who was this colonel?
He was a 19th-century American pioneer, slave trader and soldier.
James Bowie
James Bowie ( ) ( – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer, slave trader and soldier who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo
who fought at the battle of the alamo Mexican against Texians. what happened just prior to the battle? Colonel James Bowie with 30 men to remove the artillery from the Alamo and destroy the complex. Bowie was unable to transport the artillery since the Alamo garrison lacked the necessary draft animals.
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James Bowie [SEP] Introduction
James Bowie ( ) ( – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer, slave trader and soldier who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious, have made him a legendary figure in Texas history and a folk hero of American culture. Bowie was born in Kentucky. He spent most of his life in Louisiana, where he was raised and where he later worked as a land speculator. His rise to fame began in 1827 on reports of the Sandbar Fight.