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Author Topic: Need colors for Mexican(spanish?) soldiers, Zorro  (Read 9266 times)

Offline Aaron

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Re: Need colors for Mexican(spanish?) soldiers, Zorro
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2008, 02:02:21 PM »
Thanks Malamute. Gives me some incentive to clear my painting backlog by Christmas then!

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Re: Need colors for Mexican(spanish?) soldiers, Zorro
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2008, 02:32:04 PM »
Wasn't looking to correct you, Malamute, I just sorta wanted to find out for my own satisfaction. I had a dim memory of Texian rebels carrying a Mexican tricolour with "1824" emblazoned on it, referring to the date of the republic's constitution. This is what the rebels were supposedly originally fighting for, rather than independence as such.

Well, that's what I read somewhere, anyhow.
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Re: Need colors for Mexican(spanish?) soldiers, Zorro
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2008, 03:13:25 PM »
Wasn't looking to correct you, Malamute, I just sorta wanted to find out for my own satisfaction. I had a dim memory of Texian rebels carrying a Mexican tricolour with "1824" emblazoned on it, referring to the date of the republic's constitution. This is what the rebels were supposedly originally fighting for, rather than independence as such.

Well, that's what I read somewhere, anyhow.

No worries mate. :)
Yes, the Texians at the Alamo were not fighting for Independence from Mexico. They were figthing against the abolition of the 1824 constitution by General Santa Anna. The declaration came sometime later during the seige. There is speculation that the defenders never even knew about a move to independence.
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Re: Need colors for Mexican(spanish?) soldiers, Zorro
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2008, 03:32:16 PM »
The Virtual Armchair General has recently released a book called 'The Mexican Soldier 1837-1847'.  It's $40 US + p for a hardcopy or $25 US + p for a pdf on CD.  It is apparently an updated reprint of Joseph Hefter's 1958 classic, now with 21 colour plates.

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Re: Need colors for Mexican(spanish?) soldiers, Zorro
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2008, 04:37:57 PM »
Good Book that Hefter one. :)
Here's one of his soldados (Sargento I think with the fringed epaulettes)from the Alamo period.

« Last Edit: May 30, 2008, 04:39:50 PM by Malamute »

 

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