who was sam houston in the alamo
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- Campsites of the Texian Army The Generalship of Sam Houston--Stephen Hardin Officers and Men of the Texas Republican Army: Battle of San Jacinto Accounts of Participants | Mexican Officer Casualties & Prisoners. More biographical information: The San Jacinto Museum: Veterans Search Handbook of Texas Online. FOREWORD.
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The Alamo  (1960 film) The film depicts the Battle of the Alamo and the events leading up to it. Sam Houston leads the forces fighting for Texas independence and needs time to build an army.espite being anachronistic (How the West Was Won begins in 1839 and the Alamo fell in 1836), the clip occurs near the beginning of the second half of the film, as Spencer Tracy narrates the events that led up to the American Civil War.
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- Soon after, Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas. He continued to serve as senator and governor after Texas became part of the United States in 1845. Sam Houston died in 1863 in Huntsville, Texas, where a 67-foot-tall memorial statue of him now stands. After a lifetime of service to his country, the event for which he is most well known is his role in the independence of Texas.
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Battle of San Jacinto: Background On April 21, 1836, Sam Houston and some 800 Texans defeated Santa Anna’s Mexican force of approximately 1,500 men at the Battle of San Jacinto, shouting “Remember the Alamo!” as they attacked.
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"""Remember The Alamo!""" As the Battle of the Alamo was in progress, a part of the Texas Army had assembled in Gonzales under the command of Mosely Baker in the latter part of February. From this army, a gallant band of 32 courageous men under the command of George C. Kimble left to join the garrison at the Alamo.
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- William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001, including all of 1996.
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HOUSTON, SAM HOUSTON, SAMUEL (1793–1863). Sam Houston, one of the most illustrious political figures of Texas, was born on March 2, 1793, the fifth child (and fifth son) of Samuel and Elizabeth (Paxton) Houston, on their plantation in sight of Timber Ridge Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was of Scots-Irish ancestry and reared Presbyterian.
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The Alamo  (1960 film) The film depicts the Battle of the Alamo and the events leading up to it. Sam Houston leads the forces fighting for Texas independence and needs time to build an army. The opposing Mexican forces, led by General Santa Anna, are numerically stronger and also better armed and trained.
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- The Battle of the Alamo was fought in 1836. This was a battle between the Republic of Texas and Mexico. Santa Anna led the Mexican forces. William Travis and James Bowie le … d the Texans. Davy Crockett is another famous person fighting on the side of Texas.
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- Famous for: Led the Texans at Coleto Creek and surrendered to Urrea, he was executed at Goliad by order of Santa Anna. James Bowie (April 10, 1796 – March 6, 1836) Group: Texan. Job: Colonel. Famous for: His big knife which he made famous at the Sandbar Fight, commanded troops at the Alamo with William B. Travis, was killed in the Battle of the Alamo Sam Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863)
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The Battle of San Jacinto During the Texan War for Independence, the Texas militia under Sam Houston launches a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna along the San Jacinto River. The Mexicans were thoroughly routed, and hundreds were taken prisoner, including General Santa Anna himself.he Texas volunteers initially suffered defeat against the forces of Santa Anna–Sam Houston’s troops were forced into an eastward retreat, and the Alamo fell. However, in late April, Houston’s army surprised a Mexican force at San Jacinto, and Santa Anna was captured, bringing an end to Mexico’s effort to subdue Texas.
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- At the crucial Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 910 Texan soldiers commanded by Sam Houston defeated Santa Ana’s army of 1,250 men, spurred on by cries of “Remember the Alamo!” The next day, after Texan forces captured Santa Ana himself, the general issued orders for all Mexican troops to pull back behind the Rio Grande River.
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Talk:James C. Neill The genealogy provided in the only book specifically concerning Col. James Clinton Neill (James Clinton Neill: The Shadow Commander of the Alamo by C. Richard King, copyright 2002, Eakin Press) along with numerous family genealogical records state Col. James Clinton Neill, the Texas Revolution hero, was actually a member of a long-established family of American patriots, originally from Ireland.
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- Fort Sam Houston was founded in 1845, and named for General Sam Houston, hero of the battle of San Jacinto and first president of the Republic of Texas.
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- Remember the Alamo! became a rallying cry that swelled the ranks of the Texian Army led by General Sam Houston. On April 21, this force attacked the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto, captured General Santa Anna and forced him to lead his troops back across the Rio Grande.
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The Alamo Should Never Have Happened Houston’s victory at San Jacinto had nothing to do with the defeat at the Alamo (or the subsequent massacre at Goliad), except that it (and Goliad) furnished a rousing battle cry and an excuse for a slaughter that matched in ferocity and scale anything the Mexicans had committed.
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Biography of Texas Hero and Adventurer Jim Bowie James Bowie (1796-1836) was an American frontiersman and one of the leaders of the Texas Revolution. He died at the legendary Battle of the Alamo. Biography of Texas Hero and Adventurer Jim Bowie
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- JIM BOWIE-BORN 1796; DIED DEFENDING THE ALAMO IN MARCH 1836. By Len Kubiak, Central Texas Author and Historian. James (Jim) Bowie was one of the gallant men that defended the Alamo in 1836 buying General Sam Houston precious time to build and train an army to fight Santa Anna's army.
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- Erastus Smith (1787-1837) Erastus Smith was born April 19, 1787 in Duchess County, New York. Although he was hearing impaired, he became one of Sam Houston's most reliable and most trusted scouts. He was well known for his coolness in the presence of danger. Smith moved with his parents to Mississippi Territory at the age of eleven.
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Who was the Yellow Rose of Texas? According to legend, West was in Santa Anna’s tent on April 21, when Sam Houston’s Texian Army charged the Mexican camp in the Battle of San Jacinto. Some believed she was acting as a Texian spy, and had intentionally helped the rebel cause by keeping Santa Anna occupied before the attack.
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- crew. 1  Lorne Greene as Gen. Sam Houston. 2  Isela Vega as Senora Cos. 3  Gene Evans as McGregor.  David Ogden Stiers as Col. 1  Black. Ethan Wayne as Edward Taylor.  Burt Kennedy Director.
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Biography He was the hero of the first Telugu cowboy film in Mosagallkau Mosagadu.. He played a James Bond type in Agent Gopi and became known as Andhra James Bond during that time. He also starred in Alluri Sitarama Raju, which is the first color scope film.
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Sam Houston After the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845, Houston was elected to the U.S. Senate by the Texas state legislature, along with Thomas Jefferson Rusk. Houston served from February 21, 1846, until March 4, 1859.ouston was twice elected President of the Republic of Texas. In the 1836 election, he defeated Stephen F. Austin and Henry Smith with a landslide of over 79% of the vote. Houston served from October 22, 1836, to December 10, 1838, and again from December 12, 1841, to December 9, 1844.
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Texas Revolution The Battle of the Alamo was the most famous battle in the Texas Revolution. A small group of 180 Americans, led by William B. Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crocket battled against the force of a 4000 Mexican army led by General Santa Anna.
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- In 1835, he was chosen commander in chief of the Texas army. The Alamo was an 18th century Franciscan Mission in San Antonio, Texas, which was the location of an important battle for Texans fighting for independence from Mexico.