One hundred and eighty-two years ago today, the Alamo, being defended by no more than two hundred Texians from across world, fell to a superior force led by dictator General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Their sacrifice bought precious time for General Sam Houston and his men to prepare to meet the Mexican Army. During the battle of San Jacinto, where the Texians were victorious, the Alamo served as a rallying cry for the troops. With that battle, the country was won.
It is likely that without the Alamo, Texas as we have known it would never have come to be.
Remember.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
– Binyon
The Honored Dead
William Barret Travis
James Bowie
Joseph Washington
John Hubbard
William Blazeby
William B. Harrison
William Charles M Baker
Samuel B. Evans
William R. Carey
Samuel C. Blair
Gilmore
Robert White
John Davis
John G. Baugh
Robert Evans
Hiram Hames Williams
Charles Despalier
Eliel Melton
Patrick Henry Anderson
Burnell
Edward F. Mitchison
Amos Pollard
Thompson
Green B. Jamison
David Crockett
Edward Nelson
Nelson
William H. Smith
Lewis Johnson
Edwin P. Mitchell
Francis T. Desanque
Joseph Washington
John M. Thruston
Robert B. Moore
Christopher Adams Parker
Charles Heiskell
Rose
John Blair
David Wilson
John M. Hays
Stewart
Tompson
William DePriest Southerland
William Howell
Butler
Charles Smith
McGregor
Rusk
Hawkins
Hollaway
Brown
Smith
William H. [Illegible: Brown]
[Illegible: Kidison]
William Wells
William Cummings
Richard W Valentine
Samuel Halloway
Isaac White
Day
Robert Mullman
Robert Crossman
James Girard Garrett
James Dimpkins
Robert B. Moore
William Lynn
Hutchinson
William. Johnson
Edward Nelson
George Tumlinson
William Deardoff
Samuel Bourne
Ingram
Lewis
Charles Zanco
James Ewing
Robert Cunningham
Burns
George Neggins
James B. Bonham
Robinson
Seawell
Harris
John Flanders
Isaac Ryan, Jr Apelousas
Jackson Ireland
Almaron Dickinson
George C. Kimbell
James George
Dolphin Floyd
Thomas Jackson
Durst
George Washington Cottle
Andrew Kent
Thomas R. Miller
Isaac Baker
William King
Jesse McKoy
Claiborne Wright
William Fishback
Millapps
Galba Fugua
John Davis
Albert Martin
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Stockton
(For a more detailed list of the fallen, click here.)
