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signal_lost t1_ja62keh wrote

Reply to comment by quaffi0 in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy

It bought 13 days for the rest of the Army to go north and burn supplies behind them. Santa Ana divided his army as he went north and was having supply chain challenges. Probably true a retreat was a better idea but they were trying to control moral. Sam Houston was forced to fight or he was going to be removed as commander, and the scrape was at risk of becoming a poorly managed shambolic retreat to Louisiana.

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e_keown t1_ja6h0f1 wrote

Wasn't the retreat towards Louisiana an attempt to bait Santa Ana to follow the Texian army into the United States where Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson had arranged the U.S. military to be waiting?

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waiv t1_jacwie9 wrote

They started moving North AFTER they heard of the Alamo falling.

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