Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nhau yacho inotanga nepfungwa yokusiyana muna December 1860 naGeneral David E. Twiggs achiunza asingakwanisi kutora hurumende yeDhipatimendi reTexas, iyo inosiya Lieutenant-Colonel Robert E. Lee semutungamiri. Nyaya yacho pachayo yakaiswa muna February 1861, nguva pfupi pashure pokunge nyika yeTexas yavhota kuti ibve muUnited States kuti ibatanidzwe neConfederation, kusvika muna March 1861. Lee anogumisa kuti ibasa rake kudzivirira zvombo zveU.S. Army nepfuma muSan Antonio, Texas, kusanganisira Alamo ane mukurumbira, pane kubvumira kuzvipira kwavo kuhurumende yeTexas yakazvimiririra, sezvakaitwa naTwiggs muupenyu chaihwo. Izvozvo zvinotungamirira kuChipiri
Hondo yeAlamo.