The Surrender of Santa Anna - Limited Edition Art Print - 36x24

The Surrender of Santa Anna It's April 22, 1836. Yesterday, in just eighteen minutes, the Texas Army defeated Santa Anna's forces on the Field of San Jacinto. But the Mexican general was not among the dead or the captured. Where could he be? This morning, General Houston sent scouting parties out to round up any soldados who managed to evade capture the previous day.  Many years later, Sion Bostick wrote down what happened that day: "When we were about eight miles from the battlefield, about one o'clock, we saw the head and shoulders of a man above the tall sedge grass, walking through the prairie. As soon as we saw him we started towards him at a gallop. When he discovered us, he squatted in the grass; but we soon came to the place. As we rode up we aimed our guns at him and told him to surrender. He held up his hands, and spoke in Spanish, but I could not understand him. He was dressed like a common soldier. Under the uniform he had on a fine shirt. As we went back to camp the priso