An ailing James Bowie and William Travis…

February 1836 CE

An ailing James Bowie and William Travis command the garrison at San Antonio headquartered at the Alamo mission, whose one hundred and fifty-seven defenders, mostly white men of Spanish ancestry, are surrounded on February 23 by Santa Anna’s six thousand-man army.

Thirty additional men from Gonzales, including the celebrated naturalist and former Congressman David Crockett, who had arrived in Texas on January 5, have broken through the lines to aid the defenders.

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San Antonio Bexar Texas United States View →

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Antonio López de Santa Anna View → Davy Crockett View → James Bowie View → Sam Houston View → William B. Travis View →

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Texas, Mexican View → Mexico, Centralist Republic of View →

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Mexican Rebellions of 1828-1839 View → Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence View →

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Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Mayhem View → Government View →

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