Santa Anna sent a garrison under General Martín Perfecto de Cos to San Antonio. They seized the town and fortified the Alamo. The two-month siege ended when Anglo and Tejano revolutionaries ...

Does the Alamo attract many tourists ... Yet, the extensive compound that thwarted Mexican general Santa Anna for thirteen days is long gone. Visitors can still see some of the ordnance used ...

The Alamo, where the defeat of Texas revolutionaries by Mexican forces inspired an iconic battle cry, marks its 189th anniversary on Thursday.

Feb. 23 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1836, soldiers under the command of Mexican President General Antonio López de ...

Historical drama detailing the 1835-36 Texas revolution before, during, and after the famous siege of the Alamo (February ... the dictator of Mexico, General Santa Anna, as well as detailing ...

In 1836, at the Alamo 181 Texas Rebels led by Jim Bowie, Davy Crokett and Col. William Travis make a heroic last stand against the Mexican army of several thousand men led by General Santa Anna.