he wrote sea of mud, the retreat of the mexican army after san jocinto. and second edition came out in paperback in 2006. he recently edited a book that was written by a mexican general, in 183. a forgotten 1838 publication by an eyewitness to the texas revolution. in january of 2011, dr. dimmick was inducted, in the sons of the republic of texas. several members i have seen here. dr. dimmick appeared on history channel, discovery channel, involving his work of the mexican army and spoken at several conferences about texas history at the san jocinto conference, at the alamo, and texas philosophical society. gregg is on board of directors of the san jocinto battle field and chair of the archaeological committee. his presentation this morning is the sea of mud, history and archaeology of the mexican army of san jocinto. please welcome, gregg dimmick. >> thank you. i think i will be able to give you the idea what kind of a passion i have for this subject. and i don't want to just limit myself this morning. i specifically made sure i didn't do that to the sea