Episode 12: The Alamo Survivors

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  • @jodyguilbeaux8225
    @jodyguilbeaux8225 2 года назад +90

    my texas history teacher was name travis. he told us to take our texas history book and tuck it under our desk. he narrated the whole story of the alamo and he talked about the characters throughout. he made it so interesting that when the bell rang, we ran to his class. his story cross referenced other battles and people, like goliad and the battle of san jacinto. that was a fun class. i never asked him if he was kin to william b travis. but somehow i believe he was. remember the alamo

    • @leetheflea4096
      @leetheflea4096 Год назад +5

      That's really amazing. Even if he wasn't related to Travis i bet the story makes him proud of his name. Travis wasn't perfect but he was a very brave man who does deserve to be remembered.

    • @mariocisneros911
      @mariocisneros911 Год назад +5

      A good teacher is not boring

    • @kathleenclinton1929
      @kathleenclinton1929 Год назад

      Pu h 7

    • @mariocisneros911
      @mariocisneros911 Год назад

      He takes his history sacred , but thank god not like Sam Kinison in the rodney dangerfield movie

    • @davenalford6956
      @davenalford6956 Год назад +3

      Did your history teacher mention that when Santa Ana allowed them to use the Alamo for their expansion West
      , slavery was illegal in Mexico (Texas was part of Mexico at this time) therefore the agreement to use the Alamo was that they not trade slaves there....
      When Santa Ana came back to check on them, found out that they were trading slaves, gave them 13 days the vacate, They did not. There was a slave named "Joe" who survived, He was owned by Stephen

  • @adamarriaga5491
    @adamarriaga5491 2 года назад +24

    That cannon was fired by my Great Great Great Grandpa Gregorio Esparza

    • @pilgrimroad4687
      @pilgrimroad4687 2 года назад +3

      He must have been pretty 'Gun' Ho and a man of 'high caliber'....he really had a 'ball.' and his favorite song was 'Roll out the barrel.' LoL
      Sorry, just couldn't resist a few 'word plays.'
      In truth I imagine you must be very proud to have such a close and dramatic connection to the battle and the Travis reply by a cannon shot.
      My own family has 2 connections to the Titanic.
      I love history. I'll raise a glass to your ancestor and the rest of the fallen on March 6th.
      Be proud and May God bless you and your family.

  • @stephenmann4544
    @stephenmann4544 2 года назад +13

    Please remember that there were mexican troops fighting on the side against the mexican forces.

  • @noelesquivel4993
    @noelesquivel4993 2 года назад +22

    Don't forget about the Tejanos that fought at the Alamo and died fighting against Santa Anna.

    • @stacybritton1118
      @stacybritton1118 2 года назад

      Those. People. Did not. Give. A. Damn. About the. Mexicans. That. Was. At. That. Mission. It. Was. Black. People. Who. Was. In. The heat of. Battle. But. Like. They. Also and. Always. Think. That. Only. White people should. Get. The credit

    • @lisarogers9488
      @lisarogers9488 Год назад +7

      True they stood with the Texans to the death
      They were true heroes

    • @anthonylagunas6737
      @anthonylagunas6737 Год назад +7

      ​@@lisarogers9488 They were Texans.

    • @MrManster11B
      @MrManster11B Год назад

      I grew up learning that the loyal Mexicans fighting for Texas were called Texicans. I never tried to research the name because it made since to me. @@anthonylagunas6737

  • @larrygribaudo1092
    @larrygribaudo1092 2 года назад +6

    In all of history, what do we learn? We need God in control and not mankind. Man loves to covet what is not his and put the blame on others to get what he wants. The gospel for salvation 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 and read Romans 10:9-10. KJV bible Why the gospel?????? Why were you created????? You can not save your self and even in this day someone wants what you have and death is how far away?????

  • @randyritter1340
    @randyritter1340 2 года назад +24

    Great episode! My wife is the Great Great Great Great Great Granddaughter of Dr William D. Howell who died at the Alamo. Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @based_prophet
    @based_prophet Год назад +3

    Who ever made toy muskets at Alamo in the 1998 I played with it left it under a tree 28 year later that damn thing words just like its yesterday n its been threw 3 kids lol

  • @texanasimmons1761
    @texanasimmons1761 Год назад +9

    I found your channel today and enjoyed your story about some of the survivors of the Alamo.
    I have an ancestor named Abel Morgan who survived and was captured and imprisoned by the Mexican army.
    He was forced to be a sort of a medic to the Mexican wounded. He was held by the Mexicans for a few yrs.
    I have a great-uncle, by marriage whose grandfather, Col. Madison Guess Whitaker, Sr. was in one of the units of the Texian Army and he was with Genl. Sam Houston at the time Santa Ana was captured and presented to Genl. Sam as he was resting under a tree while suffering from being shot in the leg.
    Col. Whitaker later served several political offices in the early Texan government. There is a panorama-style painting in the Texas Capitol of the scene on Santa Ana being presented to Houston. There are many men included in that painting who are actually named. Col. Whitaker is one of those notated men.
    My Texas heritage goes back to Dec. 1835, before the Alamo. Im a native-born Texan and very proud to be.
    Thank you for including all the Texas history. Im looking forward to more of your stories.

  • @boballison1019
    @boballison1019 2 года назад +17

    I always raise a glass to the men of the alamo on March 6

  • @1001CP
    @1001CP 2 года назад +21

    Thank you for the history lesson that has to be repeatedly told to give due to the combatants and survivors. I definitely learned a lot from this series. Again, thank you for doing what you do. History is an amazing thing..

  • @robertalford2257
    @robertalford2257 8 месяцев назад +2

    One of my ancestral cousins fought at the Alamo AND San Jacinto. Impossible, everyone responds, just like yourselves right now, I reckon. Well the story goes, he was one of Bowie's militiamen that forced General Cos out of the Alamo. So yes, he fought there. Being militia, he was contracted to be available for action for so many months of the year, and return to his farming or whatever for the rest. After he had done his stint getting INTO the Alamo and returning home while things went quiet for a while, the Alamo fell and so he immediately returned to duty and went with Houston to San Jacinto. I often wonder how many more men at San Jacinto had a similar story because a lot of them had lost personal friends when the Alamo fell.

  • @televisor9506
    @televisor9506 9 месяцев назад +2

    James Bowie is a distant relative of mine.

  • @ridgerunner106
    @ridgerunner106 2 года назад +9

    Descendant of one of the 28 known survivors of the Goliad Massacre.

  • @terrylowman8006
    @terrylowman8006 2 года назад +7

    when I lived in Austin, TX. in the late '90,s or early 2000's, a BBQ restaurant I frequented on a corner of downtown Austin I believe on about 3rd St. was a former home of Susanna Dickinson. I believe it no longer exist as this is the area the convention center complex was later built on.

  • @PAPITO_49
    @PAPITO_49 Год назад +1

    Why was Santana speared? He was a Mason, Houston, Austin, Pres. Jackson, in other words the Masons saved Santana. Went into retirement and was recalled to fight the French

  • @johnslaughter5475
    @johnslaughter5475 Год назад +4

    According to at least one account, Mrs. Dickinson had caught a musket ball in her leg. Therefore, she couldn't walk and was provided with a donkey, horse, or mule to ride.

  • @danielwebster5748
    @danielwebster5748 2 года назад +16

    The slander and disrespect of David Crockett was insane although he was undoubtedly one of the last ones alive he was not among the seven that surrendered that is according to Susanna Dickinson and Joe who saw him dead inside the Alamo surrounded by a bunch of Hispanics who were also dead none of the Hispanics new Davy Crockett by sight or sound and none of them were aware of whether it was Davy Crockett Jim Bowie or anyone else

    • @charlesfaure1189
      @charlesfaure1189 2 года назад

      Simply choosing which unreliable reporter to believe isn't any way to do history. It's just politics disguised as history. The fact is there is no way for us to ever know. Nor need we care, unless there is a political agenda driving the discussion. It doesn't matter whether Crockett--who we know had his flaws--surrendered or not.

    • @JakeDTexas
      @JakeDTexas 2 года назад

      Susanna claimed to have seen Crockett's body in front of the church and long barracks (where the plaque lays today at the Alamo). All eyewitnesses accounts contradict each other when it comes to Davy's death. so we may never know how Davy died. we can only speculate and theorize.

    • @johnmcmahon8513
      @johnmcmahon8513 2 года назад

      Exactly right . Col Pena diary also stated he actually witnessed Colonel Travis getting shot in the head . BS, how did he know who Col Travis was ? He didn't.

  • @debbiekennedy4500
    @debbiekennedy4500 10 месяцев назад +6

    Debbie. London. Just got your channel! More History Alamo for ME!😊.Davy- still my Hero 1954 !. Daughter- been Alamo- 2.times now. Her name is Aissa- Too.

  • @zyxmyk
    @zyxmyk 2 года назад +16

    the man enrique esparza (sp?) gave an interview to a san antonio newspaper in the very early 1900's (maybe around 1903 or thereabouts) which I read online. That is the first time I got really connected to the real event. Not the movies, etc, (which i like) but the actual historical event. I would urge anyone with an interest in this event to go find that interview and read it. He said the whole thing took place in pitch dark and when he left with his mother after daybreak, "I saw things that will forever be burned into my brain." (that's a pretty close quote, he actually said burned into my brain. very eloquent and intelligent gentleman. his recounting of it is pure gold.

    • @f1david
      @f1david 2 года назад +6

      I read the same interview. One thing that got me is he said as they were being marched to see Santa Anna all the soldiers lining the streets that weren’t even used in the battle.

  • @lisarogers9488
    @lisarogers9488 Год назад +5

    I feel for the families who knew they would never see the male loved ones

  • @joebombero1
    @joebombero1 2 года назад +4

    You should do an episode discussing "Texit" and recent threats and efforts to reclaim Texas independence.

  • @frankhernandez6883
    @frankhernandez6883 2 года назад +5

    I went to class with one of the Esparza descendants. Became a doctor & recently retired in Austin! PS More pictures please

  • @steveno.8248
    @steveno.8248 2 года назад +9

    Appreciate this, thanks very much.

  • @michealfaulkner8870
    @michealfaulkner8870 Год назад +3

    Just found your channel. Love it. I'm an history buff. I'll sure be watching everything you post. Thanks for doing what you do. Again thanks.

  • @PAPITO_49
    @PAPITO_49 2 года назад +5

    Maybe you could put in the links to the other videos. Thanks good video, I always wonder what happened to people after the battle.

  • @pamlaenger6870
    @pamlaenger6870 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank you! Of course you know about Moses. When Travis drew the line in the sand, Moses crossed over the line and left the Alamo on foot. Barefoot! He’s buried in Longstreet, Louisiana. I’ve seen his grave.
    I’ve also been to the international boundary marker between The Republic of Texas and the United States. It’s near Joaquin, Texas and Logansport, Louisiana.
    Love your channel!!!!

  • @billyedwards6101
    @billyedwards6101 2 года назад +9

    That was some really great history thank you.

  • @DADunkin200947
    @DADunkin200947 2 года назад +10

    The Alamo was not a total defeat. They knew what might happen, but to delay Santa Anna. They held as long as they could. The swamps in SanJacinto helped to finally defeat the Santa Anna Army. The war was won.

    • @MrManster11B
      @MrManster11B Год назад +2

      I agree, Santa Anna didn't think about winning the battle vs loosing the war very well...The Mexicans fate were sealed by blood when they played DEGÜELLO and not quarter the texicans or Army survivors.

    • @billieunderwood8303
      @billieunderwood8303 Месяц назад

      ​@@MrManster11Beven before when they committed the war crimes of murdering prisoners at Goliad.

  • @RONNIEKRAVITZ1
    @RONNIEKRAVITZ1 10 месяцев назад +1

    hi - my question is if Davy Crockett was killed during the battle or was he one of the survivors and was executed? I have heard both versions and obviously because of the confusion, I don't know

    • @johnadams5489
      @johnadams5489 4 месяца назад

      I believe that Crockett did NOT surrender. Mrs Dickinson said she saw Crockett's body lying on the ground in front of the Church when the battle was over. He was surrounded by a number of dead Mexican Soldiers. The rumor that he was executed was circulated after the battle by Mexicans. It could be that Mexicans wanted to undermine Crockett's reputation.

    • @billieunderwood8303
      @billieunderwood8303 Месяц назад

      And neither does anyone else.

  • @mariaeugeniaboyer6691
    @mariaeugeniaboyer6691 2 года назад +3

    Susanna DickersonMy great great grandma

  • @outdoorlife5396
    @outdoorlife5396 2 года назад +2

    When you wave the black flag, you have to accept the black flag, like Santa Anna did later

  • @johnstauffer1032
    @johnstauffer1032 2 года назад +4

    Enrique Esparza is buried at Cemetario del Carmem.

    • @frankhernandez6883
      @frankhernandez6883 2 года назад +2

      I went to class with one of the Esparza descendants. Became a doctor & recently retired in Austin!

  • @earlcollinsworth4914
    @earlcollinsworth4914 2 года назад +4

    That James got drunk sounds very much like my Collinsworth family!

  • @paulfitzgerald2673
    @paulfitzgerald2673 2 года назад +9

    Great presentation I believe I have an ancestor who was at the Alamo a Pfc last name.De la Garz. There used to be a medal plaque at the entrance to the Alamo that had his name on it but on my last visit the plaque had been removed

  • @stevenmurphy1665
    @stevenmurphy1665 Год назад +2

    Nice "Lonesome Dove" reference....

  • @MrAuk929
    @MrAuk929 2 года назад +5

    This is amazing, many thanks.

  • @marypatten9655
    @marypatten9655 2 года назад +2

    thank you. did not know this.
    God bless

  • @rocistone6570
    @rocistone6570 Год назад +4

    For every word spoken about the Battle of the Alamo, two words need to be spoken about San Jacinto. If I had a dime for every Alamo expert I've run into who has only a superficial knowledge of San Jacinto, I could buy my own county in Texas. This is not a critique of your own work, which I find informative and enjoyable. Altho the repeated cycling of uncaptioned images is a bit irksome. Please keep up the good work.

  • @user-xh8cs3gy2i
    @user-xh8cs3gy2i 2 года назад +3

    Thank you for your narration and outstanding research.

  • @larrybarrett5810
    @larrybarrett5810 Год назад +1

    Thank You from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • @albertbeltran896
    @albertbeltran896 Год назад +1

    Bexar ~ Bear

    • @WiseAboutTexas
      @WiseAboutTexas  Год назад

      Not in Spanish.

    • @albertbeltran896
      @albertbeltran896 Год назад

      As a man that’s born and raised in San Antonio. We say Bear. We won, so we take pronunciation rights 😂

    • @WiseAboutTexas
      @WiseAboutTexas  Год назад +1

      @@albertbeltran896 I do too.

  • @howardthomas1645
    @howardthomas1645 Год назад +2

    They were mercenaries?

  • @tedeitel8060
    @tedeitel8060 2 года назад +2

    Good stuff I am a east Texan myself.

  • @daviddickinson452
    @daviddickinson452 2 года назад +2

    My wife is named Susana!

  • @SonyaJeanette
    @SonyaJeanette 2 года назад +4

    Hope you do something on Dalhart and the XIT rodeo and reunion.
    XIT was a 3 million acre ranch, they sold off little by little to help build the state capital

  • @UAPReportingCenter
    @UAPReportingCenter 2 года назад +2

    Great video tho

  • @ericcrawford3453
    @ericcrawford3453 2 года назад +2

    Cool, well done thank you.

  • @UAPReportingCenter
    @UAPReportingCenter 2 года назад +5

    Mrs. Dickinson gave many conflicting accounts of the battle. Sadly her source isn't very dependable

    • @billieunderwood8303
      @billieunderwood8303 Месяц назад +1

      Nor are the reports by Mexican troops whose reports were conflicted. All that is for certain is that they all died.

  • @texaslarry1048
    @texaslarry1048 2 года назад +1

    That's all you have are a small few old pics to play over and over.

  • @susanstein31
    @susanstein31 4 месяца назад

    I really never gave a flip about Texas history when I attended school…Now I can’t get enough of it! This is probably because we only got the basic story, I was young and didn’t care, but as I’ve gotten older I love learning the inside stories of these brave people! Thank you so much! (I live in SE Texas and have visited the Alamo and San Jacinto monument. Didn’t really understand the turning point for Texas was the battle of San Jacinto until now!) I love you explaining this in detail!

  • @rustysawyers5109
    @rustysawyers5109 4 месяца назад

    My great great grandfather on my mother's side lost two brothers in the Alamo battle. Their names are engraved on the Cenotaph...Asa and Jacob Walker. They travelled from Tennessee with Crockett. I still reside in San Antonio.

  • @toddjacks8288
    @toddjacks8288 2 года назад +2

    Love the video brother

  • @edwarddesoignie1194
    @edwarddesoignie1194 2 года назад +3

    Names for the photos please.

    • @Nimgimmer1492
      @Nimgimmer1492 2 года назад +1

      The older man is Enrique Esparza, the older woman is Susannah Dickinson, and the younger woman is her daughter Angelina.

    • @edwarddesoignie1194
      @edwarddesoignie1194 2 года назад +1

      @@Nimgimmer1492 Thank you. Good to put names to the photos so they continue to be remembered.

  • @dormanchasteen8730
    @dormanchasteen8730 2 года назад +1

    Asbury

  • @theresadepp2132
    @theresadepp2132 4 месяца назад

    There is no I in Texan!!

    • @rustysawyers5109
      @rustysawyers5109 4 месяца назад

      Yes there was .....TEXIAN. Do some researh.

  • @glennlariva6896
    @glennlariva6896 2 года назад +7

    Great presentation and great history; especially in a time when our nation needs examples of heroes. Thank you!

    • @strettoasino9006
      @strettoasino9006 2 года назад

      *uck them all !!!
      My greatest great grandfather fault the u.s.army and lived....
      So why would I care about the civilian's "See Villain's"....

  • @victorcontreras9138
    @victorcontreras9138 2 года назад +7

    You might mention some facts about David Crockett and how he really died. There's something going around that he survived and went to live in Alabama.

    • @kmaher1424
      @kmaher1424 2 года назад +6

      Probably not. He may well have survived the Battle, trying to surrender per rules of civilized warfare. Santa Anna ordered them all killed although some of his officers tried to disagree. The report said he died bravely
      He was far too famous to have lived on quietly. Especially since he left a widow

    • @victorcontreras9138
      @victorcontreras9138 2 года назад +2

      @@kmaher1424 Yes, that is what I have mostly heard through the years - that he died bravely, and I tend to believe that account! Thanks for your input.

    • @rogerborroel4707
      @rogerborroel4707 2 года назад +1

      @@kmaher1424 What are the civilized rules of warfare? Who made them? The Alamo defenders died in an age of pirates, when caught were executed at once!

    • @kmaher1424
      @kmaher1424 2 года назад +1

      @@rogerborroel4707
      Crockett was new to Texas
      Santa Anna's insistence on following cruel rules did him no good in the long run.

    • @rogerborroel4707
      @rogerborroel4707 2 года назад +1

      @@kmaher1424 Yes it did, Crockett was legally executed as the illegal aliens at Goliad were!

  • @rateyesmertz3785
    @rateyesmertz3785 2 года назад +1

    What about Madame Candelaria viienueva

    • @rogerborroel4707
      @rogerborroel4707 2 года назад +2

      All of her tales are considered hearsay, and most honest historians don't even think she was in the Alamo during the siege.

    • @veseyvonveitinghof6664
      @veseyvonveitinghof6664 2 года назад +1

      @@rogerborroel4707 ....every person's accounts are unreliable hearsay but nameless Mexican soldier's accounts. You seem very one sided in your beliefs....

    • @rogerborroel4707
      @rogerborroel4707 2 года назад

      @@veseyvonveitinghof6664 Mexican after action reports have no embellishments at all - they were never meant for public consumption. The "ring of truth" is in their accounts.

    • @veseyvonveitinghof6664
      @veseyvonveitinghof6664 2 года назад +1

      @@rogerborroel4707 ...sorry. don't agree with your bias....

    • @rogerborroel4707
      @rogerborroel4707 2 года назад

      @@veseyvonveitinghof6664 That's OK, keep believing in fables, legends and lies dummy!

  • @anthonylagunas6737
    @anthonylagunas6737 Год назад

    There were more Tejanos at the Alamo then Anglos.

    • @johnadams5489
      @johnadams5489 Год назад +1

      Not True. Tejanos were afraid they would be executed if the sided with the Americans. A lot of them LEFT before the Mexican Army entered San Antonio.

    • @anthonylagunas6737
      @anthonylagunas6737 Год назад

      @@johnadams5489 They had been fighting the mexican army, long before the Alamo. They were fighting for rights which they did not have.

    • @moic9704
      @moic9704 9 месяцев назад +1

      There were like 10 tejanos at the alamo during the battle. 😂😂

    • @anthonylagunas6737
      @anthonylagunas6737 9 месяцев назад

      @@moic9704 Idiot, they were fighting the Mexican Army for years. Aren't you embarrassed to show your ignorance.

    • @rustysawyers5109
      @rustysawyers5109 4 месяца назад +1

      Angles were the majority in 1836 of the population of San Antonio. FACT....
      Do some research.

  • @JBQ86
    @JBQ86 Год назад +1

    There are journals from Mexican military officials that state that Davey Crockett was taken prisoner and kept in a cage. This cage was taken village to village to show what happens to those who resist Santa Anna. After a period of time, it was alleged that Crockett was then executed after serving his purpose.

    • @WiseAboutTexas
      @WiseAboutTexas  Год назад

      which journals and officers?

    • @JBQ86
      @JBQ86 Год назад

      @@WiseAboutTexas A PhD candidate at one of the Texas universities used this information from journals from several officers in the Santa Anna entourage in his dissertation. Will try to get further information.

    • @johnadams5489
      @johnadams5489 Год назад +5

      Total BS

    • @jackhays1194
      @jackhays1194 Год назад +5

      Ludicrous

    • @JBQ86
      @JBQ86 Год назад

      @@jackhays1194 Maybe, but it was part of a doctoral dissertation and used journal entries of Santa Anna staff officers.

  • @jeep146
    @jeep146 2 года назад +1

    True story, I was at the Alamo the other night and several Ghost like survivors surrounded me and said " Move the cenotaph back to Egypt where it belongs and build something better"'.

  • @dougbillman2333
    @dougbillman2333 2 года назад +3

    Both were free masons… the secret hand shake saved davey life……

  • @rogerborroel4707
    @rogerborroel4707 2 года назад +4

    Sue Dickinson panned out five DIFFERENT versions of the battle. She lied and lied, and so-called Texan historians believed her, and they panned her lies out as truth. And the Babe of the Alamo was not her daughter, but Alejo Perez, who was only 11 months old. BTW, the Alamo death struggle was a GREAT Mexican victory for all time and it's nice to see all Texas celebrate a Mexican victory every year.

    • @WiseAboutTexas
      @WiseAboutTexas  2 года назад +1

      You taught me something regarding Alejo Perez! That would make a great episode. Please reply with sources so I can begin research.

    • @rogerborroel4707
      @rogerborroel4707 2 года назад +1

      @@WiseAboutTexas He was born March 23, 1835 and died on October 19, 1918; 83 years old when he died, the last Alamo survivor. His mother is Juana Navarro Alsbury, his father was American. Sources: Wikipedia, Bill Groneman, ALAMO DEFENDERS, p. 90. He later served in the Confederate army from 1861 - 1864.

    • @WiseAboutTexas
      @WiseAboutTexas  2 года назад

      @@rogerborroel4707 I meant that Susanna carried him out. How did Angelina get out?

    • @rogerborroel4707
      @rogerborroel4707 2 года назад +1

      @@WiseAboutTexas Sue carried Angelina out, it's her daughter. Mrs. Navarro Alsbury carried Alejo out of the Alamo compound.

    • @WiseAboutTexas
      @WiseAboutTexas  2 года назад

      @@rogerborroel4707 so you meant above that baby Perez was merely younger than baby Dickinson?

  • @miguelagonzalez7332
    @miguelagonzalez7332 Год назад

    Your voice is too low. Can't understand what your saying..