Check out the names an places. They were from everywhere. Almost all Texans were Mexican.
Click on their names.

"http://www.thealamo.org/defend.html

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Well, technically, anyone who had signed up to buy property there had to become Citizens of Mexico, including pledging to become members of the Catholic Religion and renouncing slavery. All did, but none planned to, including Crockett, Travis, and Bowey. Locals were called "Tejano" (Spanish for "Texan"; archaic spelling Texano), and didn't consider themselves any more Mexican than Canadians consider themselves Americans. That's why many Tejanos fought along side Sam Houston. They didn't want Santa Ana and MExico bossing them around either!!

The were Texican's and Tejano's and one lone, lucky black slave.
One Mexican Soldier had a brother who fought for the Alamo and he searched and recovered his brother's body before the rest were cremated.
The Alamo war split some families between Santa Anna and Sam Huston.

Some English,Scots and Irish too.

David Crockett was Scotch Irish, by blood - -

1. Sam Houston- TN, and Scots owned land- 2. Crockett-TN and his band of 15 (some say 20) did not own land but went to Texas in response to pleas from his Friend Sam Houston concerning the chance of war with Mexio. By the way- James Bowie & Travis also were of Scottish blood.

They're all part of Texas now, so it don't make a whole lot of never mind where they come from -

I sure wish people coming into America would figure it that way these days, too!

seems we have rediscovered the wheel. again.

go figure... mexicans dying at the alamo fighting for independence from Mexico.

Neither the "anglo colonists" led in by Stephen Austin, nor the local Tejanos (native Texanos) considered themselves "Mexican," any more than Canadians considered themselves Americans during our Revolutionary War or War of 1812....

No one ever tell's the story of both sides. When it come's to the alamo it only one side never both. Which is sad as many see only the hero's of one army. They never see the hero's of the other side. Can anyone even name a person who fought for the mexican army who was at the alamo. That wasn't santa anna or his higher up's.

3140 died there out of 3000 names where are the there names. Lead from there home to fight a war that was built on greed not freedom.

History need's to be re written to better reflect what happen during that war from both sides not one side.

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Originally posted by world_king377:
No one ever tell's the story of both sides. When it come's to the alamo it only one side never both. Which is sad as many see only the hero's of one army. They never see the hero's of the other side. Can anyone even name a person who fought for the mexican army who was at the alamo. That wasn't santa anna or his higher up's.

3140 died there out of 3000 names where are the there names. Lead from there home to fight a war that was built on greed not freedom.

History need's to be re written to better reflect what happen during that war from both sides not one side.

Ignacio Zaragoza (from Goliad Texas)
Benito Juarez from Oaxaca
Anastacio Garcia from Tehuacan, Puebla
Jose maria Morelos from Guerrero.
Jose Antonio Lopez de Santa ana (just figured i'd name the relative i had in the Alamo... he WAS there...)

maybe here in the USA we do not know who was there, but in Mexico people do know who was there, and who died there.
Zaragoza later went on to be the General that beat the french in the 5 Mayo battle of Puebla.

Well, lovatscot,
I'm a mongrel, 1/4 Scot, 1/4 Kraut, 1/2 Canuck. I'm gonna get a kilt someday, probably when we go to Scotland to visit a friend.

I understand you can get real high quality kilts over there!

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Originally posted by Elesso:

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Originally posted by world_king377:
No one ever tell's the story of both sides. When it come's to the alamo it only one side never both. Which is sad as many see only the hero's of one army. They never see the hero's of the other side. Can anyone even name a person who fought for the mexican army who was at the alamo. That wasn't santa anna or his higher up's.

3140 died there out of 3000 names where are the there names. Lead from there home to fight a war that was built on greed not freedom.

History need's to be re written to better reflect what happen during that war from both sides not one side.

Ignacio Zaragoza (from Goliad Texas)
Benito Juarez from Oaxaca
Anastacio Garcia from Tehuacan, Puebla
Jose maria Morelos from Guerrero.
Jose Antonio Lopez de Santa ana (just figured i'd name the relative i had in the Alamo... he WAS there...)

maybe here in the USA we do not know who was there, but in Mexico people do know who was there, and who died there.
Zaragoza later went on to be the General that beat the french in the 5 Mayo battle of Puebla.

yes but still you don't see the names or the story's of any in the united states. Since Texas was its own country and not part of the united states at the time. The war should be treated in The united states as natural and therefor be written from the point of view of both sides.

Remember the The movie The Alamo did it ever show what happen from the other side that lead up to the events of the Alamo.

I think if We or Texas alone if they must should better reflect on both sides in such a major way and less on one side. Then it will open up better channels with the Mexico as a whole.

I'am a neutral I believe every story has two sides.So please people don't call me one sided.I just want history here in the united states to better understand important events in such neutral ways. So we can learn and make a judgment base on facts as a whole.

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David Crockett was Scotch Irish, by blood - -

Not exclusively GWG, he was of Scots Irish and Anglo Scot on his paternal side and exclusively English on his Mothers.

And I beleive Travis was of English not Scots descent.

Now, when you say "English," do you really mean Norman/French, Angle, Saxon, Jute, Dane, Welsh, Roman, or old Briton/Celt? - -

And when you say Scots do you mean Pict, Scot, Gael, Norman Scot? The English are a germanic race So Angle, Saxon or Jute will do, but the fact remains his family were from England. Not you understand, that I am somehow claiming crockett and Travis as our own. There were a dozen first generation Englishmen there as well.

Interestingly (or not) the latest DNA studies suggest that Englisman Scot Irishman and Welshman are virtually indistinguishable from each other and are closely related to the Basque population. Sorry to bore.

Actually, the Texans asked the Canucks to come help them defend the Alamo, cuz they they knew the Canucks are like John Wayne. They are rough-tough and they don't take crap off anyone!

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Originally posted by redcoat72:
Interestingly (or not) the latest DNA studies suggest that Englisman Scot Irishman and Welshman are virtually indistinguishable from each other and are closely related to the Basque population. Sorry to bore.

Nothing boring about it at all -

Well, I'm Norman-Welsh-Irish, but American will do - -

By the way, a family of Hardys have lived next door to my folks for the past 55 years - good people - -