The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 March 6, 1836) is the most famous battle
of the Texas Revolution. After a revolutionary army of Texian settlers
and adventurers from the United States drove
all Mexican troops out of Mexican Texas, Mexican President Antonio Lopez
de Santa Anna led an invasion to regain control of the area.
Mexican forces arrived in San Antonio de Bexar on February 23
and initiated a siege of the Texian forces garrisoned at the Alamo Mission.
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Battle Of The Alamo Tribute -The Battle of San Jacinto
Texas Defeats Santa Anna - Wins Independence
This is our tribute to the brave men who fought the battle of the Alamo. That includes the brave young men of the Mexican army. Each side fought for what they believed to be right. General Santa Anna led his troops to to enforce his laws, unjust as they may have been on the Texans settlers & Mexicans living in the Texas area. In 1835 federalists across Mexico began to revolt against the increasingly dictatorial reign of President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
In October, settlers in Mexican Texas launched an armed uprising against the Mexican government. His invasion force, named the Army of Operations in Texas, was comprised primarily of raw recruits, including conscripts and convicts.
As Santa Anna assembled his forces in Mexico, the Texians systematically defeated the Mexican troops already stationed in Texas. After the surrender of Santa Anna's brother-in-law, General Martin Perfecto de Cos, on December 9, no Mexican troops remained in Texas. Unprepared for a long campaign, many Texas settlers had left the Texian Army; by the time Cos surrendered, the Texian Army was dominated by recent arrivals to the region, primarily adventurers from the United States. According to historian Alwyn Barr, their presence "contributed to the Mexican view that Texian opposition stemmed from outside influences".
Angered by what he perceived as American interference in Mexican affairs, Santa Anna directed the Mexican Congress to authorize the army to treat any foreigners found fighting in Texas as pirates. The resolution effectively banned the taking of prisoners of war; in this time period, captured pirates were executed immediately. Santa Anna reiterated this message in a strongly worded letter to United States President Andrew Jackson. The letter was not widely distributed, and it is unlikely that most of the American recruits serving in the Texian Army were aware that there would be no prisoners of war.
