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four in the afternoon, and the pursuit continued until twilight.
General Houston in his official report to President Burnet on the 25th of April states that the Texan loss was two killed and 23 wounded, of whom six died. Houston himself was seriously wounded, and in consequence General T. J. Rusk succeeded him in the command. The enemy's loss he sets down at 630 killed, 208 wounded, and 730 prisoners. Santa Anna,[1] General Cos, and four colonels, aids to Santa Anna,
Battle-ground of San Jacinto.
one of whom was Colonel Almonte, were included in the latter number.[2] Though the numbers that took
- ↑ Santa Anna was hidden in the grass when captured; he was disguised in a miserable rustic dress, wearing a skin cap, round jacket, and pantaloons of blue domestic cotton, and a pair of coarse soldier's shoes.
- ↑ Santa Anna was taken on the 22d and Cos on the 24th. There were captured also 600 muskets, 300 sabres, and 200 pistols a large quantity of arms was lost in the morass and bayou — 300 valuable mules and 100 fine horses, besides other valuables, including $12,000 in silver. See Houston's report in Thrall's Hist. Texas, 265-8; Id., in Kennedy's Texas, ii. 222-7; Lester's Houston, 109-39; Bustamante, Voz de la Patria, MS., xi. 22-9; Willson s Amer. Hist., 660-1; Caro, Verd. Idea, 18-45, gives Santa Anna's version of the affair, with comments showing the absurdity of many of that general's statements. Filisola, Mem. Hist. Guer. Tejas, ii. 452-70, gives without comments Santa Anna's report of the campaign, from Manga de Clavo. March 11, 1837.
