was one of the leaders of the war party in Texas. He became judge
advocate of the army and served at the siege of Bexar. He was
appointed a Commissioner to the United States in November 1835,
and served in that capacity throughout the war.
_William Robbins_ Purchased from McKinney, Williams and Company for
$3,500 by the Texas government, this schooner was renamed the
_Liberty_ in January 1836. Before its purchase, it had been used
by William Hurd as a privateer against the Mexicans.
Williamson, Robert McAlpin (Three-Legged Willie) Crippled by illness
in his childhood, Williamson nevertheless took active part in the
war. He was a delegate from Mina to the Consultation and was
commissioned a major by the provisional government on November 19,
1835. He was ordered to raise a corps of rangers. At the battle of
San Jacinto, he served in William H. Smith’s cavalry company.
Woll, Adrian Woll was Quartermaster General in Santa Anna’s army.
General Filisola sent him to the San Jacinto battlefield to find
out the results of the engagement on April 21. Woll was captured
and held prisoner throughout the peace negotiations.
Wyatt, Peyton S. Wyatt brought the Huntsville Volunteers from Alabama
in 1835. The unit was mustered into the Texas army on December 25
and sent to relieve Phillip Dimmitt’s company at Goliad. Because
Wyatt had been sent to Alabama on a recruiting mission, he escaped
death in the Goliad Massacre.
Y
_Yellow Stone_ The steamboat _Yellow Stone_, purchased by McKinney and
Williams and registered to Toby and Brother Company in New
Orleans, transported the Mobile Greys to Texas on December 31,
1835. In February, Captain J. E. Ross took the _Yellow Stone_ up
the Brazos to San Felipe. It anchored later at Groce’s Landing,
and General Houston commandeered the boat to transport his men
across the river. The steamboat continued down the Brazos,
narrowly escaping capture by the Mexican army at Fort Bend. It
transported a load of supplies and muskets to Galveston on April
25, then picked up the government to take it to the San Jacinto
battlefield on May 4.
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