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To: Coop
Uh...I would not call the Alamo a "decisive" victory for Santa Anna in the least. While it is true that he killed all the defenders and took the old mission...what he lost in order to do that, both in the march to the battle, and in the battle itself was a horrendous cost.

And that is not to mention the ire of the people he raised against whom he was fighting that ultimately contributed to his overall loss of the war, and Texas.

1,857 posted on 03/30/2006 8:43:04 AM PST by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Jeff Head
Uh...I would not call the Alamo a "decisive" victory for Santa Anna in the least. While it is true that he killed all the defenders and took the old mission...what he lost in order to do that, both in the march to the battle, and in the battle itself was a horrendous cost. And that is not to mention the ire of the people he raised against whom he was fighting that ultimately contributed to his overall loss of the war, and Texas.

I would. It was put into the context of the Alamo... period.

Yes, he won the battle but lost the war. Muis bien!

1,858 posted on 03/30/2006 8:44:26 AM PST by Coop (Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
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