To the Victors the Remains (The Lone Star Reloaded Series Book 3) by Drew McGunn

Author:Drew McGunn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

From Major Almaron Dickinson, Commander of the Alamo

Bexar, 26 March 1842

To Colonel A.S. Johnston, the Congress of the Republic of Texas, the people of Texas and her allies abroad

We are besieged by a thousand and more of the Mexican Army of the North, under General Woll and have sustained a bombardment and have given an account of Texas arms for more than 24 hours and have not lost even a single soldier. The enemy has demanded our surrender and orders all Texians to leave our homes and property. We have responded by raising high the lone star banner of Texas over the Alamo. I am confident that the people of the Republic are advancing to our relief even now. I call on every Texian in the name of our liberty, patriotism, and everything that is dear to the character of every Texian to come to our aid. The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and will no doubt increase to three or four thousand within a week. Should our call fall on deaf ears, we shall sustain ourselves as long as possible and die like soldiers of the Republic who know what duty is owed to our honor and our country. Victory or Death.

Major Almaron Dickinson, Commanding

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Brevet Brigadier General Sid Johnston sat astride his horse as he watched the soldiers and Marines traipse by. They cast long shadows as they marched into the west. The eastern sky was awash in red and orange fiery colors, as the sun climbed its way above the horizon, on a late March morning. The small cavalry battalion had led out before the sun had risen. He didn’t think a cavalry screen was necessary yet, but he saw no reason to take any unnecessary chances. On paper, McCulloch’s reserves had a battalion of six cavalry troops, but only parts of three had arrived in time to join the advance toward San Antonio. More than a hundred thirty men were assigned to the three troops, but only eighty were present.

He tried to be philosophical about the low turnout. It’s not as though he had allowed much time for the reserve regiments to assemble. But as the 3rd Infantry marched by, he couldn’t help but work the math in his head. The regiment’s eight companies had six hundred men on paper, but only four companies were with the army, totaling a mere two hundred men.

Once the 3rd had marched by, he pulled his horse back into the road. Some of the problems were simply the logistical problem of assembling a reserve army that was scattered across more than a hundred thousand square miles. Several companies were organized in northeastern Texas. Johnston wasn’t even sure those units had even received the mobilization orders yet. Things were moving too fast. In an ideal situation, which he knew this was not, he would have mobilized all the reserve components of the army and given them adequate time to assemble and drill before committing them to any sort of battle. He glared southward, biting his lip in frustration.

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