<P> Houston was selected as Commander - in - Chief at the convention to declare Texan independence in March 1836 , and he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2 , 1836 , his 43rd birthday . Mexican soldiers killed all those at the Alamo Mission at the end of a 13 - day siege on March 6 . On March 11 , Houston joined what constituted his army at Gonzales : 374 poorly equipped , poorly trained , and poorly supplied recruits . Word of the defeat at the Alamo reached him and , while he waited for confirmation , he organized the recruits as the 1st Regiment Volunteer Army of Texas . </P>
<P> Houston was selected as Commander - in - Chief at the convention to declare Texan independence in March 1836 , and he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2 , 1836 , his 43rd birthday . Mexican soldiers killed all those at the Alamo Mission at the end of a 13 - day siege on March 6 . On March 11 , Houston joined what constituted his army at Gonzales : 374 poorly equipped , poorly trained , and poorly supplied recruits . Word of the defeat at the Alamo reached him and , while he waited for confirmation , he organized the recruits as the 1st Regiment Volunteer Army of Texas . </P>
who did the texans select to lead the volunteer army
who did the texans select to lead the volunteer army
Houston
Houston