Post by Allen Wiener on Aug 9, 2010 11:59:43 GMT -5
Estimates of the number of Mexican casualties at the Alamo have varied from somewhere around a realistic 300 to outrageous thousands. Much work also has been done on identifying what Mexican units served at the Alamo and took part in the attack.
Sources:
Thomas Ricks Lindley, Alamo Traces (Republic of Texas Press, 2003; Chapter 8)
Discussion threads:
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=1006
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=626
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=593
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=1034
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=misc&action=display&thread=594
The following is a more recent thread regarding Mexican cavalry in a broad, early 19th century context:
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=1122&page=1
The thread includes a post from Tom with the following valuable links regarding this topic:
"Here's a link to vol. 1 of the 2-volume 1824 Mexican cavalry tactics manual (which, tellingly, is a reprint of a Spanish cavalry tactics of the same title)":
Reglamento para el ejercicio y maniobras de la caballeria, vol. 1 (Mexico: Martin Rivera, 1824, se espende en la librería de Galván)
books.google.com/books?id=dWFCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=caballer%C3%ADa+m%C3%A9xico+%22ejercicio+y+maniobras%22&hl=en&ei=hNvzTOTaL8b_lgfz5amXDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=caballer%C3%ADa%20m%C3%A9xico%20%22ejercicio%20y%20maniobras%22&f=false
"While I'm at it, here's a Mexican handbook of voice signals for cavalry movements and maneuvers, published 1824:"
Prontuario de voces para los movimientos y maniobras de la caballeria (Mexico: 1824) [Covers the school of the company to the school of the division]
books.google.com/books?id=a2BCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Finally, here's some good swag: an 1842 Mexican compilation of army regulations (unfortunately, only vol. 2 is available):
books.google.com/books?id=TipEAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
n.b., these published regulations appear very similar to Ordenanzas del ejército published in Spain in 1768, although purportedly the Mexican regulations included revisions effective after Mexico gained its independence. Here's a link to the 1768 Spanish Ordenanzas:
books.google.com/books?id=HmtHAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Sources:
Thomas Ricks Lindley, Alamo Traces (Republic of Texas Press, 2003; Chapter 8)
Discussion threads:
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=1006
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=626
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=593
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=1034
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=misc&action=display&thread=594
The following is a more recent thread regarding Mexican cavalry in a broad, early 19th century context:
alamostudies.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=alamohistory&action=display&thread=1122&page=1
The thread includes a post from Tom with the following valuable links regarding this topic:
"Here's a link to vol. 1 of the 2-volume 1824 Mexican cavalry tactics manual (which, tellingly, is a reprint of a Spanish cavalry tactics of the same title)":
Reglamento para el ejercicio y maniobras de la caballeria, vol. 1 (Mexico: Martin Rivera, 1824, se espende en la librería de Galván)
books.google.com/books?id=dWFCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=caballer%C3%ADa+m%C3%A9xico+%22ejercicio+y+maniobras%22&hl=en&ei=hNvzTOTaL8b_lgfz5amXDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=caballer%C3%ADa%20m%C3%A9xico%20%22ejercicio%20y%20maniobras%22&f=false
"While I'm at it, here's a Mexican handbook of voice signals for cavalry movements and maneuvers, published 1824:"
Prontuario de voces para los movimientos y maniobras de la caballeria (Mexico: 1824) [Covers the school of the company to the school of the division]
books.google.com/books?id=a2BCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Finally, here's some good swag: an 1842 Mexican compilation of army regulations (unfortunately, only vol. 2 is available):
books.google.com/books?id=TipEAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
n.b., these published regulations appear very similar to Ordenanzas del ejército published in Spain in 1768, although purportedly the Mexican regulations included revisions effective after Mexico gained its independence. Here's a link to the 1768 Spanish Ordenanzas:
books.google.com/books?id=HmtHAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s