Talk:Texas Revolution/Groneman

Groneman, Bill (1998). Battlefields of Texas. Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press. ISBN 9781556225710. p 48 Army of the Republic of MExico under S.A. - approx 2200-2400 men Texas Rev army under Travis - abt 250 men

"The Alamo is the most famous of all Texas battles" after Cos left, "boredom and lack of money and provisions began to take their toll on the men who were left to garrison San Antonio de Bexar" many Tex went home, and down to only 80 men in early 1836 James Clinton Neill

p 49 mid-Feb, "Neill left San Antonio to personally press his requests for supplies and money" "The Alamo, originally the mission San Antonio de Valero, was questionable as a defensive position. Construction on it had begun in 1724 with the cornerstone of the church laid in 1744. It was a sprawling complex of walls and buildings covering approximately three acres, much too great an area for the Texans to defend with the amount of men they had."

p 50 "At least one but probably two reinforcements arrived from the town of Gonzales, seventy miles to the east"

"Travis's friend Robert McAlpin Williamson, commanding officer of the Texas Ranging companies, urged Travis to hold out since 300 men were on their way and 300 more were expected. Other groups were on their way, most notably one under Captain Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, who had been sent out of the Alamo to rally aid, and another under Colonel Neill, who was returning to his command. Before any more help could arrive, however, Santa Anna made his move."

p 51 "The sheer force of numbers became too much for the thinly spread defenders, and the Mexican troops gained a foothold on both the north wall and south corner of the Alamo"

"With Travis dead and the Mexican soldiers pouring over the walls from two different directions, the loosely organized defense quickly fell apart. Defenders abandoned their positions on the walls. Some jumped inside the walls and sought cover in the Alamo's buildings. Others jumped outside the walls. Some of these were cut down by the Mexican cavalry. At least one group made a last stand in a ditch outside the walls. Another small group of six or seven was captured near the San Antonio River and executed"

S.A. said battle ended by 8 am and he personally inspected the fort in the aftermath

"The Texan bodies were burned in three large pyres in an area known as the Alameda just south of the Alamo. Many of the bodies of the Mexican soldiers were buried. Others were simply thrown into the San Antonio River which, along with the burning bodies of the Texans, caused an especially ghastly scene for the residents of Bexar"

p 52 "The Alamo was a costly victory for the Mexican army. It put San Antonio back into the hands of the Mexican government for a while. It taught the rebellious Texans a sobering lesson in the realities of war and placed their forces on the defensive"

at time of battle, Alamo was across the SA River from Bexar west wall of mission 1/2 mi east of center of town

"today, the Alamo is the most popular tourist site in Texas" "The former church is still the main building of the complex. It serves as the shrine to the defenders of the Alamo. There are displays of artifacts of a number of defenders, flags representing the states and nations of their origin, and bronze plaques with the names of those currently recognized to have been defenders of the Alamo. "

p 56 "In 1939 a sixty-foot-high Alamo Cenotaph designed by Pompeo Coppini was erected on Alamo Plaza to commemorate the men who sacrificed"

p 58 Mex Army officers Generals: Santa Anna, Juna Valentine Amador, Juan Jose Andrade, MAnuel Fernandez Castrillon, Martin Perfecto de Cos, Joaquin RAmirez y Sesma Colonels: Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, Agustin Amat, Jose Batres,Juan Bringas, Francisco Duque, Jose Minon, Esteban Mora, Juan Morales, Jose Maria Romero, Mariano Salas

p 46 Battle of Agua Dulce Creek Johnson went to San Patricio Grant went south to try to get more horses Johnson's men defeated Deb 27 at San PAtricio; there Urrea learned of Grant

morning of March 2, Grant and men, with horses on way back to San Patricio Grant and two others way in front ambush between two groves of trees Grant and Reuben Brown went back to fight Placido Benavides went to warn Fannin at Goliad horse herd broke through the lines grant and brown went with them chased 6-7 miles grant killed and brown prisoner

numbers vary

p 47 prob 12 Tex killed, 6 prisoner, 6 escaped 5 escapess joined Fannin Urrea reported 41-43 Tex killed Mex losses notreported; Brown said Grant killed at least 1

Mex. kept horses

historical marker on SH 44 two miles E of Agua Dulce in Nueces County

multiple located reported - some say 26 mi S of San PAtricio others say 5 mi N of Banquet