John J. Baugh, adjutant of the Alamo garrison, was born 1803 in Virginia. He traveled to Texas in 1835 as a first lieutenant of Thomas H. Breece’s company of New Orleans Greys and took part in the Siege of Béxar. After the battle he was promoted to captain and served as Lt. Col. James C. Neill’s adjutant with the Texan force left to garrison the town. Baugh entered the Alamo with the garrison under Lt. Col. William Barret Travis on February 23, 1836, when the Mexican army arrived. He died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
Smith, William H.
William H. Smith, Alamo defender and resident of Nacogdoches, was born in 1811. He served in the revolutionary army for six months before the siege of the Alamo. He took part in the Siege of Béxar and served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. William R. Carey’s artillery company. Smith died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
Dodson, Archelaus
Archelaus Dodson was born 1807 in North Carolina. When the local committee of vigilance and safety learned of Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cos’s planned invasion of Texas and sent out a call to arms on September 19, 1835, Dodson joined other Harrisburg volunteers in forming a company under Capt. Andrew Robinson. Dodson was elected first lieutenant. His wife, Sarah Bradley Dodson, designed and, with help of other Harrisburg women, made the first tricolor Lone Star flag of Texas. When the company of Andrew Robinson, Jr., was mustered into the revolutionary army in 1835, she presented it to the members. The Robinson company participated in the Siege of Bexar. Dodson was among those detailed to ensure the safety of women and children beyond the Brazos River in the Runaway Scrape.
Blazeby, William
William Blazeby, defender of the Alamo, was born 1795 in England. He traveled to Texas from New York by way of New Orleans as a second lieutenant in Capt. Thomas H. Breece’s company of New Orleans Greys. Blazeby took part in the Siege of Béxar and remained in San Antonio de Béxar afterward as captain and commander of the Greys under Lt. Col. James C. Neill. Blazeby died in the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
Andross, Miles DeForest
Miles DeForest Andross, Alamo defender, was born 1809 in Vermont. He took part in the Siege of Béxar, became ill afterwards, and remained in Béxar as part of Lt. Col. James Clinton Neill’s command. Andross served in the Alamo garrison as part of Capt. William Blazeby’s infantry company. He died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
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