Battle of the Alamo

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The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal 1836 siege and fight during the Texas Revolution in which a small group of Texan defenders was overwhelmed by Mexican forces, becoming a lasting symbol of resistance and sacrifice.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of the Alamo canonical 19
The Alamo 4
Fall of the Alamo 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
event in the Texas Revolution ⓘ
siege ⓘ
belligerent Mexican Army ⓘ
Texian Army ⓘ
surface form: Texian forces
casualtiesMexican several hundred killed and wounded ⓘ
casualtiesTexian nearly all defenders killed ⓘ
commander Antonio López de Santa Anna ⓘ
Davy Crockett ⓘ
James Bowie ⓘ
Martín Perfecto de Cos ⓘ
William B. Travis ⓘ
conflict Texas Revolution ⓘ
countryAtTheTime Mexico ⓘ
date February 23 – March 6, 1836 ⓘ
defensiveCommander William B. Travis ⓘ
defensivePosition Alamo Plaza Historic District ⓘ
surface form: Alamo Mission complex
endDate 1836-03-06 ⓘ
finalAssaultDate 1836-03-06 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of San Jacinto ⓘ
Goliad Campaign ⓘ
Runaway Scrape ⓘ
geographicRegion Coahuila y Tejas ⓘ
surface form: Tejas (Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas)
historicalSignificance pivotal event leading to Texan independence ⓘ
rallied Texian forces with the cry "Remember the Alamo" ⓘ
legacy frequent subject of books and films ⓘ
major subject of American and Texan popular memory ⓘ
mottoAssociated Remember the Alamo! ⓘ
notableDefender Davy Crockett ⓘ
James Bonham ⓘ
James Bowie ⓘ
Juan Seguín (associated Texian officer) ⓘ
William B. Travis ⓘ
outcome Texian garrison annihilated ⓘ
overallMexicanCommander Antonio López de Santa Anna ⓘ
partOf struggle for independence of Texas from Mexico ⓘ
place Misión San Antonio de Valero ⓘ
surface form: Alamo Mission

San Antonio de Béxar ⓘ
present-day San Antonio, Texas ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Bexar ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Béxar
result Mexican victory ⓘ
startDate 1836-02-23 ⓘ
strengthMexican approximately 1,500–6,000 troops ⓘ
strengthTexian approximately 180–260 defenders ⓘ
symbolism symbol of resistance ⓘ
symbol of sacrifice ⓘ
timeOfDayOfFinalAssault early morning ⓘ
typeOfWarfare siege warfare ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Alamo → associatedWithEvent → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
San Fernando Cathedral → associatedWith → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
The Last Command (1955 film) → mainSubject → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
The Last Command (1955 film) → portrays → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of the Alamo
Convention of 1836 → adjacentToEvent → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Texas Declaration of Independence → relatedEvent → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
William B. Travis → participatedIn → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Siege of Bexar → followedBy → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
James Bowie → participantIn → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Goliad Campaign → relatedTo → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
the Napoleon of the West → associatedWithEvent → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Stephen Gaghan → notableWork → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Alamo
Runaway Scrape → follows → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of the Alamo
Runaway Scrape → follows → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Dimitri Tiomkin → notableWork → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Alamo
Alamo Force → namedAfter → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Battle of Coleto → relatedEvent → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Texans → historicalEvent → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
James Edward Grant → notableWork → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Alamo
Misión San Antonio de Valero → bestKnownFor → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Misión San Antonio de Valero → significantEvent → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Davy Crockett → notableEvent → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Fiesta San Antonio events → commemorates → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
The Man from the Alamo → portrays → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Richard Widmark → notableWork → Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Alamo