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Below are 215 known combatants: 193 who died during the siege, 31 survivors, and one escapee who later died of his wounds. Mexican Colonel Juan Almonte, Santa Anna's aide-de-camp, recorded the Texian fatality toll as 250 in his March 6 journal entry. He listed the survivors as five women, one Mexican soldier and one slave.
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 with him.
Luciano was one of the final three surviving veterans of the Alamo when he died in Graytown, Texas, on August 25, 1898. [65] [66] William Hester Patton: Captain of a company of soldiers: 1808– Patton left the Alamo, likely as a courier. [67] Alijo Perez Jr. Civilian noncombatant: 1835–1918 Perez entered the Alamo with his mother, Juana ...
Juana Gertrudis Navarro Alsbury (1812 – July 23, 1888) was one of the few Texian 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 cousin by marriage, James Bowie, brought her with him to the Alamo Mission so that he could protect her.
James Butler Bonham (February 20, 1807 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.He was a second cousin of William B. Travis and was a messenger of the Battle of the Alamo.
Some sources place Villanueva's birth at 1785, which would make her 113 at death. Though, baptism records put her birth year at 1803. She was born in Presidio, New Spain. At around age three, her family moved to Laredo, and to San Antonio in 1820. In San Antonio, she worked for María Gertrudis Pérez Cassiano. She was married twice.
Immortal 32 Centennial Monument by Raoul Josset, 1936. Gonzales Memorial Museum, Gonzales, Texas.. The Immortal 32 was a relief force of thirty-two Texian Militia from the Gonzales Ranger Company who reinforced the Texians under siege at the Alamo. [1]
James Clinton Neill (c. 1788 – 1848) [1] was an American soldier and politician, most noted for his role in the Texas Revolution and the early defense of the Alamo.He was born in North Carolina and served in the Alabama House of Representatives between 1825 and 1827.