{"id":85551,"date":"2025-12-02T02:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=85551"},"modified":"2025-12-02T02:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:35:27","slug":"know-your-real-texas-history-bowies-men-charge-mexican-supply-train-at-grass-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/know-your-real-texas-history-bowies-men-charge-mexican-supply-train-at-grass-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Real Texas History: Bowie\u2019s Men Charge Mexican Supply Train at Grass Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66633 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/TX-Flag.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/texianpartisan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bowies-Men-Charge-Mexican-Supply-Train-at-Grass-Fight-1068x610.jpg.webp\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texianpartisan.com\/community\/cultural-heritage\/bowies-men-charge-mexican-supply-train-at-grass-fight\/\">Bowie\u2019s Men Charge Mexican Supply Train at Grass Fight<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The brittle winter grass crunched beneath their boots as James Bowie\u2019s cavalry pressed forward through the mesquite thickets. November 26, 1835, dawned cold and crisp near\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshaonline.org\/handbook\/entries\/grass-fight\" rel=\"noopener\">Alazan Creek, five miles southwest of San Antonio de B\u00e9xar<\/a>. The glint of morning sunlight caught rifle barrels as forty mounted Texians prepared to intercept what they believed was a Mexican treasure convoy carrying silver to pay enemy troops.<\/h2>\n<h2>For days, rumors had circulated through the Texian camp during the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshaonline.org\/handbook\/entries\/bexar-siege-of\" rel=\"noopener\">Siege of B\u00e9xar<\/a>\u00a0about an approaching Mexican supply train loaded with gold and silver. The men had been fighting without pay, their pockets empty and their resolve tested by weeks of cold weather and meager rations. When scouts reported a mule train approaching San Antonio, General Edward Burleson ordered\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thealamo.org\/remember\/james-bowie\" rel=\"noopener\">Bowie and his cavalry<\/a>\u00a0to investigate and, if necessary, attack.<\/h2>\n<h2>Bowie spotted the Mexican convoy about a mile from town, crossing a dry ravine near the confluence of the Alazan, Apache, and San Pedro Creeks. The pack animals moved slowly, their heavy loads suggesting the precious cargo the Texians desperately hoped to capture. Behind Bowie\u2019s mounted force,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tejanovolunteercompany.com\/the-grass-fight\" rel=\"noopener\">one hundred Texas infantry under William H. Jack<\/a>\u00a0followed on foot, ready to seize whatever riches the mules carried.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/texianpartisan.com\/community\/cultural-heritage\/bowies-men-charge-mexican-supply-train-at-grass-fight\/\"><strong>RTWT @ Texian Partisan<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/texianpartisan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cati-flag-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowie\u2019s Men Charge Mexican Supply Train at Grass Fight &nbsp; The brittle winter grass crunched beneath their boots as James Bowie\u2019s cavalry pressed forward through the mesquite thickets. November 26, 1835, dawned cold and crisp near\u00a0Alazan Creek, five miles southwest of San Antonio de B\u00e9xar. The glint of morning sunlight caught rifle barrels as forty&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[475,476,477,6096,19084,7117,14757,16552,15903,9394],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85554,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85551\/revisions\/85554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}