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Post by loucapitano on Nov 12, 2014 17:29:31 GMT -5
It's too bad Juan Morales didn't write about his actions at the Alamo. After the battle he joined General Urrea's column at Coleto Creek and eventually rejoined Santa Anna only to be captured at San Jacinto. He bitterly opposed the withdrawal of all Mexican troops from Texas. Years later he commanded the garrison that defended Vera Cruz during the Mexican War and died in 1847. He was considered a bright, energetic and brave and is frequently referred to as "The Brave Morales" in Mexican history. Can anyone else add to this biography? Lou from Long Island
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Post by Rich Curilla on Nov 12, 2014 21:48:41 GMT -5
That's more than I've ever known about him. Thanks.
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Post by TRK on Nov 13, 2014 20:56:01 GMT -5
Here's one for ya: Morales contracted a very bad case of venereal disease in Matamoros in 1837: bad enough that it was written up in several documents in his personnel file. I used to have a copy of that file and a lot of others of officers who served at the 'Mo, but lost some of them, including the Morales folder, in a computer crash. Jim Donovan, who secured high-res copies of the the files from the Mexican military archives and shared them with me, also lost his copies in a computer crash. We were both asleep at the wheel on that one.
BTW, there were no after-action reports by any of the officers in these files. At best there would be a recap of their service careers, with few details of the combats they were in.
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Post by Rich Curilla on Nov 13, 2014 21:57:52 GMT -5
You don't suppose....... Morales found some of Travis' washer women on his way through San Felipe.
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Post by TRK on Nov 14, 2014 18:11:31 GMT -5
"Un caballero nunca cuenta." Signed, Juan Morales.
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Post by Rich Curilla on Nov 14, 2014 23:23:54 GMT -5
He never counted??? Travis did, though. 56.... and several days later, 58.
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Post by Riley Gardner on Nov 17, 2014 5:04:04 GMT -5
One point in favor of its being there is that it actually appears in a photo taken from the roof of the Menger in 1868 -- and clearly looks in the style of the mission ruins and not a later structure. That is why it is believed to have been there in 1836. Amazing, I'd love to study that. Any possibility the picture is available anywhere?
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Post by TRK on Nov 17, 2014 9:27:56 GMT -5
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