Move To Texas
He left Natchez on May 5, 1836, with 500 to 700 volunteers to join the Texian army, but arrived well after the Battle of San Jacinto in which Mexican President General Santa Anna ceded defeat and, in effect, granted Texas her independence.
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Loves the sun’s life-giving power,
For, dead, thy breath to life might move me.”
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