💥 Battle of the Alamo (1836) | Artillery at the Walls What you’re seeing
A bronze cannon fires through a stone wall at sunrise. Then a longer green field gun appears with crew reloading through heavy smoke. The sequence shows how the Alamo’s artillery might have looked during the final siege. What was happening?
This scene takes place during the Battle of the Alamo, fought in March 1836 in San Antonio, Texas, between Mexican forces and Texian (Texas) rebels seeking independence from Mexico. Who was Santa Anna?
General Antonio López de Santa Anna was Mexico’s president and commander of the army. He led a campaign to crush the Texas revolt after settlers and Tejano allies declared independence. At this point, Mexico and the United States were not at war, but many of the Texian fighters were American settlers who had moved into Mexican Texas and now rebelled against Santa Anna’s centralized rule. Who was inside the Alamo?
About 180–200 defenders held the old Spanish mission. They inc...