The siege of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was the first thirteen days of the Battle of the Alamo. On February 23, Mexican troops under General...
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de Parras military unit, who likely gave the mission the name Alamo ("poplar trees"). During the Texas Revolution, Mexican General Martín Perfecto de...
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Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops...
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Anna's armies arrive and surround the fort. The siege begins. An embassy from the Mexican Army approaches the Alamo, and as they list the terms of surrender...
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The Alamo is a 2004 American war historical drama about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by John Lee Hancock...
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(Palestine) Siege of Puerto Cabello (es) (1835) – Reforms Revolution (Venezuela) Siege of the Alamo (1836) – Texas Revolution Siege of Herat (1837–38) Siege of...
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William B. Travis (category Alamo defenders)
commanding the Misión San Antonio de Valero (aka "The Alamo") as a lieutenant colonel in the Texian Army. During the Alamo siege, Travis wrote a letter pleading...
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History of San Antonio (section Battle of the Alamo)
Tejanos who fought and died at the Alamo, was with Sam Houston when it fell. Acting as a courier from the besieged fort, he had delivered a message from...
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made to renovate the fort, but were never realized. In 1803, 100 men from the Second Flying Company of San Carlos de Parras (Álamo de Parras) were sent to...
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built Fort Tenoxtitlán in Burleson County. The Álamo de Parras Company served as reinforcements for Martín Perfecto de Cos during the Siege of Béxar...
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General Antonio López de Santa Anna, surprising the men garrisoned in the Alamo, and the Mexican soldiers immediately initiated a siege. Santa Anna ordered...
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Presidio La Bahía (redirect from Fort Defiance (Texas))
gained control of the presidio, which they soon renamed Fort Defiance. During the siege of the Alamo, Texian commander William B. Travis several times asked...
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of his troops toward Bexar, where he laid siege to the Alamo. The remaining troops, under General Jose de Urrea, traveled up the coastline, easily defeating...
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the Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, who were housed in the Alamo fort in late 1835. The Castañeda family had lived at the Alamo Mission in a remodeled Indian...
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from the Gonzales Ranger Company who reinforced the Texians under siege at the Alamo. They are "immortalized" as the only unit to answer the To the People...
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James Bowie (redirect from Ursula Maria de Veramendi)
Texas Revolution. He was among the Americans who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious...
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'Viva Max' and the History of the Alamo: Peter Ustinov Stars in Music Hall Comedy Jerry Paris Is Director of 24-Hour Siege". The New York Times. Archived...
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ISBN 978-0-87611-260-1 José de Urrea from the Handbook of Texas Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DBUFJSaZDY Hoyt, Edwin P., The Alamo-An Illustrated History;...
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the Alamo, a mission-turned-fort near the town. By October 26, Cos's men had mounted 11 cannon—5 in the town squares and 6 on the walls of the Alamo. An...
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saving the Alamo Long Barrack Fortress for future generations. She was born to Augustine De Zavala (originally de Zavala), son of Lorenzo de Zavala, the...
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General Ortega built new fortifications, including Fuerte ("fort") San Javier. The siege began on 16 March with an encircling movement led by Generals...
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Juan Seguín (category Alamo defenders)
Battle of the Alamo. Although serving at the Alamo during the thirteen-day siege, he did not actually participate in the final battle of the Alamo. He was chosen...
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Toribio Losoya (category Alamo defenders)
in the Siege of Bexar and Battle of the Alamo defender. Losoya was born in San Antonio on April 11, 1808, to Ventura Losoya and Concepción de Los Angeles...
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Battle of Puebla (redirect from Batalla de puebla)
Mexico. French troops under the command of Charles de Lorencez repeatedly failed to storm the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe situated on top of the hills...
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the Mexican Empire. 1835 - Oct 12 - Dec 11: Siege of Béxar 1836 – February 23 – March 6: Battle of the Alamo. 1837 – John William Smith becomes mayor. 1840...
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Domingo Ugartechea (redirect from Domingo de Ugartechea)
evacuate the fort. In 1835 Ugartechea was military commandant of Coahuila and Texas in command of the forces at Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, all the...
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Juana Navarro Alsbury (category Alamo survivors)
survivors of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution in 1836. As Mexican forces entered her hometown, San Antonio de Bexar, on February 23, Alsbury's...
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San Antonio (redirect from Alamo City)
the Misión de San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo), the Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, the bridge that connected both, and the Acequia Madre de Valero. The...
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To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World (category Battle of the Alamo)
schoolchildren. On February 23, the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas had been besieged by Mexican forces led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Fearing that...
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Immortal Alamo (1911) Martyrs of the Alamo (1915) Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1925) The Alamo (1936) Heroes of the Alamo (1937) The Alamo: Shrine...
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