“This is what happened in San Antonio de Béxar in 1835-36. Rebel forces had captured the town, and Santa Anna took it back.” The Texians won independence about six weeks later in the Battle ...

“Who will go with old Ben Milam into San Antonio?” Milam was killed in the ensuing Dec. 5-9 Battle of Bexar. But Mexican Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cos would sign a surrender that called for ...

Robert “Dusty” Gonzales Most depictions of the Alamo battle ... San Antonio River, where San Fernando Cathedral was founded in 1731. At the time of the Texas Revolution, San Antonio de Bexar ...

Bearing the history of Texas itself, the Mission San Antonio de Valero (known as the Alamo ... is famous for being the site of the 1836 battle between Texas revolutionary forces and the Mexican ...

SAN ANTONIO — Many consider them the "Big 3" of The Alamo: Jim Bowie, William B. Travis and David "Davy" Crockett. But fighting alongside them during the battle were nearly 200 more men.