Alamo Express [San Antonio, TX], August 25, 1860
“The Fall of the Alamo.”—As there are a great many false traditions and much perverted history in regard to this, the most heroic action of the Texan struggle, we will attempt to give the public, as soon as it can be conveniently compiled, an account taken from facts on record and from the narratives of men of intelligence on the ground at the time.