Alamo: Sacrifice

Crisp, James E. Sleuthing the Alamo: Davey Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc, 2005.

The men fought very bravely and had some of the best fighters in America at their side, such as Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William B. Travis were all patriots who came together to fight for Texas’s freedom. All of the soldiers who fought for the Alamo were volunteers, all wanting their freedom from the Santa Anna. The Texan soldiers defeated over 700 of the Santa Anna’s soldiers but still lost the battle of the Alamo.

Sleuthing the Alamo is a very interesting book written by James E Crisp that was published in 2005. The book focuses on talking about unveiling the myths that occurred during the Texas revolution. Myths such as Davy Crockett’s death are explained in this book which is probably the centerpiece of this text. Not only does it unveil some myths but it tells us some anecdotes that happened back then. James E Crisp reveals this information by using reliable sources such as books, documents, paintings, films and among others.

The film “The Alamo” revealed the history of Texas and battle of Alamo about Texas revolution, early back in the mid-1830s. The film was released in 2004, which reflected how the Texans fought bravely against Mexicans government to preserve their independence from the Mexico. Sam Houston, Jim Bowie, William Barrel Travis, Davy Crockett, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna were the main characters of the movie. Sam Houston was the governor of the Texas and used to live with Indians. Jim Bowie was the colonel with a huge knife and was opportunities. William B Travis was lieutenant colonel who divorced his wife and Jim used to call him “Buck” in the movie. Davy Crockett was renowned as a bear fighter and sharpshooter. He used to play violin and everybody

     The Alamo first saw action when General Cos landed at Copano, and headed to San Antonio to meet up with Colonel Ugartechea. By now war was on everyone’s mind and many events prior to Cos marching toward San Antonio set the playing field for war, but not everyone really was for it,..... at least not yet. Meanwhile, in Gonzales the revolution had started over a cannon that the settlers would not give up. This is also were the phrase “come and take it!” was born. What had happen was Ugartechea sent a lieutenant with some men to unarm a group of colonist who had a cannon at their disposal in Gonzales. What the Mexican’s did not count on was that in the end they would be sent running off to San Antonio after being repulsed by the colonists. Now the colonists formed a small army to March on Cos and his men, which the settlers wanted out of Texas for good. As Lord points out Cos would be ready for the settlers in San Antonio. Lord also points out how the mission in San Antonio got its name, Lord states that the mission once held a colonial company from the Alamo de Parras in Mexico, and that the named carried over and was shortened to just being called the Alamo.

The Battle of the Alamo was a battle between rebellious Texans and the Mexican army. The Alamo was a fortified old mission in the center of the town of San Antonio de Béxar, it was defended by about 189 rebellious Texans, chief among them Lt. Colonel William Travis, famed frontiersman Jim Bowie and former Congressman Davy Crockett. A massive Mexican army led by President/General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna opposed them. After a two-week obstruction, Mexican forces attacked at dawn on March 6 the Alamo was overran in less than two hours (The Alamo, 2016,

All through history there has been a plentiful measure of occasions; some are substantial and ready to change the course of history, while some are little and have minuscule influence in the advancement of today's general public. At the point when initially brought into the subject of Texas Independence, James Crisp's, the creator of Sleuthing the Alamo, surveys a lot of data that paves the way to address given by Sam Houston, concerning the theme of accepting Texas Independence from Mexico. At the point when Crips goes over this discourse he is amazed by the word usage of the location and wasn't anticipating that it should give such a stunning component. With the stun of the discourse, Crips had a right personality to go on a noteworthy chase

When Travis was fully grown he was 6ft tall, with brilliant blue eyes, and radiant red hair to match. His everyday clothes were red pantaloons, white hat, and coal black boats. At he was 19 he began a successful law practice in Claiborne and Clarksville, with James Dellett, leading criminal lawyer in Alabama. While studying law he met Rosanna Cato. At age 20 he married the lovely Rosanna Cato on October 26, 1828. To William and Rosannas’ surprise, a son was born nine and a half months later. The child was to be Charles Edward. In 1831 they had a daughter, Susan Isabella. Soon after Travis divorced Rosanna. Charles was left in the custody of his father. Later he was named commander of a scouting company at the battle of San Antonio (Alamo), then a major in artillery, then transferred to the calvary as lieutenant colonel. On March 6, 1836 the Mexican troops attacked the Alamo while the Texian troops were sleeping, and killed everyone. William B. Travis died while fighting for Texas independence on March 6, 1836.

Sleuthing the Alamo is a historic book that breaks some myths about the Texas Revolutions and brings forth the truth which is the purpose of the book. The author notes that some reports and accounts of the Texas Revolution have been more in the spotlight than others and so some of the other accounts haven’t been paid as much attention to even though they are also valid. The author, James E. Crisp is a history professor at North Carolina State University and according to the NC State University Department of History website, his book Sleuthing the Alamo, was the winner of the T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award for 2005 from the Texas Historical Commission. Dr. James E. Crisp got his BA in History from Rice University, M. Phil. in History

Travis was born in 1809, and died in battle defending the fort known as the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces in 1836. He was the oldest out of his 11 brothers and sisters. His parents were Mark Stallworth and Jemima Stallworth. Travis officially became a lieutenant colonel in January 1836. On that same year the governor Henry Smith ordered for Travis and 100 reinforcements to arrive at San

The book, Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, was written by Raul A. Ramos. It was well written and backed up with good research. As I read the book, I realized how history doesn’t have a definitive conclusion; it’s an infinite series of events that have shaped us to where we are today. The book showed how certain factors contributed to the tension between the Tejanos and other groups, which led to certain outcomes. I believe the author did a great job in writing this book with the Tejano perspective of the Anglo intrusion because it well illustrated those who gave up their lives in defense of freedom against an oppressor.

In the fall of 1835 Santa Anna had sent more troops, under the leadership of his brother in law General Martin Cos, to Texas in order to enforce the immigration laws. Austin and some soldiers had surrounded settlements in Mexican territory and were considered by the government to be rebels. Mexico had no choice but to attempt to use military forces.

General Sam Houston did not see San Antonio as an area worth holding because most of the Anglo settlements were in the eastern section of the region. Because of the General Houston sent Jim Bowie to San Antonio with orders to destroy the Alamo and return with the rebels and their weapons. Bowie along with William B. Travis disregarded the general’s orders and took refuge

In January of 1836 about 145 Texans were fortified in the soft walls of the Alamo also known as Cottonwood. Some of the important people here were lieutenant Colonel William Berret Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crocket. Meanwhile Santa Anna drove his troops into Texas in the dead of winter to level the Alamo. They arrived and began their siege on February 23. Fighting Ensued for about 13 days with minimum casualties. But on the 13th day of battle March 6, 1836 Santa Anna ordered a surprise attack from all sides in the dead of night. All defenders of the Alamo died that night.

Moses Austin would not live to see it come to fruition as he was attacked my highway men and died shortly thereafter. That would fall on his son, Stephen F. Austin, who is often referred to as the “Father of Texas”. Austin and the other settlers were drawn to the territory by grants and deferred taxation provided by the Spanish government; however, in 1821 Mexico declared independence from Spain. Austin was concerned that the new independent Mexican government would not recognize the previous arrangements made with his father. He would have to travel all the way to Mexico City to make his case, and in 1823 the Mexican Congress confirmed Austin’s grant.