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This battle was fought because of a single cannon. -
The first major campaign of the Texas Revolution. -
The Texian force grew slightly with the arrival of reinforcements led by eventual Alamo co-commanders James Bowie and William B. Travis. On February 23, approximately 1,500 Mexicans marched into San Antonio de Béxar as the first step in a campaign to retake Texas. -
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. -
James Fannin let his oxen graze and then got surrounded and lost to Jose de Urrea. -
A cruel event where mexican soldiers killed texan prisoners.