1836 VA newspaper CAPTURE of THE ALAMO in San Antonio TEXAS WAR of INDEPENDENCE for Sale

1836 VA newspaper CAPTURE of THE ALAMO in San Antonio TEXAS WAR of INDEPENDENCE For Sale

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1836 VA newspaper CAPTURE of THE ALAMO in San Antonio TEXAS WAR of INDEPENDENCE:
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1836 VA newspaper CAPTURE of THE ALAMO in San Antonio TEXAS WAR of INDEPENDENCE

1836 Richmond VIRGINIA newspaper with news of THE CAPTURE of THE ALAMO in San Antonio by AMERICANS during the Texas War of Independence TEXAS REVOLUTION- inv # 9P-505

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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINALNEWSPAPER,theRichmond Enquirer(VA) datedJanuary 19, 1836.This original newspaper contains an inside page headline: "TEXAS" with a 1/2 column of "breaking news" from the TEXASWAR OF INDEPENDENCE, including theCAPTURE of THE ALAMO in San Antonio by Texas / American forces. This victory by the Texanswould lead to the fabledBATTLE OF THE ALAMOduring the TEXAS REVOLUTION.

This report marks the beginning of what would become THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO, the most widely known battle of the TEXAS WAR of INDEPENDENCE

Texan volunteer forces captured the Alamo in San Antonio in December 1835 during the Texas Revolution

The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (now San Antonio).

About one hundred Texians had been garrisoned at the mission, and they were supplemented by around one hundred subsequent reinforcements, led by eventual Alamo co-commanders James Bowie and William B. Travis. On February 23, approximately 1,500 Mexicans marched into San Antonio de Béxar as the first step in a campaign to retake Texas.

In the early morning hours of March 6, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. After repelling two attacks, the Texians were unable to fend off a third attack. As Mexican soldiers scaled the walls, most of the Texian fighters withdrew into interior buildings. On the basis of "perhaps" ten sources, William C. Davis posits three separate escapes of Texian combatants from the Alamo, consisting of perhaps 80 men. Phillip Thomas Tucker also sees three discrete Texian escapes, totaling as many as 120 men. Nearly all Texian combatants were killed. Those who fled outside the walls were dispatched by Mexican lancers, who had been positioned for that purpose.

Several noncombatants were sent to Gonzales to spread word of the Texian defeat. The news sparked a scramble to join the Texian army and a panic, known as "The Runaway Scrape", in which the Texian army, most settlers, and the government of the new, self-proclaimed, but officially unrecognized Republic of Texas fled eastward toward the U.S. ahead of the advancing Mexican Army.

Santa Anna's execution of surrendering soldiers during the battle inspired many Texians and Tejanos to join the Texian Army. The Texians defeated the portion of the Mexican Army led by Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836. The capture of Santa Anna ended the war.

Hardin notes that the Texians "could scarcely believe that enemy troops, the majority of whom had never known defeat in Texas, would complacently obey the orders of a captured commander."[8] The cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal to Mexico of the divided forces, led by other Mexican generals, guaranteed the survival of the Republic of Texas.

Texan volunteer forces captured the Alamo in San Antonio in December 1835 during the Texas Revolution.

Timeline and Context

October 1835: The revolution begins at the Battle of Gonzales over a disputed cannon.
December 1835: Texian forces besiege and capture San Antonio de Béxar, including the Alamo garrison, pushing Mexican troops south.
February 23 – March 6, 1836: Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna retakes the Alamo after a brutal 13-day siege, killing nearly all of the ~200 defenders (including Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William B. Travis).
April 21, 1836: "Remember the Alamo!" fuels Sam Houston's forces to a decisive victory at San Jacinto, securing Texas independence.

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