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Originally Posted by Don
Well...I dont know what made me feel worse...that litttle tid-bit of info, or when a history professor told me he didn't go down swinging at the Alamo...he was drug out from under a bed where he was hiding and executed.
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Haven't heard the hiding under a bed part. Investigations and accounts I've read or seen in documentaries are close to these articles below. What your professor professes may be questionable.
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/adp/...risp/lind.html
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/o.../CC/fcr24.html
http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/alamo4.html
This has some interesting photos and sketches of the Alamo.
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/mcardle/alamo/alamo01.html.