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Alamo's fall causes uproar in Natchez; Quitman rises
 (11th in a series)
"There is war in Texas," Natchez attorney and public servant John Quitman wrote his brother late in 1835. "Were I without family, I would repair there immediately. Free men who are struggling for their violated rights should not be left to struggle unaided."
A few weeks later, in early 1836, a letter in Quitman's stack of incoming mail caught his eye. It was from Gen. Sam Houston of Texas. A former congressman and the future governor of Texas, Houston thanked Quitman for his sentiments of support for Texas in her fight for independence from Mexico. Then he called upon Quitman to add "your presence and force of your character" to the fight, noting that "We will peril all for freedom...."
Quitman and Houston were men with similar traits -- both were ambitious, both loved the military and both were popular among men. Both had also grown up in a time in America when Revolutionary War veterans were the heroes of the day. Every boy wanted to grow up to fight for freedom.
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