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    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...
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    The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican...
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    The Alamo is a 1960 American epic historical war film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo produced and directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne as Davy...
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    families into the Alamo to keep them safe. During the twelve days of the siege, Alamo co-commander William Barret Travis sent multiple couriers to the acting...
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  • The Alamo is a 2004 American war historical drama about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by John Lee Hancock...
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    The Alamo Cenotaph, also known as The Spirit of Sacrifice, is a monument in San Antonio, Texas, United States, commemorating the Battle of the Alamo of...
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    San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, a pivotal event of the Texas Revolution in which American folk heroes...
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    as a visor, looking into the distance, awaiting her husband's return. Davy Crockett Battle of the Alamo Siege of the Alamo Texas Revolution Creek Indian...
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    Béxar, stationing his troops at the Alamo. When the Texian volunteer soldiers gained control of the fortress at the Siege of Béxar, compelling Cos to surrender...
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    in the Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory. New York: The Free Press. ISBN 978-0-684-83544-0. Tinkle, Lon (1985). 13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo...
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  • José Gregorio Esparza (category Alamo defenders)
    Gregorio Esparza, was the last Texan defender to enter the Alamo during the early days of March 1836 in the Siege of the Alamo and was the only one that was...
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    During the siege at the Alamo, John Stroud (Glenn Ford) is chosen by lot to leave the fort and check on his family and warn other families of the mission's...
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  • laid siege to the Alamo. The remaining troops, under General Jose de Urrea, traveled up the coastline, easily defeating Johnson and Grant at the battles...
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    Martín Perfecto de Cos (category People of Mexican side in the Texas Revolution)
    column of 300 soldiers in the siege of the Alamo. His men assaulted the northwest corner of the mission on March 6, eventually overrunning the north wall...
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  • The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory is a 1987 American Western television miniseries later edited into a feature film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo written...
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  • El Degüello (category Military history of Mexico)
    in the United States for its use as a march by Mexican Army buglers during the 1836 Siege and Battle of the Alamo to signal that the defenders of the garrison...
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    Davy Crockett (miniseries) (category Cultural depictions of Davy Crockett)
    the Alamo is not actually shown; Crockett, the last survivor in the battle, is seen on the parapet swinging his rifle at the oncoming hordes of Mexican...
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    starring role, in The Lamb, was released prior to this picture. The film features the siege of Béxar, the Battle of the Alamo, and the Battle of San Jacinto...
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    Texian Army (redirect from Army of Texas)
    by the co-commanders of the Alamo William Barret Travis and James Bowie who the flew flag during the Siege of the Alamo from March–April 1836. Coahuila...
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    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. They...
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  • thirteen-day siege, Santa Anna's army defeated the small group of Texians at the Battle of the Alamo and continued east. Many Texians, including the government...
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    Pedro de Ampudia (category People of Mexican side in the Texas Revolution)
    of the Alamo and later saw heavy combat at the Battle of San Jacinto. During border skirmishes with Texas in the early 1840s, Ampudia commanded the 350-man...
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    William B. Travis (category Alamo defenders)
    lieutenant colonel in the Texian Army. During the Alamo siege, Travis wrote a letter pleading for reinforcements that became known as the "Victory or Death"...
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  • list of musicals, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End musicals, as well as film and television musicals, whose titles fall into the A–L alphabetic...
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  • Albert Martin (soldier) (category Alamo defenders)
    period before returning to Bexar. On February 23, 1836, the first day of the siege of the Alamo, Lt. Col. William B. Travis sent Captain Martin as an emissary...
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    Juan Seguín (category Alamo defenders)
    thirteen-day siege, he did not actually participate in the final battle of the Alamo. He was chosen to carry the Alamo message through enemy lines, that the Texans...
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    Crockett arrives in Texas. February 23, 1836 – The Siege of the Alamo begins, with a Texian army under the command of Lt Colonel Willam B. Travis and volunteers...
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    Adina Emilia de Zavala (category American people of Basque descent)
    American teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history. Her efforts led to saving the Alamo Long Barrack Fortress for future generations. She...
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  • the Napoleonic Old Guard Immortal 32, a nickname for the Siege of the Alamo relief force Akali Nihungs, Sikh warriors of whom the former part of the name...
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  • reenactment of the siege at the Alamo, but the filming location was actually Mission San José. The film was released soon after the centennial of the Alamo. Percy...
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