Excavations at the Alamo Shrine
The Battle of the Alamo by Theodore Gentilz, ca.1844
Figure 2. Battle of the Alamo. The final assault on the Alamo in early morning of March 6, 1836. The scene is depicted by Theodore Gentilz, a French artist, in 1844. Photograph courtesy of Mr. Charles Long and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.