13 Days

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13 Days
Siege of the Alamo
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Day 1 TuesdayFebruary 23, 1836
General Lopez de Santa Anna arrived in San
Antonio that afternoon with his army.
The Mexican soldiers fired back and the siege of
the Alamo had begun. It was to last 13 days.
Colonel William B. Travis ordered a cannon fired
in response.
A blood red was raised above the San Fernando
Church, signifying that no prisoners taken.
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Day 2 WednesdayFebruary 24, 1836
Gravely ill, Colonel James Bowie turned over
command of the volunteers to Colonel Travis.
Travis sent Captain Albert Martin to Gonzales
with a letter addressed To The People of
Texas and All Americans in the World.
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Day 3 Thursday February 25, 1836
A messenger reached Colonel James W. Fannin at
Goliad. In San Antonio, Santa Anna moved his
batteries closer to the walls. A strong Northern
blew in that night around 900 P.M.
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Day 4 FridayFebruary 26, 1836
A skirmish occurred east of the when a group of
Texans, who had left the Alamo to gather wood,
encountered Mexican troops. The Mexican army
tried to cut the Alamos water supply.
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Day 5 SaturdayFebruary 27, 1836
James Butler Bonham left the Alamo and headed for
Goliad and Gonzales. Back at the Alamo, nighttime
activity by the Mexicans kept Texans on alert,
allowing very little sleep.
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Day 6 SundayFebruary 28, 1836
Colonel Fannin left Goliad at the head of a
relief column, but turned back after only
traveling a short distance. Mexican artillery
fell in and around the Alamo throughout the day.
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Day 7 MondayFebruary 29, 1836
Santa Annas batteries moved still closer to the
Alamos walls. The Mexican Commander reviewed his
troops. The Gonzales Ranging Company (32 men
strong and commanded by Captain Albert Martin)
left that town determined to reinforce the
Alamo. Note that 1836 was a Leap Year.
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Day 8 TuesdayMarch 1, 1836
The Gonzales Ranging Company arrived at the Alamo
at 300 a.m., raising hopes that others would
soon follow. Texans fired two cannon shots at the
house on Main Plaza occupied by Santa Annaone
hit the house but he was unharmed.
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Day 9 WednesdayMarch 2, 1836
Heavy Mexicans cannonading continued. Inside the
Alamo, the defenders were unaware that delegates
meeting at Washington-on-the-Brazos had signed
the Texas Declaration of Independence.
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Day 10 ThursdayMarch 3, 1836
James Butler Bonham returned from Goliad to
report that Colonel Fannin was not coming to the
Alamos aid.
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Day 11 FridayMarch 4, 1836
Mexican cannonading started early and continued
all day.
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Day 12 SaturdayMarch 5, 1836
According to a popular legend, Colonel Travis
drew a line on the ground with his sword and then
asked those willing to stay and fight to cross
over and join him. The Mexican bombardment ended
at 1000 p.m.
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Day 13 SundayMarch 6, 1836

• 100 a.m. The weary Texans slept while the
  Mexican troops moved into positions.
• 200 a.m. Santa Anna and Colonel Juan N. Almonte
  discussed the battle plans.
• 300 a.m. The Mexican troops were still moving
  into positions.
• 400 a.m. The troops, now in position, laid on
  the ground in silence.
• 500 a.m. Santa Anna gave the signal to advance
  just after 500 a.m. Four columns of Mexican
  troops advanced on the Alamo. Casualties on
  both sides mounted during the intense
  fighting. The troops scaled the north wall and
  poured into the compound. The fighting moved to
  Long Barrack, Low Barrack, and former church.

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Day 13 SundayMarch 6, 1836630 a.m.THE
ALAMO HAS FALLEN
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In Honor and Memory of.
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James BowieApril 10, 1796 March 6, 1836 age 39
David Crockett August 17, 1786 March 6, 1836)
Age 49
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William Barret TravisAugust 9, 1809 March 6,
1836 age 26
And many, many more .
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Daymon, Squire Dearduff, William Dennison,
Stephen Despallier, Charles Dewall,
Lewis Dickinson, Almeron Dillard, John
Henry Dimpkins, James R. Duvalt, Andrew Espalier,
Carlos Esparza, Gregorio Evans, Robert Evans,
Samuel B. Ewing, James L. Faunterloy, William
Keener Fishbaugh, William Flanders, John Floyd,
Dolphin Ward Forsyth, John Hubbard Fuentes,
Antonio Fuqua, Galba Garnett, William Garrand,
James W. Garrett, James Girard Garvin, John
E.. Gaston, John E. . George, James Goodrich,
John C. Grimes, Albert Calvin Guerrero, José
María Gwynne, James C. Hannum, James Harris,
John Harrison, Andrew Jackson Harrison, William
B. Hawkins, Joseph M. Hays, John M. Heiskell,
Charles M. Herndon, Patrick Henry Hersee, William
Daniel Holland, Tapley Holloway, Samuel
Abamillo, Juan Allen, Robert Andross, Miles
DeForrest Autry, Micajah Badillo, Juan A. Bailey,
Peter James III Baker, Isaac G. Baker, William
Charles M. Ballentine, John J. Ballantine,
Richard W. Baugh, John J. Bayliss, Joseph Blair,
John Blair, Samuel Blazeby, William Bonham,
James Butler Bourne, Daniel Bowman, Jesse B.
Brown, George Brown, James Brown,
Robert Buchanan, James Burns, Samuel E. Butler,
George, D. Cain, John Campbell, Robert Carey,
William R. Clark, Charles Henry Clark,
M.B. Cloud, Daniel William Cochran, Robert
E. Cottle, George Washington Courtman,
Henry Crawford, Lemuel Crossman, Robert Cummings,
David P. Cunningham, Robert Darst, Jacob
C. Davis, John Day, Freeman H.K. Day, Jerry C.
Howell, William D. Jackson, Thomas Jackson,
William Daniel Jameson, Green B. Jennings, Gordon
C. Jimenes (Ximenes), Damacio Johnson,
Lewis Wales Johnson, William Jones, John Kellog,
John Benjamin Kenney, James Kent, Andrew Kerr,
Joseph Kimbell, George C. King, William
Philip Lewis, William Irvine Lightfoot, William
J. Lindley, Jonathan L. Linn, William Losoya,
Toribio Main, George Washington Malone, William
T. Marshall, William Martin, Albert McCafferty,
Edward McCoy, Jesse McDowell, William McGee,
James McGregor, John McKinney, Robert Melton,
Eliel Miller, Thomas R. Mills,
William Millsaps, Isaac Mitchell, Edwin
T. Mitchell, Napoleon B. Mitchusson, Edward
F. Moore, Robert B. Moore, Willis A. Musselman,
Robert Nava, Andrés Neggan, George
Nelson, Edward Nelson, George Northcross,
James Nowlan, James Pagan, George Parker,
Christopher Adam Nelson, Andrew M. Parks,
William Perry, Richardson Pollard, Amos Reynolds,
John Purdy Roberts, Thomas H. Robertson, James
Waters Robinson, Isaac Rose, James M. Rusk,
Jackson J. Rutherford, Joseph Ryan,
Isaac Scurlock, Mial Sewell, Marcus L. Shied,
Manson Simmons, Cleveland Kinlock Smith, Andrew
H. Smith, Charles S. Smith, Joshua G. Smith,
William H. Starr, Richard Stewart, James
E. Stockton, Richard L. Summerlin, A.
Spain Summers, William E. Sutherland, William
DePriest Taylor, Edward Taylor, George Taylor,
James Taylor, William Thomas, B. Archer
M. Thomas, Henry Thompson, Jesse G. Thomson, John
W. Thruston, John, M. Trammel, Burke
Tumlinson, George W. Tylee, James Walker,
Asa Walker, Jacob Ward, William B. Warnell,
Henry Washington, Joseph G. Waters, Thomas Wells,
William White, Isaac White, Robert Williamson,
Hiram James Wills, William Wilson, David
L. Wilson, John Wolf, Anthony Wright,
Claiborne Zanco, Charles John a Black
Freedman
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REMEMBER THE ALAMO