The First Great Rebel Victory of the War

David Frum: Bowie was a pretty good military commander. He led his men into battle against a Mexican army force at a place called Concepcion. And the force that he winds up fighting is like double the size of his own army. But he and his men win. This is like the first great rebel victory of the war. Now, unfortunately, Stephen F. Austin was not a very good commander and the army of Texas was not a particularly orderly army. A series of organizational and leadership failures stopped them from taking advantage of Bowie's victory.