What does Alamo mean in English?
What does Alamo mean in English? a poplar tree; esp., a cottonwood.
Did anyone leave the Alamo before the battle?
As noted above, on some lists of the participants in the Battle of the Alamo, Rose is not even listed; proponents of the legendary account believe this is so because Rose left before the climax of the battle.
Did anyone survive the Alamo?
Miraculously, at least fourteen people lived through the battle, and a few would later provide chilling eyewitness accounts of what happened. Enrique Esparza was the son of Alamo defender Gregorio Esparza and Ana Salazar Esparza. He, his mother, and two siblings survived the attack.
How much of the original Alamo is left?
The majority of the Alamo's 1836 Battlefield has been lost in the nearly two centuries since that dramatic battle. The Mexican Army tore down the compound's outer walls in May of 1836. This left just two structures, the Alamo Church and Long Barrack.