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Sacrifice for something they felt was important. >> seo two braided commanders, jim bowie and william travis, what were they like? >> travis was a young man, had strong, bowie we had more wisdom, he was a slave trader, one of the things he got involved in life, but he also was a charismatic leader. bowie was famous in his own right, creating the bowie knife in louisiana, known as a tough character of the bayous. bowie and crockett and travis on the others decided we are going to dig in our heels...

Running the volunteers, people who want to stay there. colonel travis, the regulars. santa ana thought this was a fight for who owns texas. and he thought it was an easy one. >> he was focused on san antonio. he wanted restore -- his w brother-in-law was the commander when the texans captured the fort. it was a little bit of retribution and pride, coming this way, instead the other road where he would have been able to bypass the alamo, reinforce and resupply san jacinto. >> santa ana moved nort...

People -- sam houston is one of them -- and this is what we should do. we should take our troops, and this is my plan. and there is so much infighting that nothing is getting done. >> after the alamo is taken and general coast is ousted, he eventually is released with the promise to not fight again. but that promise is ignored. with forces on the horizon, sam houston gives orders to no longer hold the alamo. recognize and it wouldnt be wise.s, but travis, but we, and otherwise.th >> they are hol...

Was. they also attacked in the rear, and down on the south, as well. >> early on in the fight, lieutenant colonel william travis, shot in the head and dies. >> travis is down. s ands and command is is gone. bowie is not able to give orde p orders, probably 187 separate battles fought in this. most people could probably only see or hear the people close to them. the people on the north wall are fighting against this breach -- they have no idea what is happening at the south wall. the people in lo...

>> gunshot range, probably a mile away, and close their cannons even closer. not a great distance. >> so as more troops come up, and travis writes these wonderful letters that live on forever, and he ends with what? >> victory or death. which is another sign of commitment. at that point, he knows he is not going to be reinforced, and he decided not to leave. he decided to make what would be a heroic stand. >> right. >> now come as you talk about time, the texans are here, and if the mexicans arr...

A rebellion not many months before he came to the alamo. brutally suppressed this rebellion. they were in rebellion at the same t time. >> how does the mexican government become aware that this state was beginning toou break away? >> the big moment was in san san antonio, when you start getting the texans taking over the mission of the alamo. that now they are fortifying it. surrounding san antonio was lot of fresh water systems. it was not bad living around ths hill country of texas and san ant...

Antonio. colonel travis, the regulars, santa ana thought this was a fight for who owns texas and he was it was easy. he was focused on san antonio, his brother-in-law was the commander when the texans captured the fort in 1965. it shows him coming this way. instead of the other route along the coast where he could by pass the alamo and arrive and resupply at san jacinto. brian: santa ana moves north. take his 2,000 troops and crush the rebellion. but the texas rebellion had a lot of previous suc...

Colonel travis, the regulars, santa ana thought this was a fight for who owns texas and he was it was easy. he was focused on san antonio, his brother-in-law was the commander when the texans captured the fort in 1965. it shows him coming this way. instead of the other route along the coast where he could by pass the alamo and arrive and resupply at san jacinto. brian: santa ana moves north. take his 2,000 troops and crush the rebellion. but the texas rebellion had a lot of previous success. >> ...

Of -- sam houston is one of them. this ways we should do. we should take our troops and this is my plan. there is so much infighting that nothing is getting done. brian: after the alamo is take and the general is ousted he was released with a promise not to fight again. sam houston gives orders to no longer hold the alamo, recognizing it wouldnt be wise. but travis, bowie and crockett think otherwise. >> they are holding it because of the town. the alamo is important because of where it is. the ...

Plus you have different people of -- sam houston is one of them. this ways we should do. we should take our troops and this is my plan. there is so much infighting that nothing is getting done. brian: after the alamo is take and the general is ousted he was released with a promise not to fight again. sam houston gives orders to no longer hold the alamo, recognizing it wouldnt be wise. but travis, bowie and crockett think otherwise. >> they are holding it because of the town. the alamo is importa...