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Partial scan of the March 24, 1836 Telegraph and Texas Register with the first Texian list of defenders killed at the Battle of the Alamo. The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution.
Nofi, Albert A. (1992), The Alamo and the Texas War of Independence, September 30, 1835 to April 21, 1836: Heroes, Myths, and History, Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, Inc., ISBN 0-938289-10-1; Petite, Mary Deborah (1999), 1836 Facts about the Alamo and the Texas War for Independence, Mason City, IA: Savas Publishing Company, ISBN 1-882810-35-X
Pollard died in the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, probably defending the Alamo hospital. A portrait of him was done sometime before he moved to Texas. Besides William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett, he is the only Alamo defender of whom a portrait was done from life. A copy of the portrait is on display in the Alamo." [2]
Berkeley County Schools is the operating school district within Berkeley County, West Virginia. It is headquartered in the county seat of Martinsburg.
Luciano was one of the final three surviving veterans of the Alamo when he died in Graytown, Texas, on August 25, 1898. [65] [66] William Hester Patton: Captain of a company of soldiers: 1808– Patton left the Alamo, likely as a courier. [67] Alijo Perez Jr. Civilian noncombatant: 1835–1918 Perez entered the Alamo with his mother, Juana ...
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The Berkeley County School District is a school district within Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. It is based in Moncks Corner and serves all of Berkeley County including the portion of the City of Charleston on Daniel Island and the Cainhoy Peninsula. Its attendance area is the entire county. [2]
Other historians claim Berkeley County may have been named in honor of Sir William Berkeley (1610–1677) [citation needed], who was born near London, graduated from Oxford University in 1629 and was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1642. He served as Governor until 1652 and was reappointed Governor in 1660.