re: Vols aren't welcome in TEXAS

This is a cool image. It shows the palisade at the south wall of the Alamo. This was the area defended by Crockett and his 5 or 6 Tennesseans and about a dozen others.

This position was attacked by a Mexican force of about 10 times that number. According to "A Time To Stand" by Walter Lord, Crockett and his men drove off this force.

Santa Anna, who fancied himself a military genius had the Alamo attacked from all four sides. The forces from south, east and west drifted around to the north side, where the Mexicans came over and even through the wall. They quickly dispatched all the defenders. The Mexican force in the actual attack was about 1,800.

In both the "Wayneamo" and the 2005 "The Alamo" Crockett wound up in the chapel itself which is visible to right rear of the palisade (left rear of the defenders).

The only Anglo adult to survive the battle, Susanna Dickenson, later wrote conflicting accounts of the battle. At one point she said she saw Crockett's body which she recognized also by his distinctive hat.

Hotly contested still is the account that 5 or 6 defenders were captured alive and immediately cut down by the swords of Santa Anna's staff.

If you listen to the Marty Robbins' "Ballad of the Alamo" one line is:

"You may look in vain for crosses but you'll never find a one."

The Mexicans burned the defenders' bodies using the timbers from the palisade.

Travis' slave Joe also survived the battle, but no record of what happened to him survived.

Ballad Of The Alamo

There was even an Alamo war game.




Walt

UT '81

Dramatic but false image of Crockett's men defending the south wall; this is from the "Wayneamo." John Wayne is 3rd from the left. The attack began in full darkness was the fighting was over before the sun came up.

Walt

UT '81

It sucks people like that cut their life short voluntarily,so some a**hole like the OP can disrespect their sacrifice....To the applause of the aggots. ...who are not worthy to even live in the same state these men died.

Whoa. Rustled for sure. This is the way of the Rant....

The bravery and sacrifice at the Alamo allowed for the Battle of San Jacinto to take place. All Texans learned this in 7th grade.

Thanks Vols. But now we gotta play football.

No one here has been to Falfurrias, obviously.

I don't think any military Mexico had could be considered "elite"

I'm not reading this entire thread but I assume the whole:

"we would be part of Mexico if Tennessee hadn't saved our pussy forefathers"

thing has been discussed?

I saw a Tennessee fan out here in Texas at a Subway once. He had on a dirty black hat with the big "T" on the front of it. It was so dirty it looked like the burnt orange Texas "T". I walked up beside him to fill my drink and I said, "Hey buddy, you a Tennessee or a Texas fan?" He rolled his eyes and said, "Yeah, can you not tell by the big orange "T" on the front of my hat?" I responded with "Oh, there it is!" He said, "Yeah, pretty obvious, ain't it?" I said, "Yeah that "T" on the top of the hat wasn't what gave it away. It's the a-hole underneath it that I should have noticed immediately."