Battle of the Alamo

joined a group of other Texans and marched into Nacogdoches to "present their demands" to Piedras. Before the group reached the building housing the town officials, they were attacked by a force of 100 Mexican cavalry. The Texans returned fire and the Battle of Nacogdoches began. After the cavalry retreated, they initiated a siege of the garrison. After a…

“Houston was courageous, sensible, and practical. He was right far more than he was wrong, and he never hesitated to oppose mass opinion so long as there was a chance of converting it to his own way of thinking” (Campbell xii). These are the words Randolph Campbell uses in the preface to set the tone for the way he is going to discuss Sam Houston for the rest of the book. Campbell’s opinion and view of Houston is highly romanticized and idealistic. Although he does admit that Houston does have…

Cochise in a confrontation that lasted over twenty-five years in bloody conflicts between the Apache and the U.S. Army. General James H. Carleton, who founded the Fort, lead an army eastward in 1862 to check the Confederate offensive in New Mexico. A battle occurred when Cochise and his allies ambushed the soldiers but the soldiers ended up being victorious. Fort Bowie served as the headquarters to General George Crook while he battled deep into Mexico that ended with the surrender of the…

Angelina Elizabeth Dickinson is a forgotten part of the Alamo. She was only a small child but was a hidden part of the Texas revolution. She may not have killed thousands of men or won a war but she brought smiles to all the soldiers at the Battle of the Alamo. She witnessed and survived the battle as a young child. She was the youngest survivor of the Alamo. She was adored by many of the soldiers. Her father, Almeron Dickinson, would even take her to meetings because the soldiers enjoyed her…

The most heroic, critical and significant battles of our Texas history is of the infamous battle for the Alamo. This essay is to provide a very short comparsion of the old and newly revised version of the Alamo. Is the revised version a myth? Or was it created to be more modern and understandable? The fact is that the Texas solders who defended the Alamo were not properly armed, trained and were greatly outnumbered, but had a heart of bravery the odds were truly against them, but that didn’t…

fought the Alamo, a mission, in several different cities. After a long week of fighting, Americans finally retreated to the Alamo. The Mexicans surrounded the Americans for twelve days. That battle was a loss for the Americans, but they were outnumbered 150 to 4,000. Surviving Americans of that battle were executed, which angered the Americans…

She was married to Captain Almeron Dickinson, a soldier at the Alamo. Not to long after her husband went off to the Alamo, Mexican troops raided her home, causing her to go to San Antonio, bringing along her daughter Angelina. At the battle she served as a nurse. After the battle was over, and the Texans had lost, Susanna was one of the few survivors. I chose Susanna, because of her awesome story and the fact that she survived the Alamo. Susanna Dickinson seems to have her hair in elaborate…

1835 Susanna Dickinson was one of the few people who had survived the Battle of the Alamo. She told many stories about how she had lived the hostile attack. Susanna was only twenty-two when this attack had happened. She lived in Tennessee until 1831. Susanna had an infant daughter named angelina and a husband named Almeron who served as a texian in the Battle of the Alamo. Susanna couldn't read or write at the time of the Battle. Susanna was only fifteen when she married who is now her husband…

The Texas Revolutionary War is a war that is depicted by the American people to be a war that was fought and was justified to better the lives of the Texian and American people, making the Texian’s the “good guys” in the American point of view in this war. My beliefs is that the Mexican Government was only trying to defend their struggling government and land from being taken over by Anglo settlers from the United States that believed in slavery and also was against a Centralized Mexican…

Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark went to Louisiana to look for a new route to the west. on the expedition over 40 men went on the trip in May 14 1804 .they traded with different tribes they also started to pack in 1804. You know it would be without a doubt if they did not have help during the expedition they would have surely died. Lewis and Clark went to Louisiana to try to find a new path to the west Lewis and Clark had a lot of help through the expedition from other tribes like the maiden…