“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 ...

During the Texas Revolutionary period many Tejanos distinguished themselves in battle. There were others ... in the small frontier community of San Antonio de Béxar, part of Spain's colonial ...