So, technically, GW is the Grandfather of Texas. So much of the Alamo ane San Jacinto, you can see and sense his genius of deception he learned from Sun Tzu that Houston modeled his strategy for Independence.
You have to wonder if in fact Houston had taken his 1500 men to the Alamo, given that the 250 guys in the Alamo inflicted 1000 casualties on the Mexicans, imagine what 1750 men with more artillery might have done!