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13 days of the Alamo (Day 1 (General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna arrived…
13 days of the Alamo
Day 1
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna arrived in San Antonio. A blood red banner was raised atop the bell tower of San Fernando Church, Colonel William B. ordered a cannon fired in response, because he did not want to have any prisoners to be taken. The Mewxican soldiers fired back, and so started the Alamo.
Day 12
According to a popular legend, Colonel Travis drew a line on the ground with his sword and then asked those
willing to stay and fight to cross over and join him. The Mexican bombardment ended at 10:00 p.m.
Day 3
A messenger reached Colonel James W. Fannin at Goliad. In San Antonio, Santa Anna moved his batteries closer to
the walls. A strong norther blew in that night around 9:00 P.M.
Day 13
The fighting moved to the Long Barrack, Low Barrack, and former church. The Alamo had fallen.
Day 2
Gravely ill, Colonel James Bowie turned over command of the volunteers to Colonel Travis. Travis sent Captain
Albert Martin to Gonzales with a letter addressed "To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World."
Day 6
Colonel Fannin left Goliad at the head of a relief column but turned back after only traveling a short distance.
Mexican artillery fire fell in and around the Alamo throughout the day.
Day 9
Heavy Mexican cannonading continued. Inside the Alamo, the defenders were unaware that delegates meeting at
Washington-on-the-Brazos had signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Day 5
James Butler Bonham left the Alamo headed for Goliad and Gonzales. Back at the Alamo, nighttime activity by the
Mexican Army kept the Texans on alert, allowing them very little sleep.
Day 8
The Gonzales Ranging Company arrived at the Alamo at 3:00 a.m., raising hopes that others would soon follow.
Texans fired two cannon shots at the house on Main Plaza occupied by Santa Anna--one hit the house but he was
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Day7
Santa Anna’s batteries moved still closer to the Alamo’s walls. The Mexican commander reviewed his troops. The
Gonzales Ranging Company (32 men strong and commanded by Captain Albert Martin) left that town determined to
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Day 4
A skirmish occurred east of the fort when a group of Texans, who had left the Alamo to gather wood, encountered
Mexican troops. The Mexican Army tried to cut the Alamo’s water supply.
Day 10
James Butler Bonham returned from Goliad to report that Colonel Fannin was not coming to the Alamo’s aid.