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Quitman's men assist settlers as big battle brews in Texas
 (18th in a series)
John Quitman of Natchez was the son of a preacher, a man of means and a leader of men. Throughout his life he felt compelled to involve himself in the big events of the day and in 1836, as Texans rebelled against the authority of the Mexican government and sought independence, Quitman was asked to join the fight.
In April 1836 he was in Nacogdoches, Texas, as the theater of war moved from San Antonio eastward. Mexican dictator Santa Anna, who rose and fell from power many times in his life, was in control of Mexico at the time, served as its commander-in-chief and personally sought to put down the rebellion himself.
The Texas Revolution began in the fall of 1835 and 12 skirmishes or battles followed. News that Santa Anna had killed every man inside the Alamo at San Antonio in early March outraged Americans and many frontiersmen raced westward to fight for the Texans. Texas at the time included a large American-born population who lived as neighbors and friends with many native-born Mexicans and their descendants.
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