Battle of the Alamo - 1836 - a photo on Flickriver

            Model of the Alamo compound as it would have looked in the early 1830s. By this point it was no longer used as a mission. Instead it was primarily used as a troop barracks. Almost none of it survived to today.

In 1835 General Santa Ana seized control of Mexico and abolished the Constitution of 1824, provoking unhappiness in many provinces. By October the province of Texas was in a state of rebellion. In early 1836 Santa Ana brought his army north to crush this rebellion. He arrived in San Antonio on February 23 with approximately 5000 troops. The Alamo was defended by some 200 men, many of them volunteers from the United States. This included several celebrities of the time, including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie. For thirteen days the Mexican Army beseiged the compound before launching an assault in the early morning of March 6. When the fighting was done all of the defenders were dead, although a small number of women, children, and slaves were spared. Mexican casualties are believed to have been about 200 killed and 400 wounded.

Although the Mexicans prevailed at the Alamo, the time it took to capture the compound proved disasterous. Sam Houston was able to use those thirteen days to gather the troops and supplies which he used to rout the Mexican Army and capture Santa Ana at the Battle of San Jacinto a month later, thereby securing Texan independance. Texas remained an independent nation for nine years before joining the United States in 1845.

Taken in: United States / Texas / San Antonio (show map)

Taken on: September 23, 2006

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Sets appears in: • Top 50 Interesting • The Alamo

Groups appears in: • Texas • San Antonio more » • History USA • Battlefields: Then and Now « less

Camera: Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D, f/4.5, 1/13 sec, 35mm (=52mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.077 sec (1/13)
Focal Length:	35mm (35mm equivalent: 52mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ACD Systems Digital Imaging
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