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Post by Donald Hash on May 3, 2010 19:16:23 GMT -5
...written by C.D. Honeycutt.
I came across this tiny book again, at a local college library. I spent a couple of hours skipping through it, and then looking up its references. Some of the resources were vague. For example, the reference information for a quotation I wanted to find the source material for simply read, "Isaac Millsap Letter".
Does anyone know how accurate this book is? It's a facsimilie of a type-written manuscript, with line drawings and copies of woodcuts.
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Post by Donald Hash on May 3, 2010 19:25:37 GMT -5
P.S. - If anyone is familiar with this book, I have a few questions of things it alluded to.
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Post by alamonorth on May 4, 2010 11:01:03 GMT -5
C.D. Huneycutt also put out 2 other publications that I am familiar with: At the Alamo: The Memoirs of Capt. Navarro and The Alamo Battle: 8 Essays. These books are very representative of the kind of historical speculation that a lot of us engaged in the 1980's; a time when most of us were working off of faded and smudged photocopies of source material that we had acquired at various reseach facilities. There was no internet then nor a book like Hansen's. As to accuracy, there has been a lot of research since then but fresh ideas, until they are proven wrong are always worth looking into.
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Post by Allen Wiener on May 4, 2010 11:44:04 GMT -5
The trouble is that, by 1986, when this was published, Lord had already been out for 25 years, with better info.
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Post by Donald Hash on May 4, 2010 12:13:44 GMT -5
These questions are probably "old news" to you guys, so if there is a link to a thread... instead of anyone going through the trouble of repeating themselves... Thanks gentlemen!
What are the sources for these?
1.) Honeycutt said there were 3 trumpet calls by the Defenders. He described only one trumpet which was a signal for the Defenders to go to fall-back positions... The men atop the high barracks ran down to the plaza, Crockett moved his men to the low wall in front of the Chapel, and Dickenson rolled one cannon to the opening in that low wall, and another cannon at the Chapel entrance. -- No footnotes!
2.) He also referenced a Millsap letter (which I can't find anywhere, and his footnote didn't give a reference) which said Travis kept to himself during the seige.
3.) Also on 28 Feb. a Mexican sentry was knifed, probably by a returning messenger.
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Post by Kevin Young on May 4, 2010 13:20:58 GMT -5
These questions are probably "old news" to you guys, so if there is a link to a thread... instead of anyone going through the trouble of repeating themselves... Thanks gentlemen! What are the sources for these? 1.) Honeycutt said there were 3 trumpet calls by the Defenders. He described only one trumpet which was a signal for the Defenders to go to fall-back positions... The men atop the high barracks ran down to the plaza, Crockett moved his men to the low wall in front of the Chapel, and Dickenson rolled one cannon to the opening in that low wall, and another cannon at the Chapel entrance. -- No footnotes! 2.) He also referenced a Millsap letter (which I can't find anywhere, and his footnote didn't give a reference) which said Travis kept to himself during the seige. 3.) Also on 28 Feb. a Mexican sentry was knifed, probably by a returning messenger. Here is some info on the supposed Millsaps Letter:http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/millsapsletter2.htm |
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Post by Donald Hash on May 4, 2010 17:09:04 GMT -5
Thank you. I have learned something totally new today.
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Post by Kevin Young on May 4, 2010 17:42:04 GMT -5
Thank you. I have learned something totally new today. Always happy to help. |
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