WITH SANTA ANNA IN TEXAS

With Santa Anna in Texas

With Santa Anna in Texas

Introduction

The most famous book “with Santa Anna in Texas” is written by Jose Enrique de la Pena”. Mexican Army Officer Lt. Col. Jose Enrique de la Pena (Approximately 1805-1841) served under General Antonio Lopez Santa Anna during The 1836 campaign in Texas. As an anti-Santa Anna and an outspoken opponent agitator of the Mexican centrist government, Lt. Col. Rock found Himself in a series of Mexican Prisons Beginning in 1838. He disappears from the historical record of historical after the publication pamphlet "A Victim of Despotism" in 1839. He is believed to Have Died in 1841 or 1842.

The bulk of the collection Consists of Pena's staff that Provide an eyewitness papers account of the Mexican army's campaign to suppress the Texas Revolution. The personal papers, or narrative, fall into two sections: a field diary and an extended memoir based upon the diary. Pena wrote the memoir by verifying historical happenings in field I recalled diary and by Adding information based upon His fellow officer's reports.

Subject Area of the Book

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the Napoleon of the West was a military and political figure of Mexico eleven times which exercised the presidency of Mexico. He is the son of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and Manuela Perez de Lebron.

Scope of the Book

The book mainly focuses on the Mexican-American war and the political aspect hovering around it.

Description

Military Career

Born February 21, 1794 in Xalapa, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna as a cadet from the "Fijo of Veracruz," an infantry regiment, July 6, 1810. In 1811, during the campaign of Nuevo Santander (now Tamaulipas) under the command of Don José Joaquin de Arredondo y Mino, he fought the "Indian" and was wounded in the arm by an arrow Chichimec, for his bravery he was appointed lieutenant in 1812. The same year he fought against the shipment Gutierrez / Magee. Following the battle of Medina he was again cited for bravoure.Il then returned to Veracruz and met in 1815 by José Davila, governor of the province.Il is appointed by the commander of this military formations extramural of Veracruz, where he successfully combat the insurgents in the vicinity of the port. Santa Anna was named captain in 1817 by the Viceroy Don Juan Ruiz de Apodaca with a mission to pacify the area around the port of Veracruz, but disputes with local authorities prevented him from carrying out its task.

Santa Anna then abandoned the royalist army 26 April 1821 and adheres to the cause of independence. He routs his old comrades to Alvarado, then to Cordoba and Jalapa, but fails at the port of Veracruz, where he is repelled by Davila, remained faithful to the Spanish, while his troops suffered heavy pertes.En 1821 He distinguished himself by driving the Spanish from the port of Veracruz, but leaves the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa who commands the harbor entrance and blocking trade in their power (Pena, ...