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Fewer than fifty of the almost 250 Texians who had occupied the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, were alive when the Battle of the Alamo ended at approximately 6:30 a.m. on March 6, 1836. Of the Texians who fought during the battle, only two survived: Alamo co-commander William Barret Travis's slave, Joe, was assumed by the Mexican attackers to be a noncombatant, and Brigido Guerrero, who had deserted from the Mexican Army several months before, convinced the Mexican soldiers that he had been taken prisoner by the Texians. Alamo co-commander James Bowie's freedman, Sam, was also spared, although it is not known if he participated in the fighting. On March 7, Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna interviewed each of the survivors individually. He was impressed with Susanna Dickinson (pictured), the young widow of Alamo artillery captain Almaron Dickinson, and offered to adopt her infant daughter Angelina, but she refused. The survivors were allowed to go free and spread the news of the destruction that awaited those who opposed the Mexican government. (Full list...)