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The "Remember the Alamo" battle cry, as well as the Alamo Mission itself appear on the current version of the reverse side of the seal of Texas. The battle also featured in episode 13 of The Time Tunnel, "The Alamo", first aired in 1966, and episode 5 of season one of the TV series Timeless, aired 2016.
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 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna entered San Antonio de Bexar , Texas, and surrounded the Alamo Mission .
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. ... A Time to Stand. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska ...
When the Battle of the Alamo ended at approximately 6:30 a.m. on March 6, 1836, fewer than fifty of the almost 260 Texians who had occupied the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, were alive. [1]
Battle of Coleto: outside Goliad: March 19–20, 1836 Final battle of the Goliad Campaign. In an attempt to rendezvous with other Texan forces, the southernmost wing of Texan army brazenly departs their heavily fortified location in the midst of oppositional forces. A battle ensues with 10 Texans killed, 60 wounded and 200 Mexicans killed or ...
The battle was over within 90 minutes, [139] and the Mexican soldiers retreated. [141] There were limited stores of powder and shot inside the Alamo, and Alamo commander William Barret Travis ordered the artillery to stop returning fire on February 26 so as to conserve precious ammunition. Crockett and his men were encouraged to keep shooting ...
Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson (c. 1814 – October 7, 1883) and her infant daughter, Angelina, were among the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Her husband, Almaron Dickinson , and 185 other Texian defenders were killed by the Mexican Army .
Mexican artillery stops shelling the Alamo. General Juan Valentín Amador formulates the plan to assault the Alamo. Neill at Gonzales in command of 375 troops gathering there. March 6 Travis's March 3 plea reaches Washington on the Brazos. Houston and his staff head for Gonzales. Battle of the Alamo: the Alamo falls. Approximately 180-250 ...