William B. Travis
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William Barret "Buck" Travis was a Texian Army officer and lawyer. He is known for helping set the Texas Revolution in motion during the Anahuac disturbances and defending the Alamo Mission during the
William B. Travis in a sketch by Wyly Martin; it is the only known likeness of Travis drawn during his lifetime, although its accuracy has been questioned.
The home of Travis and Rosanna, relocated to Perdue Hill, Alabama, and restored in 1985
William Barret Travis Historical Marker in Anahuac, Texas
William B. Travis, painted by Henry Arthur McArdle, years after Travis's death, using a stand-in as a model.
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World, commonly referred to as the Victory or Death letter, is an open letter written on February 24, 1836, by William B. Travis, commander of the Texian
William B. Travis
…Mission during the battle of the Alamo. During the Mexican siege of the Alamo, Travis wrote a letter pleading for reinforcements that became known as the "Victory or Death" letter. When Travis and the defenders were defeated, killed, and burned by Santa Anna's army, it made him a martyr, and battle cry, for the cause of Texas…
The first page of William Barret Travis's letter, To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World
The second page of the letter
Both Albert Martin and Launcelot Smither added postscripts to the back of Travis's letter. The two postscripts are visible in this scan of the document.