December 1835 during the texas war for independence from mexico a group of texan volunteer soldiers occupied the alamo, a former franciscan mission located near the present-day city of san antonio. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a raid of the fort. The Alamo sodiers were surrounded. The Alamo was commanded by James Bowie and William Travis and including the famed frontiersman Davey Crockett. The Alamo lasted 13 days before the mexican army invaded them. The Soldiers of the Alamo would soon win the war and gain their independence.
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