Talk:Battle of San Jacinto

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I corrected the numbers of troops and casualties by actually reading the cited articles. TODO: Identify the number of infantry, calvary, and artillery. The Jacobin 03:11, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

The numbers of troops involved is glaringly incorrect. The template says that there were about 1200 Mexican troops involved, yet a total of 1568 dead, injured or captured on the Mexican side. Firestorm 01:37, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

User:Kirill LokshinHey Kirill, who is going to be assigned to rewrite this article? It is not bad history, but it needs to be divided into sections, (early revolution; the Alamo; the Long Retreat; the battle of San Jacinto; Aftermath of the battle, for instance) I don't want to start working on it if you have someone in mind for it, sir! Also, did you see the note I left you on my working notes on reworking the entire set of articles on the Mongol Empire, which i feel are very weak? I would be glad to forward all my notes, sources, and drafts to whoever you have in mind. Hope you are having a good day! Mine has been a little rough physically, but I am still typing away, lol! old windy bear 02:17, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

This article may benefit from additional editing. It states that during the battle the mexican forces could not fight effectively without their leader, Santa Anna, who it says was not even present at the battle--a bit of informatin that is almost certainly misleading if not entirely inaccurate. Santa Anna certainly was on the battlefield, although he did not play any important leadership role in the fighting. The article then states that Santa Anna "escaped" the battle, which would not be possible were he not present. In the next section, the article states that Santa Anna was "re-captured." As a frequent reader of Wikipedi entries, I suggest further review and revision of this posting.68.65.38.231 18:41, 27 August 2006 (UTC)gfls Aug 27, 2006

[edit] New Orleans Greys

The New Orleans Greys, another company raised in America, had fought and died at the Battle of the Alamo

First of all, "raised in America" is a very strange way to phrase this -- as if they were Hessians and had to cross the ocean to get to Texas. Second of all, only about 25 of the Greys (all of Breece's company) died at the Alamo, which was a bit less than half the original company. The remainder had mostly already gone home. I'm going to half to expand and correct this stuff when I get time. And write an article on the Greys, too. --Michael K. Smith 16:36, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Texian

I reverted edits made by 221.126.155.75 which changed "Texan" to "Texian". Is there any reliable source that notes that the Texans called themselves Texians? — Loadmaster (talk) 19:08, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

There's literally thousands. Are you looking for something specific to the context of San Jacinto, or just in general? I usually don't bother correcting the texan/texian distinction unless there there is a mass edit, since in some contexts it ignores the contributions of tejanos. Kuru ^talk 19:37, 16 February 2008 (UTC)