BOOKS - The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna's Texas Campaign
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The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna's Texas Campaign
Author: Stephen L. Hardin
Year: January 1, 2001
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 6.4 MB
Language: English
Year: January 1, 2001
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 6.4 MB
Language: English
Osprey's examination of the Battle of Alamo (1836), which was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution (1835-1836). On the morning of 6 March 1836 around 1,100 Mexican soldiers under Generalissimo Santa Anna stormed a small mission outside San Antonio, Texas, and slaughtered the garrison of around 200 Texans. It was not a large battle but its significance vastly outweighed its size for the name of the mission was the Alamo. Less than two months later Santa Anna's force was smashed at San Jacinto by a volunteer army whose battle cry was and "Remember the Alamo and ". Stephen L Hardin details the climactic 1836 campaign which won Texas her independence.