USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On March 6, 1836, after 13 days of intermittent fighting, the Battle of the Alamo comes to a gruesome end, capping off a pivotal moment in the Texas Revolution. Mexican forces were victorious in recapturing the fort, and nearly all of the roughly 200 Texan defenders-including frontiersman Davy Crockett-died.

Detailed explanation-2: -On the morning of March 6, the Mexicans launched a major attack. The Texans managed to fend off the first few attacks, but there were too many Mexican soldiers and they managed to scale the walls and get inside the fort. The fighting was fierce, but eventually the Mexicans won. They killed every soldier in the fort.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna Recaptured the Alamo. On the morning of March 6, 1836, General Santa Anna recaptured the Alamo, ending the 13-day siege. An estimated 1, 000 to 1, 600 Mexican soldiers died in the battle. Of the official list of 189 Texan defenders, all were killed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Maverick (San Antonio: Alamo Printing, 1921). For many students who learned about the Battle of the Alamo, the lesson stopped once General Antonio López de Santa Anna attacked the old fortified mission on the morning of March 6, 1836 and put its garrison to the sword.

Detailed explanation-5: -The battle of the Alamo was fought over issues like Federalism, preservation of the Antebellum South, slavery, immigration rights, the cotton industry, and above all, money. General Santa Anna arrived at San Antonio; his Mexican army, with some justification, regarded the Texans as murderers.