He figures in American history, too, in the story of the Texas Revolution and most notably, his defeat of the rebel forces at the Alamo. Early Lessons in Brutality Santa Anna was born in 1794 to a ...

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was born in Veracruz state in 1794. Growing up in the steamy region gave him an immunity to the ...

Six weeks later on April 21, led by Sam Houston’s army and shouting "Remember the Alamo," the Texans defeated Mexican forces ...

On March 27, 1836, Houston retreated to San Felipe, instructed his men to burn the town, then crossed the Brazos, and left a ...

it's the Alamo. Once a Franciscan mission, it was here that 189 Texans fought and lost their lives in 1836 during a 13-day siege by Mexican ruler, President Antonio López de Santa Anna.

One of the most notorious incidents of the Texas Revolution was the Goliad “Massacre,” the Santa Anna-ordered execution of ...

Historical drama detailing the 1835-36 Texas revolution to gain freedom from Mexico's law outlawing slavery before, during, and after the famous siege of the Alamo (February 23-March 6 ...

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

Hector Santa Anna was a pilot in training at Brooks Field in San Antonio in the early 1940s when he decided to play tourist and visit the Alamo. On his way in, he wrote his name in a visitor log.

Despite the disagreement between the Texicans and Bowie regarding the right strategy they ask Bowie to lead them in a last ditch stand at the Alamo against General Santa Anna's numerically ...

He figures in American history, too, in the story of the Texas Revolution and most notably, his defeat of the rebel forces at the Alamo. Early Lessons in Brutality Santa Anna was born in 1794 to a ...