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SPECIAL EDITION: Remembering the Alamo
Texas Independence Day Making Texas Families Free – Keeping Texas Families Free The term “zeitgeist” describes the spirit of an era. Around the turn of the 19th century, the international zeitgeist...
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Road to Revolution: The Fall of the Alamo
March 6th is a somber day for Texans. On this day, the Alamo fell. The Texians under siege at the Alamo held their ground for almost two weeks against the much larger Mexican army. The shelling stopped...
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Road to Revolution: The Runaway Scrape
As Mexican army marched toward San Antonio to lay siege to the Alamo, many Texans tried to get out of his way. Pioneers began to flee as early as January 14, before Santa Anna’s army even crossed the...
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Road to Revolution: Sam Houston Gathers His Army
Since the first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired in Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, it is perhaps fitting that it was also in Gonzales, Texas that Sam Houston gathered his army. After the...
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Road to Revolution: Battle of Refugio
About the same time as the Alamo was under siege, Mexico’s General Jose de Urrea sent Carlos de la Garza with about 80 rancheros to scout out the village of Refugio (say: re-FUR-ee-oh). Garza raided...
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Road to Revolution: Houston Orders Fannin to Retreat
Colonel James Fannin was a man with great potential . . . and an Achilles heel. Raised on a plantation near Marion, Georgia, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point when he was just...
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Road to Revolution: Battle of Coleto Creek
The Battle of Coleto Creek was extremely significant to the cause of the Texas Revolution even though it was a miserable defeat for Fannin’s Texas volunteers. Fannin thought Goliad would be an...
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Road to Revolution: Waiting With Bated Breath
Col. James Fannin surrendered to the Mexican General Urrea on March 20, 1836 after the Battle of Coleto Creek. Fannin’s men had discussed and written down the terms of their surrender. They wished to...
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Road to Revolution: The Goliad Massacre
Sometimes winning a battle can cost you the war. Have you ever heard that expression? Santa Anna’s “victory” at Goliad is a perfect example of how this can happen. The Goliad Massacre was legal under...
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Road to Revolution: Texans Burn San Felipe de Austin
Sam Houston’s Texas Army has on the move for almost two weeks, but their progress has been slow due to heavy rains that had swollen each creek that must be crossed and reduced the roads to mud....
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