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Article: Wild West's top ten.(ROUNDUP)
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- Wild West
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- December 1, 2009
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HISTORIAN WAYNE AUSTERMAN RANKS THE MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN TEXAS HISTORY
1. San Jacinto (April 21, 1836). Drowsy with opium and perhaps distracted by a newly acquired mistress, Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was caught off guard when Sam Houston's Texians attacked. He lost the war and Texas.
2. Austin (June 11, 1865). Trapped in a defeated Confederacy and facing Union invasion, acting Governor Fletcher Stockdale endured public ridicule when his wife unwisely revealed to a friend that their marriage had not been consummated until 14 years after their wedding night.
3. Nueces River (August 12, 1844). Comanches surprised four ...