By George Slaughter Retreating Mexican soldiers left some things behind after their 1836 defeat at the Battle of San Jacinto. Today those artifacts, found in more recent archaeological digs, are part of a special exhibit that has been extended to Sunday at the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site Museum. The Mexican retreat became known as the “Sea of Mud” as it plodded through rain-soaked fields in Wharton County. In the 1990s, local pediatrician […]
