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List of Alamo defenders. Partial scan of the March 24, 1836 Telegraph and Texas Register with the first Texian list of defenders killed at the Battle of the Alamo. The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, colonists from the United States joined with Tejanos (Mexicans born ...
John Walker Baylor, Jr. Soldier. 1813–1836. According to his family, Baylor left the Alamo as a courier, probably February 25. He died of complications from wounds suffered at the Battle of San Jacinto. [30][31] Anselmo Bergara. Soldier. 1778–. He and Andrew Barcena had been part of Seguín's company.
José Gregorio Esparza. José Gregorio Esparza (February 25, 1802 – March 6, 1836), also known as Gregorio Esparza, was the last Texan defender to enter the Alamo during the early days of March 1836 in the Siege of the Alamo [ 1] and was the only one that was not burned in the pyres. He had brought his family into the Alamo compound along ...
Chester M. Ovnand (1914–1959), master sergeant, U.S. Army, second American killed in Vietnam War; Bruce Palmer Jr. (1913–2000), U.S. Army officer, Chief of Staff of the United States Army during Vietnam War; Alfred M. Wilson (1948–1969), Marine private first class awarded Medal of Honor posthumously
Alamo survivor Susanna Dickinson testified in 1853 and again in 1857 that the only man named "Rose" of whom she knew in the Alamo was James Rose, who accompanied Davy Crockett and who had died. [6] On the other hand, many of the known defenders from the roll accepted by historians are verified by less evidence than that supported Rose, and over ...
William Alonzo Hickok and Polly Butler. James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as " Wild Bill " Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights.
Studi was born into a Cherokee family in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, a rural area in Cherokee County named after his mother's family. [5] He is the son of Maggie Studie, a housekeeper, and Andy Studie, a ranch hand. Until he attended elementary school, he spoke only Cherokee at home. [6] He attended Chilocco Indian Agricultural School for high ...
Pentathlon. James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox languages: Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; [ 2 ] May 22 or 28, [ 3 ] 1887 – March 28, 1953) [ 4 ] was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics.