Gregorio Esparza Research Paper

Gregorio Esparza was born in San Antonio de Béxar his birth name was José Maria Esparza. He is known as a defender of the Alamo. He was born on February 25, 1802. Gregorio married Anna Salazar whom he had a daughter and three sons. All of Gregorio Esparza’s family was present during the siege of the Mexican Army but only one of his sons Enrique Esparza was one of the eyewitnesses to see his father’s death. During the siege Enrique hid in a pile of hay where he witnessed the death of his father. It is because of his son’s eyewitness account that we know about Gregorio Esparza’s heroic death and what he did for the State of Texas. From the information gathered from Enrique, we have come to find out that Gregorio Esparza was the only body not burned into pyres at the siege of the Alamo. The Mexican Army’s siege of the Alamo took place February 23, 1836- March 6, 1836.

Seguín 's company in October 1835 and participated in the taking of the squares on the north side of the city during the siege of Bexar, December 5–9, 1835. He served until the capitulation of Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cos on December 10, 1835. Though not much is known about Gregorio Esparza, he is a hero who risked his life for Texas. Gregorio Esparza though a Mexican, on the arrival of Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna in February 1836, was advised by John William Smith to take refuge with his family in the Alamo because they had been very good and loyal people to the Americans. While many of the people and families who took refuge in the Alamo they were allowed to leave if they desired, Gregorio Esparza decided to stay and fight with Texas against the odds, knowing that his life would possibly be at stake, his family too elected to stay with him. Esparza’s main duty during the siege of the Alamo was to tend to the cannon; on March 6, 1836 he died defending for the independence of