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1858: * The Alamo Rifles are chartered. This local volunteer company, organized to protect citizens from attacks by Indians and bandits, appears to have been mainly ceremonial in function : members dressed in bright uniforms from New York and graced social events in San Antonio. Alphabetical List of the Alamo Rifles As published in the Twice Weekly Alamo Express, February 20, 1861 Captain William Prescott 1Lt. B. Buquor 2Lt. John Earl 3Lt. M. Ruiz Sgt. Mortimer O'Donoghue Privates: H. Ahrens Ed. P. Alsbury John B. Baccus Jr. Robert Joseph Bell William Breslen T.B. Buchanan Bartholomew Buckley Owen Clarke T. Cramer C.V. Emerson George Enderly B. Felder Garcia Julius Hafner August Henze (Heinze) George Horner G. Kaller A. Keonighiem Dennis Kesting Alfred Knight A ugust J. Koenig John Lynch S. Mainz S. Mayer James R. Marmion John McConnell S. Melas George Menger Oscar Menger James Moran Horace C. Newman Gustave Peltzer J. Pfiel Rodrigues M. Ryan William Shelby Thomas Sparrow Charles F. Storek Henry A. True William Tyler W. Ward C.W. Weilbacher Charles W. Winn |
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