Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Neill waxaa loo dalacsiiyay kornayl xigeen intii uu ka qeyb qaadanayay go'doominta Béxar, 10 maalmood ka dibna Houston ayaa u xilsaartay inuu ka taliyo ciidanka Texian ee magaalada. Bishii Janaayo dadka deegaanka waxay bilaabeen inay ka guuraan ka hor ciidamada Santa Anna ee soo dhowaaday. Neill wuxuu Houston ka codsaday ciidamo, sahay iyo hub. Ka bixitaankii Texians-ka ee ku biiray safarkii Matamoros ayaa ka tagay Neill oo kaliya 100 nin. Xilligaas Houston waxay u aragtay Béxar inuu yahay culeys milatari mana aysan dooneynin ciidanka Santa Anna ee horumarka ah inay gacanta ku hayaan askarta ama gantaallada haray. wuxuu u diray Bowie in uu fariin u diro in uu ka saaro madaafiicda, in uu difaacayaasha ka saaro
Hawlgalka Alamo iyo burburintiisa. Markii uu yimid 19kii Janaayo iyo wadahadalkii dambe ee uu la yeeshay Neill, Bowie wuxuu go'aansaday in howlgalku yahay meesha saxda ah ee lagu joojinayo ciidanka Mexico. Wuxuu ku hadhay oo bilaabay inuu caawiyo Neill si uu ugu diyaar garoobo weerarka soo socda. Kornayl William B. Travis ayaa la yimid ciidamo xoojin ah 3-dii Febraayo. Markii Neill la siiyay fasax si uu uga qayb galo arrimaha qoyska Febraayo 11, Travis wuxuu la wareegay amarka howlgalka, seddex maalmood ka dib isaga iyo Bowie waxay ku heshiiyeen amar wadajir ah. Santa Anna wuxuu ka gudbay Rio Grande bishii Febraayo 16, iyo weerarkii ciidanka Mexico ee Alamo wuxuu bilaabmay Febraayo 23. Kabtan Juan Seguín ayaa ka tagay howlgalka 25-kii Febraayo, isagoo warqad ka soo diray Travis oo u diray Fannin oo jooga Goliad isagoo codsanaya xoojin dheeraad ah. Santa Anna waxay u fidisay dalab cafis ah Tejanos gudaha qalcadda; badbaadiye aan dagaal ahayn, Enrique Esparza, wuxuu sheegay in Tejanos badankood ay baxeen markii Bowie kula taliyay inay qaataan dalabka. Jawaab ahaan warqadda Travis ee 24-kii Febraayo ee dadka reer Texas, 32 mutadawiciin milis ah ayaa sameeyay Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers waxayna yimaadeen Alamo 29-kii Febraayo.