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What Is The Battle Of The Alamo?

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The Battle of the Alamo was a 13 day siege at a mission in San Antonio that was fought between February 23, 1836 – March 6, 1836 by Mexican forces of about 4000, under President General Santa Anna, against a handful of 180 American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico (american-historama.org). This was a very important war for the Texans, this war decided if the Texans were independent or not. Even though the the Mexicans had control of the Alamo. In 1835 the general of the Mexican soldiers surrendered the mission to the Texan Army (softschools.com).
In December 1835, in the early stages of the Texas war for independence from Mexico, a group of Texan volunteers led by George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam overwhelmed the Mexican

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