| The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna S Texas Campaign Contributor(s): Hardin, Stephen (Author), McBride, Angus (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1841760900 ISBN-13: 9781841760902 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | Latin America - Mexico - History | Military - Pictorial |
| Dewey: 976.403 |
| LCCN: 2004540832 |
| Series: Campaign |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.28" W x 9.76" (0.79 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Mexican - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |