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TEXAS

FOREVER

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Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo!

Yea for April 21!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I was wondering if someone would mention this today! I really became aware of the day in High School and later after five days of Basic Training in San Antonio back in 1966.

[Jolla]

God Bless those Great Texans

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Many who fell at the Alamo were Mexicans fighting for the 1824 Mexican Constitution —a document patterned upon the American Constitution and one dismissed by General Santa Anna who ruled as a dictator. They were fighting for a free Mexico not Texan Freedom or Independence. These Mexican Republicans are many times forgotten in the story of the battle. It was a clear battle between Republican Freedom and a tyrant dictator. Many who fought called themselves “Texicans” rather than Americans.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Santa Anna’s loss estimated at 1600 men.***

I have read that Santa Anna only claimed 75 were lost. But then, he was the winner.

[Sasparilla]

The Alamo is hallowed ground to many native Texans. The sacrifice of the brave men who died there loved freedom more than their own lives as they died to give General Houston sufficient time to get the Texan Army ready to repel the enemy.

Nothing says it like Colonel William Barrett Travis’ final letter from the Alamo to General Sam Houston on the eve of their deaths:

To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World:

Fellow citizens & compatriots—I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna—I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken—I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch—The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country—Victory or Death.

William Barret Travis

Lt. Col. comdt

P.S. The Lord is on our side—When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn—We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.

Travis

Over 300 Texan soldiers were captured at Goliad and also murdered by the Mexican Army as they were led to a watering place.

The Houston Army was hopping mad by the time they defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto.

[BenLurkin]

Initial Mexican troop deployment

Commander Troops Equipment

Cos 350 10 ladders, 2 crowbars, 2 axes

Duque/Castrillón 400 10 ladders
Romero 400 6 ladders
Morales 125 2 ladders
Sesma 500 cavalry
Santa Anna 400 reserves

[BuffaloJack]

Last summer, I visited the Alamo and the San Jacinto Battlefield
What I remember most was Davy Crockett’s knife; the one he fought on with after running out of ammunition; it looked a lot like the paring knife my wife uses to cut vegetables in the kitchen.

[texas_mrs]

For 7 years I worked only a few blocks from the Alamo and while I didn’t like being a city dweller, seeing it each day was awesome.

[TADSLOS]

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

My favorite movie on the subject is THE LAST COMMAND with Sterling Hayden.
Then there is Walt Disneys Davy Crockett, a personal favorite.

John Wayne’s is good but about an hour too long. You can still go to google maps, ALAMO VILLAGE, and see the set from the air.

The last one is more accurate but is lacks feeling.

By the way, the battle did happen very early in the morning, something Disney’s Davy Crockett movie first showed. In my mind I can see the battle in the dark, then the sun breaking the horizon about the moment the North Wall is breached.

[patriot08]

See ‘bio’ page for more Texas history

[buffaloguy]

Santa Anna was a pox on Mexico for 25 years. He just would not leave. He was even exiled to the US but made it back to make more trouble.

A real life Azzhole.

[Texas Tea]

Alamo Defenders

Listing of Those Known to have Died at the Alamo

Abamillo, Juan TX
Allen, Robert VA
Andross, Miles DeForrest VT
Autry, Micajah NC
Badillo, Juan A TX
Bailey, Peter James III KY
Baker, Isaac G AR
Baker, William Charles M MO
Ballentine, John J PA
Ballantine, Richard W Scotland
Baugh, John J VA
Bayliss, Joseph TN
Blair, John TN
Blair, Samuel TN
Blazeby, William England
Bonham, James Butler SC
Bourne, Daniel England
Bowie, James KY
Bowman, Jesse B TN
Brown, George England
Brown, James PA
Brown, Robert unknown
Buchanan, James AL
Burns, Samuel E Ireland
Butler, George D MO
Cain, John PA
Campbell, Robert TN
Carey, William R VA
Clark, Charles Henry MO
Clark, M B MS
Cloud, Daniel William KY
Cochran, Robert E NH
Cottle, George Washington MO
Courtman, Henry Germany
Crawford, Lemuel SC
Crockett, David TN
Crossman, Robert PA
Cummings, David P PA
Cunningham, Robert NY
Darst, Jacob C KY
Davis, John KY
Day, Freeman H K unknown
Day, Jerry C MO
Daymon, Squire TN
Dearduff, William TN
Dennison, Stephen England or Ireland
Despallier, Charles LA
Dewall, Lewis NY
Dickinson, Almeron TN
Dillard, John Henry TN
Dimpkins, James R England
Duvalt, Andrew Ireland
Espalier, Carlos TX
Esparza, Gregorio TX
Evans, Robert Ireland
Evans, Samuel B NY
Ewing, James L TN
Faunterloy, William Keener KY
Fishbaugh, William unknown
Flanders, John MA
Floyd, Dolphin Ward NC
Forsyth, John Hubbard NY
Fuentes, Antonio TX
Fuqua, Galba AL
Garnett, William VA
Garrand, James W LA
Garrett, James Girard TN
Garvin, John E unknown
Gaston, John E KY
George, James unknown
Goodrich, John C VA
Grimes, Albert Calvin GA
Guerrero, José María TX
Gwynne, James C England
Hannum, James PA
Harris, John KY
Harrison, Andrew Jackson TN
Harrison, William B OH
Hawkins, Joseph M Ireland
Hays, John M TN
Heiskell, Charles M TN
Herndon, Patrick Henry VA
Hersee, William Daniel England
Holland, Tapley OH
Holloway, Samuel PA
Howell, William D MA
Jackson, Thomas Ireland
Jackson, William Daniel KY
Jameson, Green B KY
Jennings, Gordon C PA
Jimenes (Ximenes), Damacio TX
Johnson, Lewis Wales
Johnson, William PA
Jones, John NY
Kellog, John Benjamin KY
Kenney, James VA
Kent, Andrew KY
Kerr, Joseph LA
Kimbell, George C PA
King, William Philip TX
Lewis, William Irvine VA
Lightfoot, William J VA
Lindley, Jonathan L IL
Linn, William MA
Losoya, Toribio TX
Main, George Washington unknown
Malone, William T GA
Marshall, William TN
Martin, Albert RI
McCafferty, Edward unknown
McCoy, Jesse TN
McDowell, William PA
McGee, James Ireland
McGregor, John Scotland
McKinney, Robert TN
Melton, Eliel GA
Miller, Thomas R TN
Mills, William TN
Millsaps, Isaac MS
Mitchell, Edwin T unknown
Mitchell, Napoleon B unknown
Mitchusson, Edward F VA
Moore, Robert B VA
Moore, Willis A MS
Musselman, Robert OH
Nava, Andrés TX
Neggan, George SC
Nelson, Andrew M TN
Nelson, Edward SC
Nelson, George SC
Northcross, James VA
Nowlan, James England
Pagan, George unknown
Parker, Christopher Adam unknown
Parks, William NC
Perry, Richardson TX
Pollard, Amos MA
Reynolds, John Purdy PA
Roberts, Thomas H unknown
Robertson, James Waters TN
Robinson, Isaac Scotland
Rose, James M OH
Rusk, Jackson J Ireland
Rutherford, Joseph KY
Ryan, Isaac LA
Scurlock, Mial NC
Sewell, Marcus L England
Shied, Manson GA
Simmons, Cleveland Kinlock SC
Smith, Andrew H unknown
Smith, Charles S MD
Smith, Joshua G NC
Smith, William H unknown
Starr, Richard England
Stewart, James E England
Stockton, Richard L NJ
Summerlin, A Spain TN
Summers, William E TN
Sutherland, William DePriest unknown
Taylor, Edward TN
Taylor, George TN
Taylor, James TN
Taylor, William TN
Thomas, B Archer M KY
Thomas, Henry Germany
Thompson, Jesse G AR
Thomson, John W NC
Thruston, John M PA
Trammel, Burke Ireland
Travis, William Barret SC
Tumlinson, George W MO
Tylee, James NY
Walker, Asa TN
Walker, Jacob TN
Ward, William B Ireland
Warnell, Henry unknown
Washington, Joseph G KY
Waters, Thomas England
Wells, William GA
White, Isaac AL or KY
White, Robert unknown
Williamson, Hiram James PA
Wills, William unknown
Wilson, David L Scotland
Wilson, John PA
Wolf, Anthony unknown
Wright, Claiborne NC
Zanco, Charles Denmark
_____, John a Black Freedman

Known Survivors

Alsbury, Juana Navarro Wife of Dr. Horace Alsbury and sister of Gertrudis
Dickinson, Susanna Wife of Almeron Dickinson, age 22 years
Dickinson, Angelina Daughter of Almeron and Susanna, age 15 months
Esparza, Ana Wife of Gergorio Esparza, age unknown
Esparza, Enrique Son of Ana and Gergorio, age 8 years
Esparza, Manuel Son of Ana and Gergorio, age 5 years
Esparza, Maria de Jesus Daughter of Ana and Gergorio, age 10 years
Gonzales, Petra Relationship unknown, elderly
Guerrero, Brigido
Joe Slave: William B Travis, age 20’s
Navarro, Gertrudis Sister-in-Law of James Bowie, age 15 years
Perez, Alejo Jr Son of Juana Navarro Alsbury and Alejo Perez Ramigio
(1st husband), age 11 months
Sam Slave: James Bowie, age unknown
Saucedo, Trinidad Servant, age 27 years

[preacher]

General Santa Anna and chewing gum

http://historybecauseitshere.weebly.com/general-santa-anna-chicle-and-chewing-gum.html

[windcliff]

Ping

[arthurus]

Thanks.