Porter Broyles’s Reviews > Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign > Status Update

1. 5 non slave blacks
2. 6 musicians
3. 3 doctors
4. Golden Standard (Mexican cannon) fired 3 shots before being knocked out by Twin Sisters.
5. Houston may have been injured by friendly fire trying to stop battle.
6. Mexicans overshot Texians when attacked... Muscle memory?

Interesting point Rusk, the Secretary of War, joined Houston's army as an aide de campe.

As Sec. Of War, he had the power to remove Houston of his position if he do chose. Instead he supported Houston.

Houston is not coming across as an effective leader. Did he realize that his troops needed growth or was he just to afraid to commit?

Orders not followed. Orders that were followed, but denied. Granting clemency to deserters only to have them flee again.

That being said, I've wondered why we have a road in Houston named Yellowstone.

Now I want to know if James Kuykendahl pass the namesake for the streer and why

Pretty straight forward telling of the story.

First chapter was a little abrupt. It covered a fair amount in a short period and shimmed over a lot of facts. Nothing blatantly wrong, but some implications that weren't 100% accurate.

Hopefully it's just because he is laying the foundation and glossing over background details before going into more detail on the San Jacinto campaign.

I think it is.