At least you guys have a fun state for history. Georgia history? Oglethorpe founded a settlement, went back to England and came back, but nobody home. Sherman's march. For the most part we were just a buffer prison state.
It's da1. The man lives in fear of microwaves because he came across some random ass blog, so I don't know what you're expecting from him.
True. But you have to have some perspective. He was trying to win a war, not save the Alamo. If he had gone to the aid of the Alamo then Santana would have won the war in San Antonio. Sam Houston, new that and that is why he did not go to the aid of the Alamo.
Lol Exactly. He sent Travis to evacuate the Alamo. To being the cannon back or to spike them if unable to do so. Then Travis decides to stay and starts sending letters out to others to come and make a stand. Houston at this time is just trying to gather men and supplies. Just to go toward the Alamo with what he had at that time would have been suicidal and stupid. The only thing that even makes it a great story is that the men in the Alamo had found out that little if any additional men were coming and decided to stay at a time they were being encircled my an experienced Army that outnumbered them about 10-1. They still had a avenue of escape at that time. Instead they stayed and even had a few others fight through to get in...to certain death. Fannin in Goliad tried to come anyway but through a comedy of errors became mired and was caught out in the open by other Mexican army soldiers and captured. Santa Ana needed those troops to finish the encirclement of the Alamo and said to kill the traitorous prisoners and get back to San Antonio. (By the time they did arrive at the Alamo those troops closed the noose on the defenders.) Texas was a northern Mexican state. The people in the Alamo were enemy combatants. Mexico has to come and expel these criminals one way or the other. Fortunately for Texas Santa Ana was the best they had and he was an idiot. Houston was lucky and smart and had balls.
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With all due respect, what utter, complete bull****. What a slander. Show me some proof, chump. Show me some proof before denigrating the sacrifices my ancestors made for Texas. Thanks in advance.
Good one, texxx! No, I missed that big dance. One of my ancestors fought there, and his name is on the monument at San Jacinto. What that guy said was a damned lie. I don't know why he did that. Oh, well.
it is well known that dozens/up to over a hundred u.s. army crossed over from louisiana and joined the fight at san jacinto...after the battle some went back and many just stayed in texas. that does not slander anyone...it is just a fact. general gaines was in charge there and he was like a young andrew jackson...he knew how to interpret orders "loosely". jackson had ordered him to the texas border to guard against indian attacks, which was totally unfounded. many suspect that they were hoping to draw the mexicans into an engagement that would lead to a larger conflict and seizure of texas and other parts of northern mexico (which ended up happening 12 years later). look at how houston was leading the army east towards louisianna...people called him a coward, but it could be possible that he was trying to draw the mexican army to cross the mexico-u.s. border and start a war. the decision to go to san jacinto was not his...the army just started marching that way and he followed them.
learning Texas History in middle school was fascinating, but I always suspected other states didn't take it as seriously. I remember asking my cousin if he took "Louisiana History" as a prerequisite to get out of middle school and he thought I was joking...
Yup, "Texas history" in middle school was my all-time favorite subject. I've often used my teacher as the "favorite teacher" qualifier to forgetting ones password. He would tell us about the weird music the Mexican army would play before the attack (I bet someone here might have a link) and then he would ask us if he ever told us about One Eyed jack (Not really sure of the name anymore)? We would say "tell us" and he would respond, "maybe some other time" and did we know we could drive down to Mexico for dinner this very night if we had a car? For those of you who question Santa Anna leading the forces, you have to remember, he fancied himself the Napolean of the West and there is some heroic dignity in that. After all, all the Roman Emperors led their armies up to a point in time. No! Hell no! Sam Houston was not a traitor! He did what he had to do!
