Did all the Texans really die in the battle

[marvelous35]

After the battle they talked about the wounded, when it comes to the mexician soilders. What about the Texans, there had to be a few of them that were not dead yet after that battle. Maybe a few of them playing dead, or a few of them that were knocked into some sort of a coma state. I just wonder how many after the battle were laying there still barely breathing.

I also guess that maybe the mexicians had some sort of thing they did as they walked up to each one to make sure they were dead after the battle.

i have so many questions about this battle

[neferetus]

Yes, the Mexicans did make sure that each fallen Texian was dead---many times over. Corpses were mutilated. For a full 15 minutes after the battle had ended, one Mexican officer recalls, the troops continued to fire into the stilled corpses until their tunics were soaked in blood. The wounded in the hospital met the same fate.

Of the 60, or so Texians who purportedly went over the wall after the outer barrier had been breached, while most were likely ridden down by lancers, a few could've made their escape in the half-dark. There's the published story of how two wounded Texians on horseback showed up in Nacodoches two weeks after the Alamo had fallen, claiming that they had survived the battle.

Jockey Henry Warnell may've made good his escape on horseback, while Tejano Brigido Guerrero was spared by Santa Anna after claiming that he was a prisoner of the Texians.

And, just as an aside, I've often wondered if there were enough nooks and crannies in the sprawling Alamo compound where a Texian, or two might've found refuge, remained hidden and then escaped in the night of March 6th.

[marvelous35]

I have also wondered about that. I did not realize the fate after the battle the Texans suffered.

[Greg C.]

I have no doubt that a few Texans escaped, including Henry Warnell. It was pitch black witht he only light coming from gun fire, so it wouldn't be easy to see someone running off. As for wounded Texans in a 'coma state' as you mention, if they were still in a coma by the time the pyres were lit, they were thrown right into the fire. But if they woke up before them, they were probably executed as Santa Anna's orders were No Mercy.

[Cole_blooded]

I believe Warnell was the only one who made it out "barely alive" of course, still a bit of speculation on how,when and the shoulda, coulda, woulda routine concerning the little man known as Henry Warnell!

1 or 2 defenders possibly hiding in a nook or cranny and not being found I seriously doubt that considering the killing frenzy and blood lust ole Santa Anna`s men were in! Thats considering all the walking, walking and walking the Mexican troops did and I guarantee you would be upset/mad/want blood & mutilate what ever you come upon in attack mode!

Let us not forget the Mexican troops occupied the Alamo compound some before the March 6 assault! You can bet they knew the nooks and cranny`s and would have searched the Alamo compound inside/outside during and after the final battle!