Battle of the Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
Key players
- texan side-190 died
- Juan abamillo
william charles m baker
david crockett - sam houston-later became the first and third president of the republic of texas and then senator of texas
- sidney sherman-texan colonel
william travis - 910 men
- 9 men killed
- 30 wounded
- Juan abamillo
- mexican side-600 died
- antonion lopez de santa anna--nicknamed "napoleon of the west", he was taken as a pow during the battle of san jacinto
- albert martin
- manuel fernandez
- 1360 men
- 360 men killed
- 208 wounded
- 730 captured
- texas won, the battle lasted 18 minutes, fought on april 21, 1836
- results
- decisive texan victory, mexicans surrendered and retreat to the south of rio grande
- 3 weeks later santa anna signed the peace treaty that dictated that the mexicans would leave the region
- importance
- gave texas their independence from mexico
- helped annexation of texas to the united states in 1845
Results
- cost the texans the entire 180-250 man garrison
- santa anna was captured effectively securing texan independence after the battle of san jacinto
- accoriding to many accounts of battle, between five and seven texans surrendered
- santa anna claimed that 600 texans were killed
importance
- people remember the almo as a struggle against impossible odds
- the alamo remains the shrine of texas liberty
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