Obsessive lover of history. Jackson Era US, MX, sensory history, the overlap in TX, + whatever else I'm obsessing over. Wacoan. Baylor BA '15, UofSC MA '18.
Jul 3, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
It's staggering to imagine the level of stress Gen'l Manuel de Mier y Terán was under at this time in 1832.
Actively commanding a government army on the losing side of a civil war, being held up as a candidate for the presidency (rather contrary to his personal desires), 1/
having recently learned of the disturbances in Anahuac and despairing of maintaining Mexican authority in Texas, dealing with family issues, suffering from poor physical health and severe depression that had dogged him for years, 2/
