Man from the Alamo, The

John Rees, soldier and freedom fighter, was a shadowy figure who surfaced during two crucial nineteenth-century revolts and then disappeared from history.

For the first time, John Humphries reveals the fate of the man first mentioned as a member of the New Orleans Greys, who fought for Texan Independence at the Alamo and narrowly escaped execution at the Goliad Mission.

Later, he was one of the main agitators in the doomed Welsh Chartist movement, where twenty-four Chartists were killed or died later of their injuries.

A further 125 were arrested and of those, 21 were charged with high treason and two were condemned to death but this was commuted to transportation for life.

John Rees managed to retreat to the American West.