{"id":12477,"date":"2018-05-14T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=12477"},"modified":"2025-02-20T13:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T13:38:42","slug":"battle-of-the-alamo-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/battle-of-the-alamo-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Interesting Facts About The Battle of the Alamo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the Texas Revolution between 1835 and 1836, the Battle of the Alamo is an event that most people have heard about at some point in their lives.\n</p><p>However, how many people do you know who could tell you something interesting about this battle?\n</p><p>Probably not very many!\n</p><p>If you don\u2019t have anything conversation-worthy about the Alamo, it might be time you read up on some interesting facts.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The fighting all started after The Mexican War of Independence (1810-2821).\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-204151 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2018%5C/05%5C/alamo-battle-mexican-war-independece.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"An' illustration of the mexican war independence width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alamo-battle-mexican-war-independece.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>After the war, Texas officially became part of Mexico.\n</p><p>Not many people were living there, which meant that many American immigrants decided to move to <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/texas-facts%5C/%5C%22">Texas.\n<p>When the number of immigrants began to outweigh the Mexicans, a conflict began.\n</p><p>When a centralist system was put in place by the Mexican Government, the authorities blamed the immigrants, and thus the battle began.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The name of the battle started with The Alamo Mission.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-204150 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2018%5C/05%5C/alamo-battle-alamo-mission.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' alamo mission building width='\"728\"' height='\"460\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alamo-battle-alamo-mission.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The Alamo Mission was a mission founded in 1718 in the San Antonio area of Texas and was designed to educate the Native Americans.\n</p><p>The name &ldquo;alamo&rdquo; is the Spanish word for &ldquo;cottonwood,&rdquo; as there was an area full of cottonwood trees near to the Alamo Mission.\n</p><p>As a result, the battle which took place here was aptly named &ldquo;The Battle of the Alamo.&rdquo;\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The Battle of Alamo site is now the number one tourist site in Texas.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-204149 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2018%5C/05%5C/alamo-battle-tourists.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' alamo mission building with tourists outside the entrance width='\"728\"' height='\"460\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alamo-battle-tourists.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The battle also resulted in more people knowing about the area as the site of the battle, rather than the mission which had been founded over 100 years prior.\n</p><p>As well as being Texas&rsquo; number one tourist site, it&rsquo;s also among the most popular tourist sites in the United States.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The Battle is well documented through both fiction\/non-fiction literature and movies.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-204148 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2018%5C/05%5C/alamo-battle-disney.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"An' advertisement for disney davy crockett movie width='\"728\"' height='\"550\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alamo-battle-disney.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Since 1843, there has been much non-fiction literature written about the Battle of the Alamo.\n</p><p>With the turn of the 20<sup>th century, more fictional works became available, including <a title='\"40' astonishing facts about disneyland href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/disneyland-facts%5C/%5C%22">Disney\u2019s <em>Davy Crockett and the 1960 movie <em>The Alamo, starring famous country-western actor John Wayne.\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>Almost 50% of the men fighting the battle were volunteers.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-204147 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2018%5C/05%5C/alamo-battle-travis.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Illustration' of colonel travis during the battle alamo width='\"728\"' height='\"550\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alamo-battle-travis.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The battle\u2019s official commander was a man named James Neill, but after family problems arose, he left Colonel William Travis in his place.\n</p><p>Because so many men were volunteers who could leave at any moment, they didn\u2019t listen to Travis but instead chose to take orders from Jim Bowie, who wasn\u2019t the commander.\n</p><p>This situation caused many issues, but when the Mexican army and Davy Crockett became involved, all parties were forced to improve the tense situation and concentrate on the battle.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Davy Crockett was incredibly charismatic.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-204146 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2018%5C/05%5C/alamo-battle-davy-crockett.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' painting of davy crockett width='\"728\"' height='\"460\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alamo-battle-davy-crockett.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Many people have heard of Davy Crockett from stories of legends or fables, but he was a frontiersman who showed up with a few volunteers from <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/tennessee-facts%5C/%5C%22">Tennessee and his own stories and tales from his past life as a hunter and a scout.\n<p>Since then, he had been a congressman and was a charismatic person to whom many people warmed up to easily.\n</p><p>During the battle, he would play his fiddle for the soldiers and volunteers.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The American immigrants hid in the cottonwood.&nbsp;\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-204145 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2018%5C/05%5C/alamo-battle-cottonwood.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Illustration' of people fighting during the battle alamo width='\"728\"' height='\"460\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alamo-battle-cottonwood.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>General Santa Anna of the Mexican Army arrived in San Antonio on <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/february-23%5C/%5C%22">February 23, 1836.\n<p>He was leading a huge army but decided not to attack the American immigrants living in Texas straight away.\n</p><p>Upon hearing the news of Santa Anna\u2019s arrival, the people living in the area found refuge in the Alamo.\n</p><p>It\u2019s interesting to note that at this point, they could easily have escaped from the Mexican army entirely since General Santa Anna had not closed off all the exits.\n</p><p>However, they believed the battle could be won and the land made free from the Mexicans.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Colonel William Travis asked his men to fight to their death.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-204144 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2018%5C/05%5C/alamo-battle-fight.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Illustration' of battle during the alamo width='\"728\"' height='\"460\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alamo-battle-fight.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Travis had been left in charge and decided one night to draw a line in the sand and see which of his men were willing to stay and fight to their death in the Battle of the Alamo.\n</p><p>Only one man refused \u2013 a man named Moses Rose, who has become famous for leaving the Alamo that night.\n</p><p>Even Jim Bowie, who was part of the tense situation between himself and 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