Sharon Marsalis Wrote:
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> Yes and since I started going over Texas History
> that I had not really considered for the last 48
> years, the brutal reality of life back then for
> the average person- man, woman, child - just
> trying to survive and have a life to the political
> and military leaders to the 100s of
> soldiers/fighters known and unknown on both sides
> really wipes away any romance that might be
> accorded.
>
> Someplace online I found the statistics for the
> generally accepted ethnicity of the Alamo
> defenders:
>
> 13 were native-born Texans, with 11 of these 13
> being of Mexican descent. The rest of the Alamo
> defenders consisted of 41 men born in Europe, 2
> Jews, 2 blacks, and the remainder were Americans
> from states other than Texas. Santa Anna's forces
> were a conglomeration of former Spanish citizens,
> Spanish-Mexican mestizos, and indigenous
> Mexicans.
>
> It has also been a revelation at how often
> "Americans" married "Mexicans" and consequently
> had families that were hugely affected.
> The heartbreak of loss and loyalty due to that
> alone during all those years must have been
> staggering.
>
> Anyway I looked at the ages of some of the better
> known fighters/leaders at San Jacinto and the
> Alamo.
> Based on the year 1836:
> Sam Houston was 43; Santa Anna was 42; Stephen F.
> Austin was 42; Col. James C. Neill was 46; James
> Bowie was 40; David Crockett was 50 and William B.
> Travis was only 25.
Bowie was married into a wealthy and influential Mexican family. His father-in-law was the Vice-Governor of the province of _Coahuilla y Tejas_.
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> Yes and since I started going over Texas History
> that I had not really considered for the last 48
> years, the brutal reality of life back then for
> the average person- man, woman, child - just
> trying to survive and have a life to the political
> and military leaders to the 100s of
> soldiers/fighters known and unknown on both sides
> really wipes away any romance that might be
> accorded.
>
> Someplace online I found the statistics for the
> generally accepted ethnicity of the Alamo
> defenders:
>
> 13 were native-born Texans, with 11 of these 13
> being of Mexican descent. The rest of the Alamo
> defenders consisted of 41 men born in Europe, 2
> Jews, 2 blacks, and the remainder were Americans
> from states other than Texas. Santa Anna's forces
> were a conglomeration of former Spanish citizens,
> Spanish-Mexican mestizos, and indigenous
> Mexicans.
>
> It has also been a revelation at how often
> "Americans" married "Mexicans" and consequently
> had families that were hugely affected.
> The heartbreak of loss and loyalty due to that
> alone during all those years must have been
> staggering.
>
> Anyway I looked at the ages of some of the better
> known fighters/leaders at San Jacinto and the
> Alamo.
> Based on the year 1836:
> Sam Houston was 43; Santa Anna was 42; Stephen F.
> Austin was 42; Col. James C. Neill was 46; James
> Bowie was 40; David Crockett was 50 and William B.
> Travis was only 25.
Bowie was married into a wealthy and influential Mexican family. His father-in-law was the Vice-Governor of the province of _Coahuilla y Tejas_.