Book News: From Martin to Despallier by Ramus Dahlqvist
On February 25, 1836, just one day after
sending his famous "Victory or Death" letter, Colonel William B. Travis
sent another letter from the Alamo. He wrote to Major-General Sam
Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the Texas Army, citing his men for
bravery. He wrote: "Charles Despallier and Robert Brown gallantly
sallied out and set fire to houses which afforded the enemy shelter, in
the face of the enemy fire." Until now, young Charles remained but a
name in the list of the Immortal 32.
From Martin to Despallier takes you on a journey through four hundred years of colonization, invasions, revolutions, and secret treaties. Charles never visited France, nor did his father Bernard ever see the shores of his ancestors' native land, the ancient region of Normandy. Starting off as clerks and mariners in France, then colonists in Haiti, and military men in Louisiana, the Martins changed their surname. Now known as Despallier, they became rebels and U.S. fr…
From Martin to Despallier takes you on a journey through four hundred years of colonization, invasions, revolutions, and secret treaties. Charles never visited France, nor did his father Bernard ever see the shores of his ancestors' native land, the ancient region of Normandy. Starting off as clerks and mariners in France, then colonists in Haiti, and military men in Louisiana, the Martins changed their surname. Now known as Despallier, they became rebels and U.S. fr…