Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An daukaka Neill zuwa Laftanar Kanal a lokacin da ya halarci kewaye da Béxar, kuma kwanaki 10 bayan haka Houston ya sanya shi a matsayin mai kula da garkuwar Texian a cikin birni. A watan Janairu mazauna sun fara kwashewa a gaban sojojin Santa Anna. Neill ya roki Houston don sake dawo da dakarun, kayan aiki da makamai. Fitowar Texans da suka shiga Matamoros Expedition sun bar Neill tare da kimanin mutane 100. A wannan lokacin Houston ya ɗauki Béxar a matsayin nauyin soja kuma ba ya son sojojin Santa Anna da ke ci gaba da samun iko da sauran sojoji ko bindigogi. Ya aika da Bowie tare da umarni don cire bindigogi, suna da masu karewa sun watsar da
Alamo manufa da kuma hallaka shi. Bayan zuwansa a ranar 19 ga Janairu da kuma tattaunawar da aka yi da Neill, Bowie ya yanke shawarar cewa aikin shine wurin da ya dace don dakatar da sojojin Mexico a waƙoƙinsa. Ya zauna kuma ya fara taimaka wa Neill shirya don harin da ke zuwa. Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis ya isa tare da ƙarfafawa a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu. Lokacin da aka ba Neill izini don halartar al'amuran iyali a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu, Travis ya ɗauki umurnin aikin, kuma bayan kwana uku shi da Bowie sun yarda da haɗin gwiwa. Santa Anna ya haye Rio Grande a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, kuma sojojin Mexico sun kai hari kan Alamo a ranar 23 ga Fabrairu. Kyaftin Juan Seguín ya bar aikin a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, yana dauke da wasika daga Travis zuwa Fannin a Goliad yana neman ƙarin ƙarfafawa. Santa Anna ya ba da tayin gafartawa ga Tejanos a cikin kagara; wani wanda ya tsira daga cikin wadanda ba su yi yaƙi ba, Enrique Esparza, ya ce yawancin Tejanos sun bar lokacin da Bowie ya shawarce su da su karɓi tayin. Dangane da wasikar Travis ta 24 ga Fabrairu zuwa ga Mutanen Texas, 'yan sa-kai 32 na' yan sa-kai sun kafa Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers kuma sun isa Alamo a ranar 29 ga Fabrairu.