Who survived the Siege and Fall of the Alamo?

Answer 1

No on in the Texas army survived the battle. Although many Mexican troop members survived. Davy Crockett was the last Texan alive at the Alamo, but was killed by Santa Anna's men. The translator that was supposed to tell Santa Anna that Davy Crockett would discuss the terms of surrender for Texas twisted Davy's words and said the Mexican troops should surrender to the Texans. Santa Anna had a short temper so he had Davy killed.

Answer 2

The Alamo Survivors:Brigido Guerrero, a Private in Bowie's Company of Volunteers survived by convincing the Mexicans that he was a prisoner who had been captured by the Texians (he was in fact a deserter from the Mexican Army).

Others who were present at the final battle include:

Juana Navarro Alsbury.

Bettie, a black cook.

Maria de Jesus Castro.

Charlie, a black slave.

Angelina Dickinson, two.

Susanna Dickinson.

Ana Salazar Esparza.

Enrique Esparza, eight.

Francisco Esparza, three.

Manuel Esparza, six.

Petra Gonzales.

Joe, a black slave.

Concepcion Losoya.

Juan Losoya, Concepcion's son, age not given.

Juana Melton.

Gertrudis Navarro.

Alijo Perez, one, and the last Survivor dying on 21 October 1918.

Victoriana de Salina and her three children, ages unknown.

Sam, a black slave.

Henry Warnell, a soldier, may have been a survivor who died of his wounds in June.

Louis "Moses" Rose, a soldier, did not cross the line Travis drew in the sand and left the Alamo at midnight before the final battle.

Trinidad Saucedo left before the final battle during an armistice.

There is a long list of couriers who had been in the Alamo for varied periods of time during the siege including Juan Seguin, who commanded the Alamo cavalry.

Answer 3

Santa Anna and most of his Mexican soldiers survived, although their casualties were unnecessarily high. The only two survivors on the Texan side were an artillery captain's wife (Susanna Dickenson) and the African slave (Joe) of one of the Alamo's colonels. They were captured and subsequently released. All other Texans at the Alamo died.