*This letter is in the possession of Mrs. J. F. Rotzler, San Antonio,
Texas; it was written by her great-grandfather, Thomas B. Rees, who
came to Texas in 1836 as a member of the Georgia Battalion. Rees is
listed on page 5, Army Rolls in the General Land Office as "Thomas B.
Rees, First Lieutenant of Captain William A. 0. Wadsworth's Company
at Muster, February 29, 1836."
The letter was postmarked April 19, 1836, at New Orleans; it was sent
by Pony Express to Matagorda from Goliad and by boat to New Orleans.
Lt. Rees was killed several days later at Goliad.
