AboutDaniel Hogan Expertise I am knowledgable about Mexican history, especially the Mexican-American, and Revolutionary wars. I am also fluent in Spanish. Furthermore, I have primary knowledge about the Mexican Revolution of 1910 due to my grandfather participating in it. I am also a Mexican-American War reenactor. can ONLY answer q`s about Mexican history.
Experience Have traveled extensively in Mexico, gone to all the major archaeological sites, museums, and some out-of-the-way places only locals go to. I am also a bilingual school teacher and I help translate official and technical type documents.
Question QUESTION: hey dan - your answer is illogical - all my sources put the leg in the
panteon of santa paola but that cemetary has been swallowed up by the
city - although the leg was dug up and dismemebered by a furious mob
santa ana later became president again - he was president 11 times
before retiring to venezuela - since he was friendly to the u.s. forces
they certainly didnt rip off either his good leg or his wooden one - my
question: whose leg is in springfield? thanx johnross mexcity
ANSWER: My answer was not "illogical" because you have a key piece of information that you either do not know about or have not mentioned as I recall. Santa Ana had more than one wooden leg. The leg in Illinois was one of his wooden legs that US Forces captured and kept as a trophy.
Why wouldn't US forces take his leg as a trophy? After all he was the C & C of the opposing army. He had betrayed the US when they supposedly bought him off after letting him "slip" passed the US blockade back into Mexico at the start of the war. He was suppose to negotiate a treaty and was paid for his services, but he instead kept the bribe and led an army in attack against US forces. Of course they would have taken anything of his as a souvenir including his leg.
The leg that was dug up and destroyed was his real leg he lost during the so-called Pastry War, therefore the only leg(s) that would have been taken would have been one of his wooden legs.
I don't know what your sources are, but you may need to question then further and keep in the back of your mind that the Mexican-American War is still a touchy subject in Mexico even today, and many there do not like to admit to things that really happened. I have been there many times in my life and still have many relatives there. I am also a historian that deals only in facts, whether they are good or bad, politically correct or not, things happened and the reasons can be debated, but the facts are just that.
Thanks again for using AllExperts.com. Feel free to respond as I feel you are much like me and enjoy historical intrigue and facts.
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QUESTION: thanks dan - hadnt considered the multiple wooden leg angle - i have
never seen a source that puts his dead leg in the cathedral - been trying
to find the santa paol panteon for which i have multiple sources - my
best info puts it in santa maria redonda which ihas been swalloed up by
the north of mexcity - so my question is whats the source for the
cathedral burial? thanks john ross chilangolandia
Answer Hi John,
I simply googled it. Here are the urls for the sources I used. I also have read an account or two in books, but I cannot recall the names as i have so many in my private collection.
