Dear Sam Houston,

            We are some students from Willie Brown Elementary and we are in Mrs. Ingram's 4th grade.  We have been studying you and are very eager to learn more about you. We really enjoyed  having you come and visit us. You are a really cool person. We want to ask you a few questions that we didn't get answered when you came. Why did you participate in the war of Goliad? How long did the war last? Thanks for coming, we really liked your performance, come again.

                           Sincerely,

                                              Katie, Kaci , D.J.,and Addison

Dear Katie, Kaci, D.J., and Addison,

Here are the answers to your questions.

Q.  Why did you participate in the war of Goliad?

A.  I did not participate in the war at Goliad.  At the time the

fighting occureed there, I was leading my own army in a retreat eastward

from the Colorado River back to the Brazos River.

                 Colonel James Walker Fannin commanded the Texian army at

Goliad.  I had ordered him to retreat from there and join my army,

combining our forces into one large army.  But as sson as Colonel Fannin

tried to retreat from Goliad, he was surrounded on the open prairie near

Coleto Creek.  After a day long battle, he surrendered his army.  They

were marched back to Goliad, where they were executed on Palm Sunday,

March 27, 1836.  

Q.  How long did the war last?

A.  It was not a long war.  It began October 2, 1835, with the battle of

Gonzales.  It ended April 21, 1836 with my victory over Santa Anna at

San Jacinto.  So it lasted only about six and a half months.

Regards,

Gen'l Sam Houston