How is the US military in the film like a rabble?

Therese 2022-03-20 08:01:34

What is a bit suspicious about watching this film is that the US military in the film looks like a guerrilla.
I remember watching in The Patriots that the American colonies during the Revolutionary War could at least organize a decent army.
The Civil War that broke out more than 30 years after the Battle of the Alamo, from the perspective of "Gods and Generals", the Southern Army and the Northern Army also give people a very regular feeling.
Of course, maybe Texas was not yet part of the United States at the time, and the army was also a militia, right?

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The Alamo quotes

  • James Bowie: [about Crockett's coonskin cap] What happened to your cap? Crawl away?

    Davy Crockett: No, I only wear it when it's extra cold. The truth is, I only started wearing that thing... because of that fella in that play they did about me. People expect things.

  • Juan Seguin: Davy, you said you wanted to see him. There he is: The Napoleon of the West.

    David Crockett: Which one?

    Juan Seguin: [points to Santa Anna on a horse in the distance]

    David Crockett: That's Santa Anna?

    Juan Seguin: Yeah.

    David Crockett: [Santa Anna shouts to move the cannons] He's quite the peacock, ain't he?

    David Crockett: [takes aim with his rifle and shoots off Santa Anna's epaulette]

    David Crockett: [laughs]

    David Crockett: Wind kicked up.