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Publisher

Texas STATE Historical Association

ISBN-10

0876112157

ISBN-13

9780876112151

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50934054

Product Key Features

Book Title

Sea of Mud : the Retreat of the Mexican Army after San Jacinto, an Archeological Investigation

Number of Pages

386 Pages

Language

English

Publication Year

2006

Topic

Latin America / Mexico, Archaeology, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)

Illustrator

Yes

Genre

Social Science, History

Author

Gregg J. Dimmick

Format

Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height

1 in

Item Weight

18.4 Oz

Item Length

8.9 in

Item Width

6.1 in

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Trade

LCCN

2007-271290

Dewey Edition

Dewey Decimal

976.4/141

Synopsis

Two forgotten weeks in 1836 and one of the most consequential events of the entire Texas Revolution have been missing from the historical record--the tale of the Mexican army's misfortunes in the aptly named "Sea of Mud," where more than 2,500 Mexican soldiers and 1,500 female camp followers foundered in the muddy fields of what is now Wharton County, Texas. In 1996 a pediatrician and "avocational archeologist" living in Wharton, Texas, decided to try to find evidence in Wharton County of the Mexican army of 1836. Following some preliminary research at the Wharton County Junior College Library, he focused his search on the area between the San Bernard and West Bernard rivers. Within two weeks after beginning the search for artifacts, a Mexican army site was discovered, and, with the help of the Houston Archeological Society, excavated. Then began the archival exploration of the history behind the archeology, the contacting of historians with expertise in that period, and even the learning of Spanish so that the original source documents could be studied. The result is an amazing tour de force for a doctor who was "adept at circumcisions, spinal taps, and treating asthma but . . . knew next to nothing about Texas history." One of those consulted in the course of this work was noted historian Professor James E. Crisp of North Carolina State University, who calls the author a "natural historian" and describes Dimmick's findings as "a story which rivals the miracle of San Jacinto in importance . . . a remarkably complete account of what happened to the main force of the Mexican army between April 21 and the second week of May, 1836 . . . a few days within which] an orderly Mexican withdrawal to a defensive position within Texas turned into an unmitigated disaster which sealed the fate of the Mexican campaign." The movements of the Mexican army during the two-week period from April 21 to May 9, 1836, are followed in meticulous detail, based on the full scope of published and unpublished sources, many of which appear here in English, and in their entirety, for the first time. The actions of Mexican generals Vicente Filisola and Jos de Urrea and the bitter rivalry between them are presented in their own words, from their letters and diaries. And this is only half the story. The author and his "digging buddies" have located many actual artifacts dropped or discarded in the mud by Mexican soldados more than 165 years ago. Thousands of hours excavating in the Sea of Mud ( El Mar de Lodo ) have produced hundreds of items (many pictured and described in the book) along with the army's trail--munitions, arms, uniform fragments, and personal items--all serving to paint a more accurate picture than we have heretofore had of Santa Anna's army and its response to his order to retreat. All in all, this is a breathtaking accomplishment in historical and archeological investigation and a book that will henceforth be a standard reference for those studying the 1836 campaign in Texas., Two forgotten weeks in 1836 and one of the most consequential events of the entire Texas Revolution have been missing from the historical record--the tale of the Mexican army's misfortunes in the aptly named "Sea of Mud," where more than 2,500 Mexican soldiers and 1,500 female camp followers foundered in the muddy fields of what is now Wharton County, Texas. In 1996 a pediatrician and "avocational archeologist" living in Wharton, Texas, decided to try to find evidence in Wharton County of the Mexican army of 1836. Following some preliminary research at the Wharton County Junior College Library, he focused his search on the area between the San Bernard and West Bernard rivers. Within two weeks after beginning the search for artifacts, a Mexican army site was discovered, and, with the help of the Houston Archeological Society, excavated. Then began the archival exploration of the history behind the archeology, the contacting of historians with expertise in that period, and even the learning of Spanish so that the original source documents could be studied. The result is an amazing tour de force for a doctor who was "adept at circumcisions, spinal taps, and treating asthma but . . . knew next to nothing about Texas history." One of those consulted in the course of this work was noted historian Professor James E. Crisp of North Carolina State University, who calls the author a "natural historian" and describes Dimmick's findings as "a story which rivals the miracle of San Jacinto in importance . . . a remarkably complete account of what happened to the main force of the Mexican army between April 21 and the second week of May, 1836 . . . a few days [within which] an orderly Mexican withdrawal to a defensive position within Texas turned into an unmitigated disaster which sealed the fate of the Mexican campaign." The movements of the Mexican army during the two-week period from April 21 to May 9, 1836, are followed in meticulous detail, based on the full scope of published and unpublished sources, many of which appear here in English, and in their entirety, for the first time. The actions of Mexican generals Vicente Filisola and José de Urrea and the bitter rivalry between them are presented in their own words, from their letters and diaries. And this is only half the story. The author and his "digging buddies" have located many actual artifacts dropped or discarded in the mud by Mexican soldados more than 165 years ago. Thousands of hours excavating in the Sea of Mud ( El Mar de Lodo ) have produced hundreds of items (many pictured and described in the book) along with the army's trail--munitions, arms, uniform fragments, and personal items--all serving to paint a more accurate picture than we have heretofore had of Santa Anna's army and its response to his order to retreat. All in all, this is a breathtaking accomplishment in historical and archeological investigation and a book that will henceforth be a standard reference for those studying the 1836 campaign in Texas.

LC Classification Number

F390.D55 2004

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