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Groups of volunteers
were organized throughout America to join the Texans in their fight
for liberty. One of the first was a group that left New Orleans
by steamboat, sailing up the Mississippi and Red rivers to Natchitoches,
Louisiana, and then marched towards San Felipe. As they crossed
the Sabine river and entered Texas, a group of appreciative settlers
made this flag and presented it to the militia.
At least nineteen of these men from New Orleans died
defending the Alamo on March 6th, 1836. Like the divisions and battalions
of a large army, several groups of volunteers at the Alamo carried
their own banners, although all generally regarded the "1824" flag
as the principal flag for Texas at the time.
The 1824 flag had been create to call attention to the Mexican constitution
of that year, which Santa Anna had revoked. Unlike any of the other
historic flags of Texas, the Flag of the New Orleans Grays clearly
indentified an American origin, and was therefore special
to the Mexican dictator.
After the defeat of the Texans, this flag was saved by Santa Anna
as proof that his army was not fighting against a revolution of
Texans, but rather an invasion by American seditionists. Santa Anna
sent the flag back to his government in Mexico City, where it has
been held since 1836.
Premier size: $1100 (45" x 31")
Collector size: $425 (25" x 18")
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