Ch 9 Sect 2 Main Idea Texans won a victory at San Antonio but the provisional government failed What was the Grass Fight A skirmish over a Mexican mule train outside San Antonio ID: 697512
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The Capture of San AntonioCh. 9, Sect. 2
Main Idea: Texans won a victory at San Antonio, but the provisional government failed.Slide2
What was the “Grass Fight”?
A skirmish over a Mexican mule train outside San Antonio
(reported by Texas army scout
Erastus “Deaf” Smith
)Texans thought they were intercepting money, but discovered that their cargo consisted only of grass for Cos’ horses!
Texas volunteers called off the siege in early December 1835
because, and they were
cold, hungry, restless, and running out of suppliesSlide3
What was the Battle of San Antonio?
When the siege was ending, commander Edward Burleson got
news that the Mexican army was weakened
.
Ben Milam, an empresario who had helped capture Goliad, gathered 300 men to fight with him into San AntonioSlide4
“
Who will go with old Ben Milam into San Antonio?”Slide5
How did the Texans attack San Antonio?
Milam
led one column and
Frank W.
Johnson led another column of menThe Texas volunteers fought their way into San Antonio and pushed Mexican forces toward the center of town. Slide6
What happened to Ben Milam?
On Dec. 7, the second day of the siege, a
sniper
sitting in this tree shot and
killed Ben Milam
.
After Milam
’
s death,
Frank W. Johnson took full command
of the attackSlide7
What advantage did the Texans have?
Texans had an advantage of fighting from house to house against a force trained to fight in open combat.
The
Mexican soldiers retreated to an abandoned mission known as the Alamo
.Slide8
Open field WarfareSlide9
Urban Combat – House to House WarfareSlide10
City Center of San Antonio de Bexar
Main Texans Camp
AlamoSlide11
How did the Battle of San Antonio end?
On December 9,
Cós
surrendered.
He promised tonever again fightagainst the Texansor the Constitutionof 1824In return he and
his men wereallowed to returnto Mexico.
Texans believed that the war was over because they had defeated the Mexican armySlide12
How did
Tejanos and free African Americans support the Texans?
Hendrick
Arnold
, a free African American, guided Milam’s column in the Battle.
Greenbury
Logan
, another free African American, was wounded in the battle.
About
100
Tejanos
, led by Captain Juan N. Seguin
, were in the Texas army at San Antonio
.Slide13
Free African Americans
Above: Hendrick Arnold, free black Texan; revolution scout
Above: Greenbury Logan, free black Texan, revolution soldierSlide14
Why did the Provisional Government fail?
Governor Henry Smith rejected a proposal to hold a convention of the people in March, but the council overrode his veto.
Later, the council approved a plan to capture Matamoros, but Governor Smith vetoed it.
Disagreements resulted in a breakdown of government, leaving Texas unprepared to fight Santa Anna