Raise a glass to those who fought and died for the great state of Texas!!
I will send out daily recaps of the battle using two sources, the Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas website (http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/adp/history/1836/the_battle/chronology.html) followed by the Alamo's own revolution timeline (https://www.thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution/revolution-timeline). To distinguish between the two, I put the latter's entry in italics.
I also encourage everyone to visit the Alamo's official website and view the two digital recreations of the battlefield from then and now:
https://www.thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution/digital-battlefield/digital-battlefield-1
https://www.thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution/digital-battlefield/digital-battlefield-2
The first allows you to switch from a current view to one from 1836 using the slider at the bottom of the screen, whereas the second provides the ability to show both then and now in a side-by-side comparison.
As for the events of that first day, we begin with...
Day One – Tuesday February 23, 1836
The garrison's sentries spot the advance of Santa Anna's Cavalry units. After scouts confirm the Mexican army's presence, Colonel William B. Travis orders a withdrawal into the Alamo compound.
In a parley with Mexican Colonel Juan Almonte the Texians are ordered to surrender or be put to the sword.
Travis answers the Mexican's terms with a volley from the 18-pounder.
Although Travis believed that Santa Anna would not arrive before mid-March, scouts began to tell him that the Mexican army would arrive much sooner. A lookout posted at the San Fernando Church spotted the Mexican army on this date, and the Texians fell back to the Alamo fort. Thus Santa Anna took San Antonio de Béxar without a shot being fired. Santa Anna ordered a red flag raised at the San Fernando Church which sent a message to the defenders that they would receive no mercy. The Texians responded with a shot from their largest cannon – an 18 pounder. The siege had officially begun.
Remember the Alamo, and God bless Texas!!
I will send out daily recaps of the battle using two sources, the Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas website (http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/adp/history/1836/the_battle/chronology.html) followed by the Alamo's own revolution timeline (https://www.thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution/revolution-timeline). To distinguish between the two, I put the latter's entry in italics.
I also encourage everyone to visit the Alamo's official website and view the two digital recreations of the battlefield from then and now:
https://www.thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution/digital-battlefield/digital-battlefield-1
https://www.thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution/digital-battlefield/digital-battlefield-2
The first allows you to switch from a current view to one from 1836 using the slider at the bottom of the screen, whereas the second provides the ability to show both then and now in a side-by-side comparison.
As for the events of that first day, we begin with...
Day One – Tuesday February 23, 1836
The garrison's sentries spot the advance of Santa Anna's Cavalry units. After scouts confirm the Mexican army's presence, Colonel William B. Travis orders a withdrawal into the Alamo compound.
In a parley with Mexican Colonel Juan Almonte the Texians are ordered to surrender or be put to the sword.
Travis answers the Mexican's terms with a volley from the 18-pounder.
Although Travis believed that Santa Anna would not arrive before mid-March, scouts began to tell him that the Mexican army would arrive much sooner. A lookout posted at the San Fernando Church spotted the Mexican army on this date, and the Texians fell back to the Alamo fort. Thus Santa Anna took San Antonio de Béxar without a shot being fired. Santa Anna ordered a red flag raised at the San Fernando Church which sent a message to the defenders that they would receive no mercy. The Texians responded with a shot from their largest cannon – an 18 pounder. The siege had officially begun.
Remember the Alamo, and God bless Texas!!
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