The 157 men under William B. Travis’ command were surrounded by thousands of Mexican soldiers at the Alamo when he penned one ...

Enrique Esparza was the son of Alamo defender Gregorio Esparza and ... enemy informed them of our very inferior numbers, which Col. Travis said made them confident of success and emboldened ...

and after the famous siege of the Alamo (February 23-March 6, 1836) where 183 Texans (American-born Texans) and Tejanos (Mexican-born Texans) commanded by Colonel Travis, along with Davey Crockett ...

Travis became the commander at the Alamo and was killed on Mar. 6, 1836, while trying to defend it. In 1836, Mrs. Dilue Harris wrote what she remembered about Colonel Travis and the Texas ...

In early 1836, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel to join the fight ... The help never came, but the death of Travis’ men at the Alamo served as a rallying cry for military volunteers ...