Casualties at the Siege of the Alamo
How many died In the Alamo? It
depends on who you ask.
| Source | Publication | Texan
Deaths |
Mexican
Deaths |
Mexican
Wounded |
| Carlos E. Castañeda | The Mexican side of the Texas Revolution - 1970 Page 14,105,363 | 183 | 400 | 300 |
| DRT | Listed In Alamo Long Barracks | 189 | 600 | |
| José de LaPeña, Officer in Mexican Army | Diary - With Santa Anna in Texas 1836 Report sent by Army | 253
600 |
311 | |
| T.R. Fehrenbach | A History of Texas and the Texans 1983 page 215 | 182 | ||
| Mary Ann Noonan | Heroes of the Alamo and
Goliad
1987 page 5 |
215 | 500-600 | |
| Stephen Hardin | Texas Iliad, A Military
History
1994 Page 155 |
600 | ||
| John Holland Jenkins | Recollections of Early Texas
1958
page37 and footnotes |
207
187 |
1544 | |
| Jeff Long | Duel of eagles 1990
page 259 |
182 | 600 | |
| Walter Lord | A Time to Stand
1961 page 167 |
183 | 600 | |
| L.F. Meyers | History Battles and the
Fall of the Alamo
1896 pages 19-20 |
Less than 200 | 2000 | Less than 300 |
| General Santa Anna | The Eagle - Autobiography 1988 | 600 | 1000 | or wounded |
| Noah Smithwick | The Evolution of a State
1983
page 96 |
200 | ||
| Ralph W. Steen | The Texas Story 1960
Page 121 |
187/198 | 600/1500 | |
| Homer Thrall | A Pictorial History of Texas
1879 Page 246 |
189 | 378 | |
| Lon Tinkle | 13 Days to Glory 1958
Page 231 |
182 | 1200-1500 | |
| Frank X. Tolbert | An Informal History of Texas
1951 Page 88 |
187 | 1600 | |
| Henderson K. Yoakum | History of Texas from 1655-1846
Vol2 Pages78-81 |
188 | 521 | |
| Francisco Becerra,
Sergeant Mexican Army |
Diary | 2000 | 300 | |
| Francisco Ruiz -
The Alcalde of Bexar |
Personal Statements | 1600 | ||
| Mrs. Dickenson and
Travis' Servant Joe |
Eye Witness | 1600 | ||
| Telegraph and Texas Register | March 24, 1836 | 1500 | ||
| Messenger to Juan Seguin-Gonzales | 1500 | |||
| Messenger from Mexican Citizens | 521 | as many | ||
| Jesse B. Badgett | Member of Convention- to Press | 881 | 700 | |
| Ben - Santa Anna's Cook
to Col. Stiff |
Mexican Staff Officers | 1200 | ||
| Ramon Caro | Secretary of Santa Anna | 1200 | ||
| The History Shop | Research | 189 | 1544 |
Source: The History Shop Homepage http://www.thehistoryshop.com
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