About this episode

This episode features a letter from the commanding officer at the Alamo written 60 days before the garrison fell to Santa Anna's army.

Letter from commanding officer at the Alamo some 60 days before the garrison fell to Santa Anna's army. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lone-star-diary--4650023/support .

People in this episode

Host: Murray Montgomery

Topics covered

• Alamo
• Texas history
• military history
• Santa Anna
• garrison
• commanding officer

Keywords

• Alamo
• Santa Anna
• Texas
• history
• military
• garrison
• letter

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alamo

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