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.
A New Perspective on the Heroes of 1836 reveals that as many as 30 British-born men took part in the siege and battle of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
After the battle of the Alamo, as the tale goes, Emily Morgan was “distracting” General Santa Anna in his tent long enough so that Sam Houston and his troops could defeat Santa Anna’s troops.
My good friend Thomas Kerr, leader of the Conservative group on Glasgow City Council, has provided an update on my ongoing campaign to have Scotland’s legendary AC/DC honoured by the city. The Young ...
The Alamo, one of America’s most storeyed battles, was fought in 1836 between the Mexican army of General Santa Anna and a small ... the short film about the battle made by the US National ...
Mike linebacker Jacob Manu, a 5-11, 228-pound Santa Ana, California native who led the ... that Arizona returns a lot of starters? Valero Alamo Bowl MVP safety Gunner Maldonado (79 tackles ...
It didn’t take long for the restless spirits of the Alamo to appear. Just days after the 1836 battle, General Santa Ana ordered the church burned down; but the men sent to burn the church were stopped ...
during the Battle of San Jacinto, the Texan army shouted “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad, God and Texas” as they attacked Santa Anna’s Mexican army. The battle cries were a call for ...