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An old mission-fort, the Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas, has been called the “cradle of Texas liberty.” Its defense and the deaths of the men who defended it inspired the cry “Remember the Alamo!” Texan soldiers shouted this at the Battle of San Jacinto, which brought Texas its independence from Mexico. This battle cry was later also used by U.S. soldiers in the Mexican-American War (1846–48).
The Alamo was originally the Mission San Antonio de Valero, a Spanish mission founded in 1716–18. It ceased to function as a church institution in 1793. At the time of its famous siege, the mission chapel was a roofless ruin, but a high rock wall about three feet (one meter) thick enclosed an area around the chapel large enough to accommodate 1,000 men. Within that enclosure the Battle of the Alamo was fought.
In 1835, during the war for Texas independence from Mexico, the Texans had captured San Antonio. Only a small number of Mexican soldiers had been left to guard the city. In February 1836 the Texan regular forces came under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis. James Bowie, for whom the bowie knife was named, was in charge of a volunteer force. Travis and Bowie agreed to command the combined Texan force jointly, though Bowie later fell ill.
Despite calls for more men, the Texans received few reinforcements. The frontiersman Davy Crockett and about a dozen of his Tennessee riflemen came to help in the defense. James Butler Bonham arrived on March 1 with 32 volunteers from Gonzales, Texas. All together, the Texan fighters numbered roughly 200.
On February 22, 1836, a large Mexican force under General Antonio López de Santa Anna arrived at San Antonio. His troops have been variously estimated at 1,800 to 6,000 men. Travis and Bowie believed that the Alamo had to be held to prevent Santa Anna’s march into the interior of Texas. On February 23 they and their forces went into the fort and prepared to withstand attack by the Mexicans. Santa Anna hoisted a flag of “no quarter”—meaning that he intended to take no prisoners—and demanded unconditional surrender. This was answered by a cannon shot from the fort. Then the Mexican bombardment began.
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The siege lasted 13 days. On the morning of March 6, the Mexicans stormed the fort. Nearly all the Alamo defenders were killed, and their bodies were burned at Santa Anna’s order. Among the Texans, only about 15 people—mostly women and children—were spared. About 600 to 1,600 Mexicans were killed.
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Although the Texan defenders suffered defeat, the siege at the Alamo became for Texans a symbol of heroic resistance. The Alamo and its adjacent buildings were restored and are maintained as a historic site.