The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna’s Texas Campaign

Focusing on one of the most fascinating episodes in military history, this volume tells the story of the 1863 campaign in Texas, including the epic siege of the Alamo and the battle of San Jacinto. It examines the commanders, the armies, their plans and the campaign itself. Osprey''s examination of the Battle of Alamo (1836), which was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution (1835-1836). On the morning of 6 March 1836 around 1,100 Mexican soldiers under Generalissimo Santa Anna stormed a small mission outside San Antonio, Texas, and slaughtered the garrison of around 200 Texans. It was not a large battle but its significance vastly outweighed its size for the name of the mission was the Alamo. Less than two months later Santa Anna''s force was smashed at San Jacinto by a volunteer army whose battle cry was "Remember the Alamo". Stephen L Hardin details the climactic 1836 campaign which won Texas her independence.

• | Author: Stephen L Hardin, Angus McBride
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• | Publication Date: Sep 25, 2001
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781841760902
• | ISBN-10: 1841760900