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600 men move out of Natchez to join Quitman in Texas in 1836
 (12th in a series)
When Natchez attorney John Quitman sent Gen. Sam Houston of Texas a Polish dagger and a note of encouragement in the rebellion against the Mexican dictator Santa Anna, Houston wrote back and said Quitman's presence was needed in Texas.
Quitman was in his late 30s, a husband and father, a plantation owner and public official. It made sense for him to help recruit local men to aid the Texans, but it made no sense for him to go. When word reached Natchez that the Alamo had fallen, Quitman soon found himself on a steamer heading for Natchitoches on the Red River en route to the fight out west.
On April 8, 1836, Quitman wrote his friend in Natchez, Gen. Felix Huston, and advised that he was now on his way to Nacogdoches, Tex. Quitman had left Natchez on April 5 with 17 volunteers, many members of the local militia, the Natchez Fencibles. Also traveling with Quitman was his servant, Harry.
Huston stayed behind to help organize and equip volunteers from throughout the region. A lawyer and planter like Quitman, Huston was 36, a Kentucky native, and a man drawn throughout his life to a good fight, especially one involving independence. When Quitman's two sons died of cholera a couple of years earlier, it was Huston who wrote his friend a compassionate letter of condolence revealing the enormous grief he felt over the death of his own son.
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