo even though they had title to it after the Republic of Texas reconfirmed Church property...so no nuns, priests and any of that (in regards to the property the Bishop, who was at Galveston, worked through private parties in San Antonio as his agents). The Rough Riders were not station at the Alamo, they being down at the Exposition Grounds near Mission Concepcion (actually where Roosevelt Park and the Golf Course are now at). Yes-various visitors of note have left their impressions of the Alamo over the years, including O Henry, Edwin Booth, Fredrick Law Olmstead, and others...
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