DAY 3: February 25, 1836
A two-hour engagement occurs when Santa Anna’s troops attempt to occupy jacales (picket and thatch huts) located near the southwest corner of the compound. Members of the garrison venture out and burn the jacales this night. Santa Anna’s soldiers construct artillery batteries south of the Alamo. James W. Fannin leaves Goliad with a relief column bound for the Alamo.
The Defenders
Texas drew men from all walks of life. While many planned to make their living by farming, others come to Texas to provide the services that the growing colonies needed. Doctors, lawyers, merchants, blacksmiths, carpenters, and businessmen flocked to Texas. It was men like these who found themselves part of the Alamo’s garrison.
This list contains names of men who are known to have died in defense of the Alamo. For more information about an individual Alamo defender, please click the defender's name. Sort information in this page by clicking the column titles.
Name Age Rank From
?, John Unknown A Black Freedman Unknown
Abamillo, Juan Unknown Garrison Member Texas
Allen, James L. 21 Garrison Member Kentucky
Andross, Miles DeForest 27 Garrison Member Vermont
Autry, Micajah 43 Garrison Member North Carolina
Badillo, Juan Antonio Unknown Garrison Member Texas
Bailey, Peter James 24 Garrison Member Kentucky
Baker, Isaac G. 32 Garrison Member Arkansas
Baker, William Unknown Garrison Member Missouri
Ballentine, John J. Unknown Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Ballentine, Richard W 22 Garrison Member Scotland
Baugh, John J. 33 Captain Virginia
Bayliss, Joseph 28 Garrison Member Tennessee
Blair, John 33 Garrison Member Tennessee
Blair, Samuel 29 Captain Tennessee
Blazeby, William 41 Captain England
Bonham, James 29 Second Lieutenant South Carolina
Bourne, Daniel 26 Garrison Member England
Bowie, James 40 Colonel Kentucky
Bowman, Jesse 51 Garrison Member Tennessee
Brown, George 35 Garrison Member England
Brown, James Murry 36 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Brown, Robert 18 Garrison Member Unknown
Buchanan, James 23 Garrison Member Unknown
Burns, Samuel E. 26 Garrison Member Ireland
Butler, George D. 23 Garrison Member Missouri
Cain, John 34 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Campbell, Robert 26 Lieutenant Tennessee
Carey, William R. 30 Captain Virginia
Clark, Charles Henry Unknown Garrison Member Missouri
Clark, M. B. Unknown Garrison Member Mississippi
Cloud, Daniel William 22 Garrison Member Kentucky
Cochran, Robert E. 26 Garrison Member New Hampshire
Cottle, George Washington 25 Garrison Member Tennessee
Courtman, Henry 28 Garrison Member Germany
Crawford, Lemuel 22 Garrison Member South Carolina
Crockett, David (Davy) 50 Colonel Tennessee
Crossman, Robert 26 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Cummings, David P. 27 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Cunningham, Robert W. 32 Private New York
Darst, Jacob C. 43 Garrison Member Kentucky
Davis, John 25 Garrison Member Kentucky
Day, Freeman 30 Garrison Member Unknown
Day, Jerry C. 18 Garrison Member Missouri
Daymon, Squire 28 Garrison Member Tennessee
Dearduff, William Unknown Garrison Member Tennessee
Dennison, Stephen 24 Garrison Member England or Ireland
Despallier, Charles 24 Garrison Member Louisiana
Dewall, Lewis 24 Garrison Member New York
Dickinson, Almaron 36 Captain Pennsylvania
Dillard, John Henry 31 Garrison Member Tennessee
Dimpkins, James R. Unknown Sergeant England
Duvalt, Andrew 32 Garrison Member Ireland
Espalier, Carlos 17 Garrison Member Texas
Esparza, Gregorio 34 Garrison Member Texas
Evans, Robert 36 Garrison Member Ireland
Evans, Samuel B. 24 Garrison Member New York
Ewing, James L. 24 Garrison Member Tennessee
Fauntleroy, William H. 22 Garrison Member Kentucky
Fishbaugh, William Unknown Garrison Member Unknown
Flanders, John 36 Garrison Member Massachusetts
Floyd, Dolphin Ward 32 Garrison Member North Carolina
Forsyth, John Hubbard 38 Captain New York
Fuentes, Antonio 23 Garrison Member Texas
Fuqua, Galba 16 Garrison Member Alabama
Garnett, William 24 Garrison Member Virginia
Garrand, James W. 23 Garrison Member Louisiana
Garrett, James Girard 30 Garrison Member Tennessee
Garvin, John E. 27 Garrison Member Unknown
Gaston, John E. 17 Garrison Member Kentucky
George, James 34 Garrison Member Unknown
Goodrich, John C. 27 Garrison Member Virginia
Grimes, Albert Calvin 19 Orderly Sergeant Georgia
Guerrero, José MarÃa Unknown Garrison Member Texas
Gwynne, James C. 32 Garrison Member England
Hannum, James 21 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Harris, John 23 Garrison Member Kentucky
Harrison, Andrew Jackson 27 Garrison Member Tennessee
Harrison, William B. 25 Commanding Officer Ohio
Haskell, Charles M. 23 Garrison Member Tennessee
Hawkins, Joseph M. 37 Garrison Member Ireland
Hays, John M. 22 Garrison Member Tennessee
Herndon, Patrick Henry 32 Garrison Member Virginia
Hersee, William Daniel 31 Sergeant England
Holland, Tapley 26 Garrison Member Ohio
Holloway, Samuel 28 Garrison Member Philadelphia
Howell, William D. 39 Garrison Member Massachusetts
Jackson, Thomas Unknown Garrison Member Ireland
Jackson, William Daniel 29 Lieutenant Ireland
Jameson, Green B. 27 Lieutenant Kentucky or Tennessee
Jennings, Gordon C. 56 Corporal Connecticut
Jiménez, Damacio Unknown Garrison Member Unknown
Johnson, Lewis 23 Private Virginia
Johnson, William Unknown Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Jones, John 26 Lieutenant New York
Kellogg, John Benjamin 19 Lieutenant Kentucky
Kenny, James 22 Garrison Member Virginia
Kent, Andrew Unknown Garrison Member Kentucky
Kerr, Joseph 22 Garrison Member Louisiana
Kimbell, George C. 33 Lieutenant Pennsylvania
King, William Philip 16 Garrison Member Mississippi
Lewis, William Irvine 30 Garrison Member Virginia
Lightfoot, William John 31 Third Corporal Kentucky
Lindley, Jonathan 22 Garrison Member Illinois
Linn, William Unknown Garrison Member Massachusetts
Losoya, José Toribio 27 Private Texas
Main, George Washington 29 Second Lieutenant Virginia
Malone, William T. 18/ Garrison Member Virginia or Alabama
Marshall, William 28 Garrison Member Tennessee
Martin, Albert 28 Garrison Member Rhode Island
McCafferty, Edward Unknown Lieutenant Unknown
McCoy, Jesse 32 Garrison Member Tennessee
McDowell, William 42 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
McGee, James Unknown Garrison Member Ireland
McGregor, John Unknown Second Sergeant Scotland
McKinney, Robert 27 Garrison Member Tennessee
Melton, Eliel 38 Lieutenant Georgia
Miller, Thomas Redd 31 Garrison Member Virginia
Mills, William 20 Garrison Member Tennessee
Millsaps, Isaac 41 Private Tennessee
Mitchasson, Edward F. 30 Private Virginia
Mitchell, Edwin T. 30 Private Unknown
Mitchell, Napoleon B. 32 Private Tennessee
Moore, Robert B. 30 Garrison Member Virginia
Moore, Willis A. 28 Garrison Member North Carolina
Musselman, Robert 31 Sergeant Ohio
Nava, Andrés 26 Sergeant Texas
Neggan, George 28 Garrison Member South Carolina
Nelson, Andrew M. 27 Garrison Member Tennessee
Nelson, Edward 20 Garrison Member South Carolina
Nelson, George 31 Garrison Member South Carolina
Northcross, James 32 Garrison Member Virginia
Nowlan, James 27 Garrison Member England or Ireland
Pagan, George 26 Garrison Member Unknown
Parker, Christopher Adams 22 Garrison Member Unknown
Parks, William 31 Garrison Member North Carolina
Perry, Richardson 19 Garrison Member Texas or Mississippi
Pollard, Amos 32 Garrison Member Massachusetts
Reynolds, John Purdy 29 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Roberts, Thomas H. Unknown Garrison Member Unknown
Robertson, James Waters 24 Garrison Member Tennessee
Robinson, Isaac 28 Fourth Sergeant Scotland
Rose, James M. 31 Garrison Member Ohio
Rusk, Jackson J. Unknown Garrison Member Ireland
Rutherford, Joseph 38 Garrison Member Kentucky
Ryan, Isaac 31 Garrison Member Louisiana
Scurlock, Mial 26 Garrison Member North Carolina
Sewell, Marcus L. 31 Garrison Member England
Shied, Manson 25 Garrison Member Georgia
Simmons, Cleveland Kinloch 20 Lieutenant South Carolina
Smith, Andrew H. 21 Garrison Member Tennessee
Smith, Charles S. 30 Garrison Member Maryland
Smith, Joshua G. 28 Sergeant North Carolina
Smith, William H. 25 Garrison Member Unknown
Starr, Richard 25 Garrison Member England
Stewart, James E. 28 Garrison Member England
Stockton, Richard Lucius 19 Garrison Member New Jersey
Summerlin, A. Spain 19 Garrison Member Tennessee
Summers, William E. 24 Garrison Member Tennessee
Sutherland, William DePriest 17 Garrison Member Unknown
Taylor, Edward 24 Garrison Member Tennessee
Taylor, George 20 Garrison Member Tennessee
Taylor, James 22 Garrison Member Tennessee
Taylor, William 37 Garrison Member Tennessee
Thomas, B. Archer M. 18 Garrison Member Kentucky
Thomas, Henry 25 Garrison Member Germany
Thompson, Jesse G. 38 Garrison Member Arkansas
Thomson, John W. 29 Garrison Member Virginia
Thurston, John M. 23 Second Lieutenant Pennsylvania
Trammel, Burke 26 Garrison Member Ireland
Travis, William Barret 26 Lieutenant Colonel South Carolina
Tumlinson, George W. 22 Garrison Member Missouri
Tylee, James 41 Garrison Member New York
Walker, Asa 23 Garrison Member Tennessee
Walker, Jacob 36 Garrison Member Tennessee
Ward, William B. Unknown Sergeant Ireland
Warnell, Henry 24 Garrison Member Unknown
Washington, Joseph G. 28 Garrison Member Kentucky
Waters, Thomas 24 Garrison Member England
Wells, William 47 Garrison Member Georgia
White, Isaac Unknown Sergeant Alabama or Kentucky
White, Robert 30 Captain Unknown
Williamson, Hiram James 26 Sergeant-Major Pennsylvania
Wills, William Unknown Garrison Member Unknown
Wilson, David L. 29 Garrison Member Scotland
Wilson, John 32 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Wolf, Anthony 54 Garrison Member Spain
Wright, Claiborne 26 Garrison Member North Carolina
Zanco, Charles 28 Garrison Member Unknown
A two-hour engagement occurs when Santa Anna’s troops attempt to occupy jacales (picket and thatch huts) located near the southwest corner of the compound. Members of the garrison venture out and burn the jacales this night. Santa Anna’s soldiers construct artillery batteries south of the Alamo. James W. Fannin leaves Goliad with a relief column bound for the Alamo.
The Defenders
Texas drew men from all walks of life. While many planned to make their living by farming, others come to Texas to provide the services that the growing colonies needed. Doctors, lawyers, merchants, blacksmiths, carpenters, and businessmen flocked to Texas. It was men like these who found themselves part of the Alamo’s garrison.
This list contains names of men who are known to have died in defense of the Alamo. For more information about an individual Alamo defender, please click the defender's name. Sort information in this page by clicking the column titles.
Name Age Rank From
?, John Unknown A Black Freedman Unknown
Abamillo, Juan Unknown Garrison Member Texas
Allen, James L. 21 Garrison Member Kentucky
Andross, Miles DeForest 27 Garrison Member Vermont
Autry, Micajah 43 Garrison Member North Carolina
Badillo, Juan Antonio Unknown Garrison Member Texas
Bailey, Peter James 24 Garrison Member Kentucky
Baker, Isaac G. 32 Garrison Member Arkansas
Baker, William Unknown Garrison Member Missouri
Ballentine, John J. Unknown Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Ballentine, Richard W 22 Garrison Member Scotland
Baugh, John J. 33 Captain Virginia
Bayliss, Joseph 28 Garrison Member Tennessee
Blair, John 33 Garrison Member Tennessee
Blair, Samuel 29 Captain Tennessee
Blazeby, William 41 Captain England
Bonham, James 29 Second Lieutenant South Carolina
Bourne, Daniel 26 Garrison Member England
Bowie, James 40 Colonel Kentucky
Bowman, Jesse 51 Garrison Member Tennessee
Brown, George 35 Garrison Member England
Brown, James Murry 36 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Brown, Robert 18 Garrison Member Unknown
Buchanan, James 23 Garrison Member Unknown
Burns, Samuel E. 26 Garrison Member Ireland
Butler, George D. 23 Garrison Member Missouri
Cain, John 34 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Campbell, Robert 26 Lieutenant Tennessee
Carey, William R. 30 Captain Virginia
Clark, Charles Henry Unknown Garrison Member Missouri
Clark, M. B. Unknown Garrison Member Mississippi
Cloud, Daniel William 22 Garrison Member Kentucky
Cochran, Robert E. 26 Garrison Member New Hampshire
Cottle, George Washington 25 Garrison Member Tennessee
Courtman, Henry 28 Garrison Member Germany
Crawford, Lemuel 22 Garrison Member South Carolina
Crockett, David (Davy) 50 Colonel Tennessee
Crossman, Robert 26 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Cummings, David P. 27 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Cunningham, Robert W. 32 Private New York
Darst, Jacob C. 43 Garrison Member Kentucky
Davis, John 25 Garrison Member Kentucky
Day, Freeman 30 Garrison Member Unknown
Day, Jerry C. 18 Garrison Member Missouri
Daymon, Squire 28 Garrison Member Tennessee
Dearduff, William Unknown Garrison Member Tennessee
Dennison, Stephen 24 Garrison Member England or Ireland
Despallier, Charles 24 Garrison Member Louisiana
Dewall, Lewis 24 Garrison Member New York
Dickinson, Almaron 36 Captain Pennsylvania
Dillard, John Henry 31 Garrison Member Tennessee
Dimpkins, James R. Unknown Sergeant England
Duvalt, Andrew 32 Garrison Member Ireland
Espalier, Carlos 17 Garrison Member Texas
Esparza, Gregorio 34 Garrison Member Texas
Evans, Robert 36 Garrison Member Ireland
Evans, Samuel B. 24 Garrison Member New York
Ewing, James L. 24 Garrison Member Tennessee
Fauntleroy, William H. 22 Garrison Member Kentucky
Fishbaugh, William Unknown Garrison Member Unknown
Flanders, John 36 Garrison Member Massachusetts
Floyd, Dolphin Ward 32 Garrison Member North Carolina
Forsyth, John Hubbard 38 Captain New York
Fuentes, Antonio 23 Garrison Member Texas
Fuqua, Galba 16 Garrison Member Alabama
Garnett, William 24 Garrison Member Virginia
Garrand, James W. 23 Garrison Member Louisiana
Garrett, James Girard 30 Garrison Member Tennessee
Garvin, John E. 27 Garrison Member Unknown
Gaston, John E. 17 Garrison Member Kentucky
George, James 34 Garrison Member Unknown
Goodrich, John C. 27 Garrison Member Virginia
Grimes, Albert Calvin 19 Orderly Sergeant Georgia
Guerrero, José MarÃa Unknown Garrison Member Texas
Gwynne, James C. 32 Garrison Member England
Hannum, James 21 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Harris, John 23 Garrison Member Kentucky
Harrison, Andrew Jackson 27 Garrison Member Tennessee
Harrison, William B. 25 Commanding Officer Ohio
Haskell, Charles M. 23 Garrison Member Tennessee
Hawkins, Joseph M. 37 Garrison Member Ireland
Hays, John M. 22 Garrison Member Tennessee
Herndon, Patrick Henry 32 Garrison Member Virginia
Hersee, William Daniel 31 Sergeant England
Holland, Tapley 26 Garrison Member Ohio
Holloway, Samuel 28 Garrison Member Philadelphia
Howell, William D. 39 Garrison Member Massachusetts
Jackson, Thomas Unknown Garrison Member Ireland
Jackson, William Daniel 29 Lieutenant Ireland
Jameson, Green B. 27 Lieutenant Kentucky or Tennessee
Jennings, Gordon C. 56 Corporal Connecticut
Jiménez, Damacio Unknown Garrison Member Unknown
Johnson, Lewis 23 Private Virginia
Johnson, William Unknown Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Jones, John 26 Lieutenant New York
Kellogg, John Benjamin 19 Lieutenant Kentucky
Kenny, James 22 Garrison Member Virginia
Kent, Andrew Unknown Garrison Member Kentucky
Kerr, Joseph 22 Garrison Member Louisiana
Kimbell, George C. 33 Lieutenant Pennsylvania
King, William Philip 16 Garrison Member Mississippi
Lewis, William Irvine 30 Garrison Member Virginia
Lightfoot, William John 31 Third Corporal Kentucky
Lindley, Jonathan 22 Garrison Member Illinois
Linn, William Unknown Garrison Member Massachusetts
Losoya, José Toribio 27 Private Texas
Main, George Washington 29 Second Lieutenant Virginia
Malone, William T. 18/ Garrison Member Virginia or Alabama
Marshall, William 28 Garrison Member Tennessee
Martin, Albert 28 Garrison Member Rhode Island
McCafferty, Edward Unknown Lieutenant Unknown
McCoy, Jesse 32 Garrison Member Tennessee
McDowell, William 42 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
McGee, James Unknown Garrison Member Ireland
McGregor, John Unknown Second Sergeant Scotland
McKinney, Robert 27 Garrison Member Tennessee
Melton, Eliel 38 Lieutenant Georgia
Miller, Thomas Redd 31 Garrison Member Virginia
Mills, William 20 Garrison Member Tennessee
Millsaps, Isaac 41 Private Tennessee
Mitchasson, Edward F. 30 Private Virginia
Mitchell, Edwin T. 30 Private Unknown
Mitchell, Napoleon B. 32 Private Tennessee
Moore, Robert B. 30 Garrison Member Virginia
Moore, Willis A. 28 Garrison Member North Carolina
Musselman, Robert 31 Sergeant Ohio
Nava, Andrés 26 Sergeant Texas
Neggan, George 28 Garrison Member South Carolina
Nelson, Andrew M. 27 Garrison Member Tennessee
Nelson, Edward 20 Garrison Member South Carolina
Nelson, George 31 Garrison Member South Carolina
Northcross, James 32 Garrison Member Virginia
Nowlan, James 27 Garrison Member England or Ireland
Pagan, George 26 Garrison Member Unknown
Parker, Christopher Adams 22 Garrison Member Unknown
Parks, William 31 Garrison Member North Carolina
Perry, Richardson 19 Garrison Member Texas or Mississippi
Pollard, Amos 32 Garrison Member Massachusetts
Reynolds, John Purdy 29 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Roberts, Thomas H. Unknown Garrison Member Unknown
Robertson, James Waters 24 Garrison Member Tennessee
Robinson, Isaac 28 Fourth Sergeant Scotland
Rose, James M. 31 Garrison Member Ohio
Rusk, Jackson J. Unknown Garrison Member Ireland
Rutherford, Joseph 38 Garrison Member Kentucky
Ryan, Isaac 31 Garrison Member Louisiana
Scurlock, Mial 26 Garrison Member North Carolina
Sewell, Marcus L. 31 Garrison Member England
Shied, Manson 25 Garrison Member Georgia
Simmons, Cleveland Kinloch 20 Lieutenant South Carolina
Smith, Andrew H. 21 Garrison Member Tennessee
Smith, Charles S. 30 Garrison Member Maryland
Smith, Joshua G. 28 Sergeant North Carolina
Smith, William H. 25 Garrison Member Unknown
Starr, Richard 25 Garrison Member England
Stewart, James E. 28 Garrison Member England
Stockton, Richard Lucius 19 Garrison Member New Jersey
Summerlin, A. Spain 19 Garrison Member Tennessee
Summers, William E. 24 Garrison Member Tennessee
Sutherland, William DePriest 17 Garrison Member Unknown
Taylor, Edward 24 Garrison Member Tennessee
Taylor, George 20 Garrison Member Tennessee
Taylor, James 22 Garrison Member Tennessee
Taylor, William 37 Garrison Member Tennessee
Thomas, B. Archer M. 18 Garrison Member Kentucky
Thomas, Henry 25 Garrison Member Germany
Thompson, Jesse G. 38 Garrison Member Arkansas
Thomson, John W. 29 Garrison Member Virginia
Thurston, John M. 23 Second Lieutenant Pennsylvania
Trammel, Burke 26 Garrison Member Ireland
Travis, William Barret 26 Lieutenant Colonel South Carolina
Tumlinson, George W. 22 Garrison Member Missouri
Tylee, James 41 Garrison Member New York
Walker, Asa 23 Garrison Member Tennessee
Walker, Jacob 36 Garrison Member Tennessee
Ward, William B. Unknown Sergeant Ireland
Warnell, Henry 24 Garrison Member Unknown
Washington, Joseph G. 28 Garrison Member Kentucky
Waters, Thomas 24 Garrison Member England
Wells, William 47 Garrison Member Georgia
White, Isaac Unknown Sergeant Alabama or Kentucky
White, Robert 30 Captain Unknown
Williamson, Hiram James 26 Sergeant-Major Pennsylvania
Wills, William Unknown Garrison Member Unknown
Wilson, David L. 29 Garrison Member Scotland
Wilson, John 32 Garrison Member Pennsylvania
Wolf, Anthony 54 Garrison Member Spain
Wright, Claiborne 26 Garrison Member North Carolina
Zanco, Charles 28 Garrison Member Unknown
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