Comments on: Remembering the Battle of the Alamo

By: Bob Pateman

Bob Pateman — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:53:26 +0000

In reply to James Cygnus. Hi James, thank you for your comment. I will never dispute that it was indeed a dictatorship. That would actually make a great follow-up article.

By: Bob Pateman

Bob Pateman — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:51:54 +0000

In reply to Jorge of the castle. Thanks for adding to the story Jorge

By: Jorge of the castle

Jorge of the castle — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:06:44 +0000

There was another colony besides the one founded by the Austins. It was called the Dewitt Colony, founded by Green DeWitt. The Capital town was at Gonzales, Texas. This is the site where the battle for the Texas Republic started. The Spanish/Mexicans demaded to have the cannon, which was given to colonists for their defense, returned to them. The colonists said no, and Sarah Seely DeWitt made a flag that said “Come and Take It”. The first shots at these soldiers wer fired very near the town. The Spanish/Mexican soldiers retreated and 32 of the DeWitt Colony residents answered the call to fight at the Alamo. All of them were killed there and are now known as the “Immortal 32”.

By: Brian Halton

Brian Halton — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:17:17 +0000

Wasn’t John Wayne there too?

By: El Cap

El Cap — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:21:37 +0000

In reply to fcenteno360@gmail.com. Spot on!

By: fcenteno360@gmail.com

fcenteno360@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:12:19 +0000

To be clear, we in Texas did not have a “Texas” Revolution, we had a “Texian” Revolution. Texas was not created until 1836. There were two types of Texians, the ones under Moses and Stephen F. Austin, accepted by contract to abide by Mx regulations, and the later emigrants known as “rebels”, “adventurers”, “filibusters”, and “pirates”.

The true “defenders” of the Alamo was the Mexican army, sent to DEFEND its national territorial sovereignty. To call those rebels in the compound “defenders” is like calling the Russians in Ukraine “defenders”, when Ukraine in fact is DEFENDING its national territorial sovereignty.

By: El Cap

El Cap — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:11:47 +0000

Excellent piece! If anyone wants to read a very detailed book about the Battle of the Alamo as well as the events before and after, I highly recommend “Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth” by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford. I am grateful to be a Residente Permanente of México, and as a born and bred Texan, I’ll tell you it sure blows a hole in the Texas History they taught us in Texas public schools!

By: Nancy Hall

Nancy Hall — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:38:44 +0000

Do you mean Ben Milam? Please check your spelling. In the context of your story, Benjamin Rush Milam is not a minor figure.

By: Sarah DeVries

Sarah DeVries — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:16:32 +0000

Great accounting of the details! (And I agree on your “ruffians” designation, ha)

By: James Cygnus

James Cygnus — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:18:23 +0000

“..abolished the Constitution of 1824. This moved Mexico towards centralism”

This has to be one of the biggest whitewashes I’ve read in years, if not decades. What you call “centralism” is in fact a dictatorship.