Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with heavy precipitation and thunderstorms. These clouds tend to form below 20,000 feet and produce lightning by bumping up against each other and creating static charges through ionized water droplets. Not only do cumulonimbus clouds produce typical rain and hail, they sometimes cause flash flooding.
Campsites of the Texian Army The Generalship of Sam Houston--Stephen Hardin Officers and Men of the Texas Republican Army: Battle of San Jacinto Accounts of Participants | Mexican Officer Casualties & Prisoners. More biographical information: The San Jacinto Museum: Veterans Search Handbook of Texas Online. FOREWORD.
The Battle of the Alamo In December 1835, in the early stages of Texasâ war for independence from Mexico, a group of Texan (or Texian) volunteers led by George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam overwhelmed the Mexican garrison at the Alamo and captured the fort, seizing control of San Antonio.