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Was “The Yellow Rose” a Tar Heel?

Record #:
10060
Abstract:
North Carolinians like James Morgan and Bob Potter both played integral roles in Gen. Santa Anna's defeat in the Texas War of Independence. Other contributors include the mulatto slave-girl named Emily D. West, subject of the popular song “The Yellow Rose of Texas.” Accounts say West kept Gen. Santa Anna preoccupied and off guard during the outset of the decisive Battle of San Jacinto.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 41 Issue 10, Mar 1974, p18-22, il, por, map