I heard General Sherman say, 'Poor Fannin! He has been blamed for not obeying Houston's orders.

I THINK HE OBEYED THEM TO-DAY.' At the moment I did not comprehend; but now it is plain to me.

He thought Fannin had been present, and perhaps it was this belief made him so impetuous and invincible.

He fought like a spirit; one forgot that he was flesh and blood." "Sherman is of a grand stock," said the doctor; "descended from the wise Roger Sherman; bred in Massachusetts and trained in all the hardy virtues of her sons.

It was from his lips the battle-cry of 'REMEMBER THE ALAMO!' sprang." "But then, Roberto, nothing shall persuade me that my countrymen are cowards." "On the contrary, Maria, they kept their ground with great courage.
They were slain by hundreds just where they stood when the battle began.
Twenty-six officers and nearly seven hundred men were left dead upon the field.