KEY PEOPLE OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION

Texas History Chapter 10

Sam Houston

Commander of the regular and volunteer army

Sent someone to check that San Antonio was worth keeping

William Travis

Thought Santa Anna would arrive in late March, April, or May

Wrote letters asking for help from Texas & U.S.

“I will never surrender or retreat.”

Commander of the Alamo during attack

Davy Crockett

Former legislator and U.S. congressman from Tennessee

Offered command in regular army but chose to serve as a private with the volunteers

James Bowie

Sent to San Antonio to decide if it should be abandoned

Believed the Alamo was vital to Texas and that it needed more soldiers

James Neill

In charge of the Alamo with only 100 men; told General Council that he needed more money and soldiers in Jan. 1836

Left Alamo early in Feb. 1836 due to family illness

Santa Anna

Ordered all survivors of Goliad to be executed

Set up his headquarters in the San Fernando church during the battle of the Alamo

Ordered that all Alamo defenders be killed and their bodies burned

Jose Urrea

Led Mexican troops through South Texas

Defeated Fannin and took the prisoners to Goliad

Regretted Santa Anna’s order to kill all of Fannin’s men