where did the battle of the alamo start?
San Antonio
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 The Battle of the Alamo ( February 23 – March 6 , 1836 ) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution . Following a 13 @-@ day siege , Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar ( modern @-@ day San Antonio ) , Texas , United States , killing all of the Texian defenders . Santa Anna 's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians — both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States — to join the Texian Army . Buoyed by a desire for revenge , the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto , on April 21 , 1836 , ending the revolution . 

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 Most Alamo historians agree that 400 – 600 Mexicans were killed or wounded . This would represent about one @-@ third of the Mexican soldiers involved in the final assault , which historian Timothy Todish remarks is " a tremendous casualty rate by any standards " . The battle was militarily insignificant , but had an enormous political impact . Travis had succeeded in buying time for the Convention of 1836 , scheduled for March 1 , to meet . If Santa Anna had not paused in Béxar for two weeks , he would have reached San Felipe by March 2 and very likely would have captured the delegates or caused them to flee . 

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 In the early morning hours of March 6 , the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo . After repulsing two attacks , the Texians were unable to fend off a third attack . As Mexican soldiers scaled the walls , most of the Texian soldiers withdrew into interior buildings . Defenders unable to reach these points were slain by the Mexican cavalry as they attempted to escape . Between five and seven Texians may have surrendered ; if so , they were quickly executed . Most eyewitness accounts reported between 182 and 257 Texians died , while most historians of the Alamo agree that around 600 Mexicans were killed or wounded . Several noncombatants were sent to Gonzales to spread word of the Texian defeat . The news sparked both a strong rush to join the Texian army and a panic , known as " The Runaway Scrape " , in which the Texian army , most settlers , and the new Republic of Texas government fled from the advancing Mexican Army . 

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 Within Mexico , the battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican – American War of 1846 – 48 . In 19th @-@ century Texas , the Alamo complex gradually became known as a battle site rather than a former mission . The Texas Legislature purchased the land and buildings in the early part of the 20th century and designated the Alamo chapel as an official Texas State Shrine . The Alamo is now " the most popular tourist site in Texas " . The Alamo has been the subject of numerous non @-@ fiction works beginning in 1843 . Most Americans , however , are more familiar with the myths spread by many of the movie and television adaptations , including the 1950s Disney miniseries Davy Crockett and John Wayne 's 1960 film The Alamo . 

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 Several months previously , Texians had driven all Mexican troops out of Mexican Texas . About 100 Texians were then garrisoned at the Alamo . The Texian force grew slightly with the arrival of reinforcements led by eventual Alamo co @-@ commanders James Bowie and William B. Travis . On February 23 , approximately 1 @,@ 500 Mexicans marched into San Antonio de Béxar as the first step in a campaign to retake Texas . For the next 10 days the two armies engaged in several skirmishes with minimal casualties . Aware that his garrison could not withstand an attack by such a large force , Travis wrote multiple letters pleading for more men and supplies , but fewer than 100 reinforcements arrived there . 
