Francisco Esparza, a member of the Mexican army, asked Santa Anna to bury one of the Tejanos. It was his brother, Gregorio, who died defending the Alamo.

The nearly 1,800 Mexican troops far outnumbered the band of 188 men who had retreated into the Alamo compound. A twelve-day siege ended in a bloody battle on March 6 in which Santa Anna and his ...

For the word puzzle clue of siege and battle of the alamo 1836 mexican troops led by general antonio lopez de santa anna took the alamo after a 13 day siege, the Sporcle Puzzle Library found the ...

Everything is bigger in Texas, but everything is better in Tennessee. In fact, Texas wouldn't even exist without the original ...

Perhaps the most well known Alamo survivor was Susanna Dickinson, wife of defender Almaron Dickinson, who spent the battle hiding in a small dark room with her infant daughter, Angelina. After the ...

Cowriter/director John Lee Hancock's over two-hour long western remake of the 1960 John Wayne film about the heroic 1836 battle at the Alamo (in San Antonio, Texas) between Mexican president Antonio ...

After many hard-fought battles were lost by Texans (including the Alamo ... a battle that lasted 18 minutes, Mexican infantry surrendered after many casualties and Mexican General Santa Anna ...

A new book entitled Alamo Defenders: A New Perspective on the Heroes of 1836 ... However, on hearing that the notorious Mexican leader, Generalissimo Santa Anna, was on his way to San Antonio with a ...

“Santa Anna was a bad guy and the ... For student field trips, the Alamo highlights “anchor events” — not just the siege and ...

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - DECEMBER 9, 2018: Tourists enter Mission San Antonio de Valero, better known as The Alamo. The former ... General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. (Photo by Robert Alexander ...

It was here that Wild West legend James Bowie was married and that General Antonio López de Santa ... Anna indicated his plans for the Alamo. Local legend claims that many heroes from the Alamo ...