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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, and it's freedom or death. that we are going to make our stand here. it was like a second american...

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 north. but the texas rebellion had lot of previous success. >> sometimes success is your undoing. becaus...

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 wouldn't be wise.s, but travis, but we, and otherwise.th >> they are holding it because of the town, and that is the part that often gets left out, the alamo is important,...

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 and's 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 long barracks have no idea what is happening. so suddenly each person is finding their own courageou...

>> 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 arrived from europe 13 days in a standoff. not a daily fight, not a tax on the walls, but a standoff. d...