Remeber the Alamo
03-06-2006, 08:14 AM
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Remeber the Alamo Today March 6, 1836 is the 170th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo.
Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna recaptured the Alamo, on March 6, 1836, after a 13-day siege. 183 of the 184 defenders of the structure were killed, as were an estimated 1,000 to 1,600 Mexican soldiers.
Lt. Col. Travis's final dispatches include a poignant example of the Texan spirit. He wrote, "The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken -- I have answered their demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls -- I shall never surrender or retreat."
William Barret TRAVIS
(Commander of the Alamo) : One of the first to fall, he died defending the north wall at an early hour on March 6. He was 26 years old.
James BOWIE
(Co-commander of the Alamo): Killed in his bed, where he laid sick with pneumonia, in a small room in the south side. He was 41 years old.
David (Davy) CROCKETT
His body was found in small fort in the west side. He was 50 years old.
28 Officers
30 volunteers from South Carolina (along with William B. Travis)
15 volunteers from Tennessee (along with David Crockett)
32 volunteers from Gonzales (the only who responded to the repeated appeals for help of Colonel Travis)
all other volunteers (81) came from different countries (England, Scotland, Germany, Ireland) and from various States.
The Alamo was remembered, as well as the Goliad massacre (perpetrated by order of General Santa Anna), forty-six days later, on April 21, 1836 at the Battle of San Jacinto, where 783 men led by General Sam Houston defeated 1,500 Mexicans.
The battle lasted only eighteen minutes.
When all was over, 630 men of the Mexican army were dead; 730 were prisoners.
Nine Texans lost their lives.
General Santa Anna, disguised as a peasant, was captured the following day.
Texas remained independent for nearly ten years. In 1845, its legislature voted for annexation to the U.S. The Mexican American War soon followed, a two-year conflict resolved by the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna recaptured the Alamo, on March 6, 1836, after a 13-day siege. 183 of the 184 defenders of the structure were killed, as were an estimated 1,000 to 1,600 Mexican soldiers.
Lt. Col. Travis's final dispatches include a poignant example of the Texan spirit. He wrote, "The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken -- I have answered their demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls -- I shall never surrender or retreat."
William Barret TRAVIS
(Commander of the Alamo) : One of the first to fall, he died defending the north wall at an early hour on March 6. He was 26 years old.
James BOWIE
(Co-commander of the Alamo): Killed in his bed, where he laid sick with pneumonia, in a small room in the south side. He was 41 years old.
David (Davy) CROCKETT
His body was found in small fort in the west side. He was 50 years old.
28 Officers
30 volunteers from South Carolina (along with William B. Travis)
15 volunteers from Tennessee (along with David Crockett)
32 volunteers from Gonzales (the only who responded to the repeated appeals for help of Colonel Travis)
all other volunteers (81) came from different countries (England, Scotland, Germany, Ireland) and from various States.
The Alamo was remembered, as well as the Goliad massacre (perpetrated by order of General Santa Anna), forty-six days later, on April 21, 1836 at the Battle of San Jacinto, where 783 men led by General Sam Houston defeated 1,500 Mexicans.
The battle lasted only eighteen minutes.
When all was over, 630 men of the Mexican army were dead; 730 were prisoners.
Nine Texans lost their lives.
General Santa Anna, disguised as a peasant, was captured the following day.
Texas remained independent for nearly ten years. In 1845, its legislature voted for annexation to the U.S. The Mexican American War soon followed, a two-year conflict resolved by the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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03-06-2006, 11:21 AM
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I was just in San Antonio a few weeks back and stayed right next door to the Alamo. It's really pretty amazing that so much history happened in such a small place.
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03-06-2006, 11:44 AM
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Ahh yes we defeated the Mexicans !!! That is amazing how so many of them versus so little Texas fighters defeated them. HOLY FRIJOLES. GOD BLESS THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. And to all those from Louisanna your next !!!!!
