Fall of the Alamo

March 6, 1836

After thirteen days of siege, Santa Anna's army took a Franciscan mission outside San Antonio and killed every defender, including Davy Crockett and James Bowie. The dead numbered under two hundred. The legend made them thousands, and gave a rebellious province a battle cry: Remember the Alamo. Six weeks later Sam Houston's Texans routed Santa Anna at San Jacinto, winning Texan independence in eighteen minutes.