Little known fact about Crockett was he lost his Congressional seat for the last time mainly due to opposition of Andrew Jackson's party over Crockett's impassioned opposition to Jackson's policy of relocation of the Cherokee and other natives that had come to peaceful terms with the White Settlers. The Cherokee had a long history of mercantile relations with the English former or escaped Indentured servants from the Tobacco plantations in the Carolinas who actually preceded the influx of Ulster Scotch and Huguenots (Which was Crockett's background) that had come from Pennsylvania into Appalachia following the Revolution. While the ulster Scots had come as an armed camp bringing their women with them, The English upon completing their servitude or escaping it, bought or would woo wives from among the Cherokee.

Thank you for your insight of the Alamo.

Thank you for your episodes. Enjoy them

I grew up in San Antonio and sometimes I would go to downtown and walk around by the Alamo.

My Texas heritage goes back to before the Battle of the Alamo. My ancestors were here in December 1835! I also have a 5 times great-grandfather, Edward Cox, who was scalped and killed by Comanches in Hamilton county, in 1865. The Comanches were trying to steal some of his horses and he and a teenage boy who worked for him were both killed. I also have a 3 times great-uncle who was an officer who rode beside General Sam at the Battle of San Jacinto when Santa Anna was captured. So, needless to say, I am VERY TEXAS PROUD!

thank you for this channel. its one of the few videos worth watching.

Simply a great video…never knew about those that deserted the Alamo Don’t know if I will be here in 13 years but will be as long as I can

Very appropriate. Thank you from a Texas resident.

Excellent as always.

Very well done, I enjoyed this video immensley, being a long-time Texas history buff myself. A lot of this I knew, some was new for me since I don't have the DeShields book. It was also nice to see some fascinating images I hadn't seen before. Keep up the good work!

Thank You for my updated Texas History lesson which has not been done since I was 14 and now 65 with the exception of the John Wayne movie the Alamo.

enjoyed this much, need to find a copy of that book

I really like your channel, keep up the good work!

Awesome telling...

If those brave men knew or would cone back today they would b ashamed of the way it is today

Nice one! I have a great aunt that had an article in a CA paper claiming she was involved in 5 wars in the US.. Tall tale. Her first occourance was as a child in the Alamo. As a kid I had the article and bragged about it and such. However, your program gave me a little more info and I shall spend some time trying to get info. I'll let you know. Thanks

Two ancestors were took prisoner at Goliad . There was a big group took prisoner. They were all marched into the desert and shot. Their names are on a memorial stone at a Town in Marlin Texas

Absolutely Top Notch Sir . 🤠🖖 ♨️

A great reading of a great history.

This is not American history. This is Texas history.

The death of Crockett matches that of Susanna Dickensons account of seeing Crockett with his peculiar hat ( she knew him of course) in a pile of 16 dead Mexicans with a few of his friends. Excellent research and history.

God bless those Brave Men who fought at the Alamo. Rest in peace Men, your ultimate sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Remember the Alamo!

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for taking the time and making the effort to produce such a fabulous video!! I was truly inspired by the courage of these brave men who defended the Alamo after watching your video. Which is exactly how someone should feel after hearing this story! Thank you!

Like Texas history! So keep it up! Have you done a story about the real story of the movie "The Searchers?" near Young county? Saw a historical marker claiming such.

It must be said that this account from mostly Mexicans is very interesting and makes sense. One common thread is the Valiant defense by the Alamo defenders. I heard another testimony by one of the slaves sparred. He said Crockett lay dead with many enemy soldiers he dispatched. I tend to believe in this account rather then Hollywood depictions. It also makes scene that Mexican citizens would resent the defenders and support Santa Ana.

Thank you . I love the actual account of people who lived the history. There is so much of the past that is not known, good and bad . We should know the truth no matter how bad it may be . I would love to know the truth about the native Mexican soldiers from bexar county , who served in the Confederate army. I also wonder about comal county voting against joining the Confederation army but still sent 3000 men to fight with the Texans for the south .

Gow can you keep your composure after hearing this

Excellent. Eaglegards...

They didnt have a way to leave. Did you not hear the part about " no horses"?

Proud to be a Texan!

I believe it was 600 myself but you'll never know cause it's unworthy history Regards Peter DeLorey Canada

There were few Kentucky long rifles, the men of the Alamo had "brown besses" they captured. Their powder quality was poor and useless in the damp cold, little better than charcoal. The long rifles were almost delicate and no bayonet stud. The Mexican brown besses were oak and iron, and bayonet, deadly in close

You know the channel is coming right along when you start referring to yourself as "we", and especially when you make pronouncements about things slated to happen 13 years into the future! Congratulations!😁

I'm very proud that James Bowie is a distant relative of mine.

Brave yes but against Houston's direct order😮

John Wayne's death defending the Alamo will never be forgotten.

huge fan of the actions at the Alamo. But gotta say a much more impressive stand exists in American history. If you are a fan of serendipity both stands had a member of Clan Cunningham fighting to the last. Wake Island.

A few Kentucky boys and Tennessee volunteers.

Thought Crocket survived with 6 others before being murdered?

Why was Crockett, portrayed by Billie Bob Thornton, painted as surviving and thereafter executed? Is this a Mexican myth?

That poor women, born in a battle lived through her father's death only to die a prostitute in an unmarked grave. She should have been taken care of by the State. What a sad ending.

The love of freedom is the greatest of human desire. Even stronger than the fear of barbarism. This is the trait that conquered the West.

Has Mexico ever had a viable army or won a war?

After all the blood and sacrifice of these proud men, today our Southern border is being abandoned by the Dem. politicians. SHAME.... ETERNAL SHAME SHALL BE THEIR LOT.

I've never understand the value of their defense of the mission. Sure it delayed Santa Anna which apparently assisted Houston but couldn't the hundreds of Texians have outran and outmaneuvered the thousands of Mexicans?? Couldn't they have subsisted on less meat/grain? Didn't they know the water, food and shelter sources much better? Seems a waste to me.

Hate Santa Ana, nice hat

Looks. Like. It. Was. All killing for years. And years tough times. For. Sure. !

Great video! Awesome work! The word is TherMOPylae. (Thur-Mop-ill-EE) Thermopylae.

I heard that the night before the assault there was no mexican cannon fire and thetexans were very tired and many were asleep when the mex. infantry quietly crept up and swept over the low wall, were Crockett's men were, many were killed before they knew the attack was upon them and it was over in less than an hour.

I got to watch John Wayne's "The Alamo" when it first came out in 1960. Crockett's (played by Wayne) death was similar to the way it was depicted here, except the room where Crockett died was used to store powder and exploded upon the famous frontiersman/politician's death.

D Day is. Thousands of men of many many races , but most american citizens fighting for the freedom for others .That is American History. The Alamo had the choice to leave beforehand. Plus , weren't they rebelling to secede after just living on the land a short time. How is that possible if they weren't citizens ? Some were mercenaries

Being a history buff and happening to be working near San Antonio some years ago, the wife and I decided to visit The Alamo. We arrived early as did several other folks waiting for it to open and take the tour. As usual, the wife inquires, "So, what really happened here all those years ago?" I'm explaining it to her in what I thought was a pretty discreet voice, when suddenly I'm giving a history lesson to all those who were waiting. It's very telling how much our knowledge of history comes from those with graduate degrees from TVU; that's Television University. John Wayne depicting Davy Crockett and the rest of the cast depicting a movie script representing the "heroic Texans fighting against the evil Mexicans" isn't the real story. An intelligent argument can easily be made that the Texans got what was coming to them.

Boring reader 😵‍💫

Some of the members surrendered and were killed by Mexican soldiers

The Alamo was a strategic error they should not have got bottled up in an indefensible building. They should have conducted a guerrilla campaign.

An excellent presentation with good factual information. Davy Crockett was a very tragic person because he made the terrible mistake of giving support to the slaveowners, who wished to continue the greed, violence, brutality, and maliciousness of slavery in Texas. As a young man, Davy Crockett should have formed a nationwide movement towards the complete abolishment of slavery in the US and in new terrorities acquired by the US. He should have developed a comprehensive settlement deal with the former slaveowners in which they would be given 20 acres of land to farm and the former enslaved people 20 acres of their own land to farm. He should have disassociated himself from Andrew Jackson after learning he was a slaveowner and exposed him as a fraud.

*1- there were only 1800 troops at the attack, not 6000. 2-Bowie was ordered to abandon the Alamo (he didn't) 3- Travis & Bowie had NO servants, but slaves. 4- 1600-2000 dead? WAY off. I think the reasonable number would be 300. 6- any journals/diaries of Mexican officers published?*

What a spin has been put on this skirmish. Texans were on mexican land. A sovereign nation. Mexico asked, them to leave but they would not. The legal owner has a right to remove squatters. How does that make them "Heroes "? The native americans had the right to remove encroachment on land they lived on for thousands of years. Now 2nd class citizens on their own land. History should be taught fairly.

very heroic, people fighting over mexico ilegallizing slavery, defending the texan revolution is like defending southern seccession

It's unlikely any kind of Mexican flag flew at the Alamo. The men of Texas were almost all for independence, which was declared four days before the fall of the Alamo. The losses of the Mexicans were probably about 120 killed and 240 wounded, not more or the attack would have failed. We Texans had a natural tendency to inflate Mexican losses as a matter of pride.

I thought the alamo was a disaster , botched resupply convoy and decimated in 30 minutes, this is as bad as glorifying custers last stand.

God Bless Texas. Santa Anna's army got their asses kicked at San Jacinto.

Bullshit that Crocket was the last to die! Sounds like propaganda to me.

I don't want to take away from what many consider to be heroic, but in my opinion, the Alamo fighters were plain foolish. Bravery isn't fighting in a fight you were bound to loose unnecessarily. They didn't need to fight that fight at that time. 190 men trying to hold a fortress that was to big for that few in numbers to hold, against 4,000 enemy soldiers, when they could have just withdrawn and waited a few weeks for Gen. Houston and his men, well that wasn't being brave. It was being foolish. The fortress known as the Alamo, was to large for the few there to defend. There wasn't enough men on the walls as they were spread out far to thin. When you have so many enemies attacking the same part of the walls, there wasn't enough defenders to drive them back. They were overran easily once the main attack was launched. The defenders knew this before everything started. It would have been much better to withdrawal to fight another day. That would have been the most intelligent thing to do. They probably would have had to fight to get the Alamo back butt they would have been the attackers. I am sure once the Mexican army moved in, a much smaller force would have remained to protect the Alamo. After Santa Ana withdrew the rest back to Mexico, the Texan army, in much stronger numbers, could have swept right in and taken the Alamo back. Now they have a sizable army and more than enough to defend it. When Santa Ana came back to try and take it back, he would have been defeated. But unfortunately history didn't do the smartest thing. If one of my relatives was there, I would have been upset with them for being foolish and throwing their life away. Crockett, Bowie and Travis should have lead their men out of San Antonio and the Alamo and met up with Houston's army. Then, have scouts sent to San Antonio and see what defences and numbers the Mexicans left there. Then plan the attack to take it back. Now the odds and numbers would be on their side and they would have won Texas's independence and be true heros. If everyone wants to call them hero's for fighting and dying in a battle they didn't need to fight at that time, well that of course is fine. But as I said, I feel they were fools to do what they did when there were other, more intelligent ways to do it. Instead of fighting and dying in a battle they could never win, they could have fought and lived in a battle they could never loose. If there was no other way then fighting a battle they couldn't win, then hell yes those who did are definitely heros. But as already stated, they had other choices that were much better for them and for Texan's wanting independence.

😂 the Alamo the only place where the slave holders want freedom 😂

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alamo_defenders List of alamo defenders both white and Mexicans