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Only fourteen people survived the siege and final assault.

Only fourteen people survived the siege and final assault.

   

   

'''Susanna Dickinson''', wife of Capt. Almeron Dickinson; '''Angelina Dickinson''', their 15-month old daughter; '''Joe''', Travis' slave; '''Gertrudis Navarro'''; '''Juana Navarro Alsbury'''; '''Alijo Perez'''; '''Ana Esparza''', (wife of Gregorio Esparza), and their four children: '''Enrique''', '''Francisco''', '''Manuel''',  '''Maria de Jesus Castro'''; '''Trinidad Saucedo'''; '''Petra Gonzales'''; '''Brigido Guerrero''', a deserter from the Mexican Army who talked his way out of being killed by claiming to be a POW.<ref>http://hotx.com/alamo/survivors.html</ref>

*'''Susanna Dickinson''', wife of Capt. Almeron Dickinson;  

*'''Angelina Dickinson''', their 15-month old daughter;  

*'''Joe''', Travis' slave;  

*'''Gertrudis Navarro''';  

*'''Juana Navarro Alsbury''';  

*'''Alijo Perez''';  

*'''Ana Esparza''', (wife of Gregorio Esparza), and their four children:  

**'''Enrique''',  

**'''Francisco''',  

**'''Manuel''',   

*'''Maria de Jesus Castro''';  

*'''Trinidad Saucedo''';  

*'''Petra Gonzales''';  

*'''Brigido Guerrero''', a deserter from the Mexican Army who talked his way out of being killed by claiming to be a POW.<ref>http://hotx.com/alamo/survivors.html</ref>

The Mexican forces lost more than 1,500 men.<ref>The Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979</ref>  The massacre at the Alamo was memorialized in the cry, "Remember the Alamo!" and helped to galvanize resistance to Santa Anna and led to Texan independence.

The Mexican forces lost more than 1,500 men.<ref>The Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979</ref>  The massacre at the Alamo was memorialized in the cry, "Remember the Alamo!" and helped to galvanize resistance to Santa Anna and led to Texan independence.