Battle Of The Alamo Essay

During the era of the Alamo and the fight for Texas’ independence, there were a handful of people that gave first-person accounts of certain events that occurred. These individuals were eyewitnesses throughout the Battle of the Alamo and their stories are quite captivating. One of these individuals was just a child during the battle of the Alamo and his name was Enrique Esparza. According to his account written and quoted in The San Antonio Light, he and his family found themselves heading to the Alamo due to General Santa Anna’s arrival in San Antonio. His father, Gregorio Esparza, was a member of the Benavides company in the American Army and he decided he go to the fort. Since Enrique’s father was going, he said “Well, if pop goes, I am going along, and the whole family too” (Light par: 10). Another account was given by Susana Dickinson, wife to a defender in the Alamo named Lieutenant Almeron Dickinson, was inside the walls due to her husband being part of the Army. Susana secreted herself with her daughter Angelina in the mission where it was dark. The Mexican army contained quite the majority of these first-person individual eyewitness accounts. The names of these witnesses are Felix Nunez, a Mexican
William Travis was killed towards the beginning of the battle and David Crockett’s death was towards the end of the battle by execution. I believe he was mutilated and possibly tortured before his time came to an end. I am in agreement with the accounts off Enrique Esparza, Susana Dickinson, Jose Francisco Ruiz and Vicente Filisola. Their reports are the most accurate in giving what happened during the battle and what happened after the battle as well. They all correspond with one another and prove their validity in my eyes of what really happened at the