Qualla: Battle of the Alamo https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-alamo en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/battle-of-the-alamo-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of the Alamo https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-alamo Battle of the Alamo: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-alamo/ Photo credit Pemba.mpimaji, Public domain. The letter was addressed 'To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World.' William B. Travis wrote it on February 24, 1836, from inside a crumbling former Spanish mission, surrounded by 1,500 Mexican soldiers. Historian Mary Deborah Petite called it 'one of the masterpieces of American patriotism.' Copies spread across Texas, then the United States, then Europe. Travis was dead ten days later. But the letter had already done its work -- and so had the battle it described.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/battle-of-the-alamo-wp/9v1z-battle-of-the-alamo-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of the Alamo: Men, Money, Rifles, and Cannon Powder https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-alamo/ Photo credit Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0. By January 6, 1836, fewer than 100 soldiers remained in the Alamo garrison. Colonel James C. Neill, the acting commander, wrote to the provisional government: 'If there has ever been a dollar here I have no knowledge of it.' The Texian government was in turmoil, with four differe...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/battle-of-the-alamo-wp/9v1z-battle-of-the-alamo-men-money-rifles-and-cannon-powder.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of the Alamo: The Blood-Red Flag https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-alamo/ Photo credit Michaelluckey, CC BY 4.0. On February 23, residents began fleeing Bexar. Travis stationed a soldier in the San Fernando church bell tower -- the highest point in town -- to watch for the approaching Mexican Army. By late afternoon, 1,500 Mexican soldiers occupied the city. They raised a blood-red flag sig...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/battle-of-the-alamo-wp/9v1z-battle-of-the-alamo-the-blood-red-flag.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of the Alamo: Sixty Minutes Before Dawn https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-alamo/ Photo credit José Juan Sánchez-Navarro, Public domain. At 10 p.m. on March 5, the Mexican artillery stopped for the first time in thirteen days. The exhausted Texians fell into their first uninterrupted sleep since the siege began. Santa Anna counted on exactly that. Just after midnight, over 2,000 soldiers assembled in four columns....

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/battle-of-the-alamo-wp/9v1z-battle-of-the-alamo-sixty-minutes-before-dawn.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of the Alamo: 'Remember the Alamo' https://qualla.com/battle-of-the-alamo/ Photo credit gillfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0. Santa Anna called it 'a small affair.' Another officer replied that 'with another such victory as this, we'll go to the devil.' Historians estimate 400 to 600 Mexican casualties -- roughly one-third of the soldiers involved in the final assault. Santa Anna ordered the Texian bodi...

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