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Raising the black flag | Civil War Potpourri In the battle of the Alamo (Texas War of Independance), General Santa Anna flew the black flag, accompanied by the song "Deguello" which indicated that no prisoners would be taken Indeed, none were Never heard about the black flag in connection with the Alamo Thank you for the information, Timewalker --- Battalion Trice,
ENDED - Alamo Battlefield Relics | Sutlers Soldiers Classified Ads I won this lot several weeks ago at auction, and am keeping just one rifle ball out of the original group, selling the remainder These items are documented from a 2008 archaeological dig beneath The History Shop, located across the street from what was the north wall of the ALAMO Items for
NF - Will “The last full Measure” movie, ever be made? | Civil War . . . The 2004 Alamo film is the perfect example, great movie, way better on history and props than any other Alamo movie before it, (or Gods Generals and a lot of other historical movies for that matter), and a distributors worst nightmare at the box office Nope no Last Full Measure
NF - Any Recent Books on A. P. Hills Death? | Civil War Books, Stories . . . I started reading "The Confederate Alamo" about the battle at Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 It briefly touched on the death of General Hill After coming across the online article "The Many Deaths of A P Hill" on the Emerging Civil War's website from 2020, I was curious what the latest accepted
Miniatures - Sixth Mississippi at Rhea Field, Shiloh, April 6, 1862 . . . I created this scene based on Rick Reeves's painting of the Sixth Mississippi's charge at Rhea Field, Shiloh Unfortunately I have not been able to find the actual title of the painting It might possibly be the Bloody Sixth At Shiloh Figures are all 22MM Musket Miniatures
Louis Marx The Battle of the Blue and the Gray But of course my most treasured were The Battle of the Blue and the Gray, Fort Apache, and Davy Crockett at the Alamo, in no particular order As you can see, I also saved the relevant pages from the Sears Roebuck Wish Book, reproduced here
Color of Confederate Cannons and Caissons The Alamo has a cannon that once belonged to the Spanish Army Their color for its cannon was blue, so blue it is View attachment 415729 View attachment 415729 View attachment 415729 View attachment 415729 View attachment 415729 View attachment 415729
Gail Borden and condensed milk | Foods Recipes In 1849 he perfected a meat biscuit, made of dehydrated meat compounded with flour, which he tried to market on a worldwide scale in partnership with Ashbel Smith Although this project left him deeply in debt, for seven years Borden struggled to sell meat biscuits Do you remember the meat biscuit scene in Gates of the Alamo?
Tell me more! - Spiking The Guns | Cannons Artillery Crew Served . . . The Alamo gun would have been made of cast iron which is naturally brittle, plus the iron was over 100 years old Iron technology had progressed considerably from the 1740's to the 1860's, but iron guns did fail during the Civil War and the trunnions that I have heard of being knocked off during the War came from being struck by projectiles