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Lieutenant-Colonel William Barret "Buck" Travis (August 1, 1809 – March 6, 1836) was a Texian Army officer and lawyer. He is known for helping set the Texas Revolution in motion during the Anahuac disturbances and defending the Alamo Mission during the battle of the Alamo.
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World, commonly referred to as the Victory or Death letter, [1] is an open letter written on February 24, 1836, by William B. Travis, commander of the Texian forces at the Battle of the Alamo, to settlers in Mexican Texas.
William B. Travis played a key role in the Anahuac Disturbances of 1832. Frank W. Johnson commanded Texan forces during the 1832 Battle of Anahuac. The Anahuac disturbances were uprisings of settlers in and around Anahuac, Texas , in 1832 and 1835 which helped to precipitate the Texas Revolution .
The Mexican army returned to Texas in February and initiated a siege of the garrison in San Antonio on February 23. [39] The commander at the Alamo, William B. Travis, sent numerous letters to the Texas settlements, begging for reinforcements. [40] Men began to gather in Gonzales to prepare to reinforce the garrison. [41]
The Alamo was defended by a small force of Texians and Tejanos, led by William Barrett Travis and James Bowie, and included Davy Crockett. Before beginning his assault on the Alamo, Santa Anna offered them one last chance to surrender. Travis replied by opening fire on the Mexican forces and, in doing so, effectively sealed their fate. [5]
Slave of William B. Travis, fought beside him in the battle; accompanied Susanna Dickinson to Gonzales. (Slaves identified by last names of their masters) [185] William B. Travis: LTC 1809 South Carolina fatality Shared command of the garrison with James Bowie until the latter became bedridden and unable to command. Namesake of Travis County. [186]
Slave of William B. Travis: 1813/1815– When the battle commenced, Joe fought alongside Travis. After Travis's death, Joe hid in the chapel. Mexican soldiers assumed him to be a noncombatant. [38] [50] [51] John Johnson: Soldier 1800 Dispatched as courier February 23. [52] William Johnson: Soldier — [53] Byrd Lockhart: Soldier: 1782–1839
The Consultation, also known as the Texian Government, served as the provisional government of Mexican Texas from October 1835 to March 1836 during the Texas Revolution. Tensions rose in Texas during early 1835 as throughout Mexico federalists began to oppose the increasingly centralist policies of the government.