Ben Milam
 He had fought for Mexico in the war of independence from Spain.
 Milam joined the Texas Revolution in 1835, helping to capture Goliad.
 Milam was convinced that putting off the final assault on San Antonio would be a disaster
for the cause of independence.
 Shouted “Who will go with Ben Milam into San Antonio?” and 300 men volunteered.
 On December 7, 1835 Milam was shot in the head by a Mexican rifleman and killed instantly
on the third day of the Siege of Bexar (San Antonio).
Jim Bowie
 Bowie's reputation was cemented by his role in the Texas Revolution.
 After moving to Texas in 1830, Bowie became a Mexican citizen and married the daughter
of the vice governor of the province. His fame in Texas grew following his failed expedition
to find the lost San Saba mine, during which his small party repelled an attack by a large
Indian raiding party.
 At the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, Bowie joined the Texas militia, leading forces at
the Battle of Concepción and the Grass Fight.
 In January 1836, he arrived at the Alamo, where he commanded the volunteer forces until
an illness left him bedridden.
 Bowie died with the other Alamo defenders on March 6, 1836.
Erastus “Deaf” Smith
Lost his hearing due to a childhood illness
Scout for Stephen F. Austin’s army
1836 was a scout, messenger, and soldier
In April 1836, he captured a courier who carried papers that described the movements of
Santa Anna’s army.
 Smith destroyed the Vince’s Bridge at the Battle of San Jacinto
 Joined the attack on the Mexican camp.
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Hendrick Arnold
 Hendrick Arnold was a free black man who guided and led one of the three forces of
Texians during the Siege of Bexar.
 The force succeeded in capturing the city and the Alamo and defeating General Cos.
Greenberry Logan
 Born into slavery, but he was later freed by his white father, David Logan.
 In Feb. 1831, Logan became one of the first African Americans to settle in Texas.
 Several months later, he received a grant of land in Chocolate Bayou in Austin's third
colony, now Brazoria County, where he leased a blacksmith shop on the Francis Bingham
plantation.
 Logan enlisted in the Texas army on Oct. 7, 1835, in order to fight for Texan
independence.
 He fought in the Battle of Concepción, and in the Siege of Bexar (San Antonio) he received
a wound that left his right arm crippled for life.
 In 1836, he bought a house in Brazoria, which he turned into a boarding house for members
of the new Texas congress meeting in Columbia.
Samuel McCulloch
 In May 1835, Samuel McCulloch Jr., a free African American, came to Texas with his three
sisters and their white father.
 Five months later, McCulloch joined George M. Collinsworth's command in their attack on
the Mexican garrison at Goliad.
 McCulloch suffered a severe shoulder wound.
 His was the first blood shed in the cause of Texas independence.
Sam Houston
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At age 20, he joined the U. S. Army and quickly rose through the ranks.
Commander and general of the Texas regular army during the Revolution.
Commander at the Battle of San Jacinto
First president of the Republic of Texas
Defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto ending the Texas Revolution.
William Travis
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At the age of 26, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Texian Army
Co-commander and hero during the fall of the Alamo
Authored his famous “Victory or Death” letter.
Wrote a letter to plea for help to the people of Texas and the American people.
Battle Cry – “ Remember the Alamo”
He died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution from the Republic of
Mexico.
Davy Crockett
 In 1826, Crockett was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
 Congressman Crockett vehemently opposed many of the policies of President Andrew
Jackson, most notably the Indian Removal Act.
 Crockett's opposition to Jackson's policies led to his defeat in the 1834 elections,
prompting his angry departure to Texas shortly thereafter.
 In early 1836, Crockett took part in the Texas Revolution and was killed at the Battle of
the Alamo in March.
Juan Seguin
 Seguin had been elected alcalde (mayor) of Bexar just two years before Texas fought for
Independence.
 Juan Seguin took shelter in the Alamo in February of 1836, along with Bowie, Crockett,
Travis, and the other Texians, when General Santa Anna was advancing on San Antonio.
After the Alamo was surrounded and came under bombardment, Colonel Travis sent
messengers seeking help.
 The last to leave the besieged old mission was Juan Seguin. Accompanied
 He rode through the enemy lines carrying a final call from Travis for help.
General Cos
 Santa Anna’s brother-in-law
 Attempted to arrest several Texans who criticized Santa Anna before the Texas
Revolution
 Tried to regain control of ports along the Texas Coast with the Goliad Campaign of 1835.
But it ended when Texian rebels charged the handful of Mexican defenders.
 Failing his objectives at Goliad, made his way to the Alamo mission whereby Texas forces
under the command of Stephen F. Austin laid siege to his position from a wooded area near
the San Antonio River.
 Lost again and signed a document stating he would never return to Texas.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
-Joined the Spanish army when he was 16
-Became Military Dictator of Mexico in 1835.
-Did away with the Mexican Constitution of 1824.
-Removal of the Constitution of 1824 led to the Texas Revolution
-Commander of the Mexican army during the Texas Revolution.
-Was captured and defeated at the Battle of San Jacinto.
-Signed the Treaty of Velasco which ends the fighting and gives Texas its independence.
Stephen F. Austin
Known as the Father of Texas
Took over his father’s empressario grant
Settled “The Old Three Hundred”
In 1835, following a period of imprisonment in Mexico City, Austin urged Texans to join
federalists in Mexico in revolt against the centralist dictatorship of Antonio Lopez de
Santa Anna.
 During the Texas Revolution (1835-36), Austin briefly commanded Texas volunteers and
then went to the United States to gain support for the Texan cause.
 He served as Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas.
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George Childress
 Wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence
 Principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence which was the document that
declared Texas a free and independent republic.
 Used the United States Declaration of Independence as a guide
James Fannin
-Commander of a group of soldiers from Georgia at the Battle of Goliad.
-His troops were captured and executed upon the orders of Santa Anna.
-Battle cry “Remember Goliad”
Lorenzo De Zavala
-Assisted in writing the Mexican Constitution of 1824.
-Administered a land grant and established a colony.
-Supported the fight for independence.
-Attended the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos where he signed the Texas
Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836.
-He was elected ad interim (temporary) vice president of the new Republic on March 17, 1836.
-Santa Anna considered him one of the main instigators of the Texas Revolution