1. Chapter 11: The Texas Revolution Section 5: Independence is Won

2. How did the fall of the Alamo affect Texas soldiers?
Thinking Question
How did the fall of the Alamo affect Texas soldiers?

3. The Runaway Scrape Houston given command of regular and volunteer army
Problems:
Short of troops
Lack of supplies
Had to train and organize soldiers
General Sam Houston

4. Sam Houston statue in Huntsville, Texas
The Runaway Scrape
March 6: leaves Washington-on-the-Brazos
March 11: arrives at Gonzales and greeted with rumors of defeat at Alamo
Sam Houston statue in Huntsville, Texas

5. The Runaway Scrape Sends scouts to investigate
Scouts come back with survivors
Learns Santa Anna is heading to Gonzales:
Houston: 400 men
Santa Anna: 700 men

6. Gonzales burned to keep the Mexicans from attaining supplies
The Runaway Scrape
Houston orders a retreat
Civilians flee
Ordered the town of Gonzales burned
Gonzales burned to keep the Mexicans from attaining supplies

7. The Runaway Scrape
Fearing for their lives, many Texans flee eastward
“Runaway Scrape”
Heavy rains, flooding, disease

8. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
General José de Urrea enters Texas with 550 troops
Feb 27, 1836: defeats 34 Texans at San Patricio
March 2, 1836: defeats 26 Texans at Agua Dulce Creek

9. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
March 14, 1836: defeats Texans at Refugio
Had been sent by Col. James Fannin to evacuate the colony
Next target--Goliad

10. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
James Fannin—colonel commanding Texas troops at Goliad
March 14: Received orders from Houston to withdraw
Col. James Fannin

11. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
Fannin waits on his men to return from Refugio
General Urrea continues his advance
March 18: Urrea’s forces met Fannin’s troops in a series of brief fights

12. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
Fannin decides to leave fort and head towards Victoria
March 19: Texans stop to rest animals and are surrounded
Texans: 300 troops
Mexicans: troops

13. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
Battle of Coleto Creek
Texans pinned down
Urrea receives reinforcements

15. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
Fannin surrenders
Rebels are marched back to Goliad
Urrea writes to Santa Anna asking permission to hold rebels as POWs
Santa Anna orders execution of rebels

25. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
More than 400 Texas soldiers executed outside of Goliad
Some men escaped and survived

27. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
Francita Alavez—the Angel of Goliad
Bust of Francita Alavez

28. Houston Prepares the Troops
Angry Texans demand an attack on the Mexicans
Texas army grown to 1200 soldiers
Houston believed army was too small and untrained to take on Mexicans

29. Houston Prepares the Troops
Retreats eastward toward the Brazos River
Santa Anna pursues

30. Houston Prepares the Troops
Troops openly criticized Houston for retreating
President Burnet: “The enemy are laughing you to scorn.”

31. Houston Prepares the Troops
Set up camp at Groce’s Landing
Trained & drilled troops
Received supplies and ammunition
Replica of one of the “Twin Sisters”

32. Houston Prepares the Troops
April 12: Houston leaves Groce’s Landing
April 18: Arrives at Harrisburg
Scouts report that Santa Anna is camped nearby
Makes decision to attack

33. The Battle of San Jacinto
April 20: Texans set up camp in a grove of trees
Santa Anna set up camp at the junction of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou
Vulnerable spot

34. The Battle of San Jacinto
April 20: one or two small clashes
Mirabeau B. Lamar saved the lives to two Texans
Mexicans held ground
Mirabeau B. Lamar

35. The Battle of San Jacinto
April 21, noon—holds a meeting with officers
Decide to attack, rather than wait
Houston assembles 900 troops
San Jacinto Battle Flag

39. The Battle of San Jacinto
3:00 PM: Texans moved from the woods onto the prairie
Many Mexican soldiers sleeping
Awakened by bullets and cries:
“Remember the Alamo!”
“Remember Goliad!”

41. The Battle of San Jacinto
18 minutes
Many surprised Mexicans fled or tried to surrender
600 Mexicans killed
9 Texans killed
Houston Leading Troops at San Jacinto

42. The Battle of San Jacinto
Sam Houston wounded during the battle

43. The Battle of San Jacinto
Santa Anna disappeared during the battle
Hid in marsh, discovered the following day
Houston would not allow execution
Santa Anna Surrendering to Houston

44. “My motive in sparing the life of Santa Anna was to relieve the country of all hostile enemies without further bloodshed, and to secure his acknowledgement of our independence”
—Sam Houston