Sea of Mud: The Retreat of the Mexican Army After San Jacinto, an Archeological Investigation
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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unpublished sources, many of which appear here in English, and in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 Jose 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.
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