Texans in Revolt: The Battle for San Antonio, 1835

by Alwyn Barr

Book by Barr, Alwyn

Genres: History

94 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 1989

Reviews

[Clint Stevenson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was recommended this book from an Alamo employee when I visited this past summer. My 6th great grandfather was Edward Burleson, an important figure in the Texas Revolution, so when I was recommended this book about his participation in the Grass Fight and the Siege of Bexar.

Barr gets the information across in a manner that I found both engaging and entertaining. I learned a lot of information I know, a lot of the "in-depth" details about this time in history; battle formations, skirmishes, the commanders' plans and how it affected moral, etc.

If you're a student of Texas history and want to learn a bit more about this particular conflict, don't pass it up.

[Mike Kershaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

A superb book for someone looking for a quick read on the seizure of San Antonio de Bexar by Texas Revolutionaries that would precipitate Santa Anna's more famous campaign the following year. Alwyn Barr focuses on the two small armies gathered in the wake of the first minor skirmish at Gonzales and follows them through the seizure of San Antonio -- a near run thing -- and expiration of Mexican Forces from Texas which led to, on one hand, Texas Independance and, on the other, Santa Annas campaign of reconquest. Never, to paraphrase another, was so much decided by so few.