| The picture depicts
the very beginning of the final assault by Santa Anna's army. At 5 a.m. on
March 6, 1836, the thirteen-day siege came to a violent climax. With
trumpets blaring the "Deguello", the Mexican warning of no
quarter, the huge army attacked. Captain Harrison's company known as the
Tennessee Mounted Volunteers defended the area in front of the Alamo
mission building. This group included Davy Crockett who insisted that he
hold the rank of only a "high Private", and not as a Colonel as
he was formally known. Travis, the commander of the Garrison placed them
in the most vulnerable spot and they proved to be up to the task. The
Mexican army did not breach the wooden stockade wall they defended during
the battle. |
