March 6, 1836 and 1954

Two important things happened on this day.

First I was born.

Most important was in the dark hours just before sunrise on this day in 1836, these men died.

1.     Abamillo, Juan - TX
2.     Allen, Robert - VA
3.     Andross, Miles DeForrest - VT
4.     Autry, Micajah - NC
5.     Badillo, Juan A. - TX
6.     Bailey, Peter James III - KY
7.     Baker, Isaac G. - AR
8.     Baker, William Charles M. - MO
9.     Ballentine, John J. - PA
10.     Ballantine, Richard W. - Scotland
11.     Baugh, John J. - VA
12.     Bayliss, Joseph - TN
13.     Blair, John - TN
14.     Blair, Samuel - TN
15.     Blazeby, William - England
16.     Bonham, James Butler - SC
17.     Bourne, Daniel - England
18.     Bowie, James - KY
19.     Bowman, Jesse B. - TN
20.     Brown, George - England
21.     Brown, James - PA
22.     Brown, Robert - unknown
23.     Buchanan, James - AL
24.     Burns, Samuel E. - Ireland
25.     Butler, George, D. - MO
26.     Cain, John - PA
27.     Campbell, Robert - TN
28.     Carey, William R. - VA
29.     Clark, Charles Henry - MO
30.     Clark, M.B. - MS
31.     Cloud, Daniel William - KY
32.     Cochran, Robert E. - NH
33.     Cottle, George Washington - MO
34.     Courtman, Henry - Germany
35.     Crawford, Lemuel - SC
36.     Crockett, David - TN
37.     Crossman, Robert - PA
38.     Cummings, David P. - PA
39.     Cunningham, Robert - NY
40.     Darst, Jacob C. - KY
41.     Davis, John - KY
42.     Day, Freeman H.K. - unknown
43.     Day, Jerry C. - MO
44.     Daymon, Squire - TN
45.     Dearduff, William - TN
46.     Dennison, Stephen - England or Ireland
47.     Despallier, Charles - LA
48.     Dewall, Lewis - NY
49.     Dickinson, Almeron - TN
50.     Dillard, John Henry - TN
51.     Dimpkins, James R. - England
52.     Duvalt, Andrew - Ireland
53.     Espalier, Carlos - TX
54.     Esparza, Gregorio - TX
55.     Evans, Robert - Ireland
56.     Evans, Samuel B. - NY
57.     Ewing, James L. - TN
58.     Faunterloy, William Keener - KY
59.     Fishbaugh, William - unknown
60.     Flanders, John - MA
61.     Floyd, Dolphin Ward - NC
62.     Forsyth, John Hubbard - NY
63.     Fuentes, Antonio - TX
64.     Fuqua, Galba - AL
65.     Garnett, William - VA
66.     Garrand, James W. - LA
67.     Garrett, James Girard - TN
68.     Garvin, John E. - unknown
69.     Gaston, John E. - KY
70.     George, James - unknown
71.     Goodrich, John C. - VA
72.     Grimes, Albert Calvin - GA
73.     Guerrero, José María - TX
74.     Gwynne, James C. - England
75.     Hannum, James - PA
76.     Harris, John - KY
77.     Harrison, Andrew Jackson - TN
78.     Harrison, William B - OH
79.     Hawkins, Joseph M. - Ireland
80.     Hays, John M. - TN
81.     Heiskell, Charles M. - TN
82.     Herndon, Patrick Henry - VA
83.     Hersee, William Daniel - England
84.     Holland, Tapley - OH
85.     Holloway, Samuel - PA
86.     Howell, William D. - MA
87.     Jackson, Thomas - Ireland
88.     Jackson, William Daniel - KY
89.     Jameson, Green B. - KY
90.     Jennings, Gordon C. - CT
91.     Jimenes (Ximenes), Damacio - TX
92.     John - unknown
93.     Johnson, Lewis - Wales
94.     Johnson, William - PA
95.     Jones, John - NY
96.     Kellog, John Benjamin - KY
97.     Kenney, James - VA
98.     Kent, Andrew - KY
99.     Kerr, Joseph - LA
100.     Kimbell, George C. - PA
101.     King, William Philip - TX
102.     Lewis, William Irvine - VA
103.     Lightfoot, William J. - VA
104.     Lindley, Jonathan L. - IL
105.     Linn, William - MA
106.     Losoya, Toribio - TX
107.     Main, George Washington -
108.     Malone, William T. - GA
109.     Marshall, William - TN
110.     Martin, Albert - RI
111.     McCafferty, Edward - unknown
112.     McCoy, Jesse - TN
113.     McDowell, William - PA
114.     McGee, James - Ireland
115.     McGregor, John - Scotland
116.     McKinney, Robert - TN
117.     Melton, Eliel - GA
118.     Miller, Thomas R. - TN
119.     Mills, William - TN
120.     Millsaps, Isaac - MS
121.     Mitchell, Edwin T. - unknown
122.     Mitchell, Napoleon B. - unknown
123.     Mitchusson, Edward F. - VA
124.     Moore, Robert B. - VA
125.     Moore, Willis A. - MS
126.     Musselman, Robert - OH
127.     Nava, Andrés - TX
128.     Neggan, George - SC
129.     Nelson, Andrew M. - TN
130.     Nelson, Edward - SC
131.     Nelson, George - SC
132.     Northcross, James - VA
133.     Nowlan, James - England
134.     Pagan, George - unknown
135.     Parker, Christopher Adam - unknown
136.     Parks, William - NC
137.     Perry, Richardson - TX
138.     Pollard, Amos - MA
139.     Reynolds, John Purdy - PA
140.     Roberts, Thomas H. - unknown
141.     Robertson, James Waters - TN
142.     Robinson, Isaac - Scotland
143.     Rose, James M. - OH
144.     Rusk, Jackson J. - Ireland
145.     Rutherford, Joseph - KY
146.     Ryan, Isaac - LA
147.     Scurlock, Mial - NC
148.     Sewell, Marcus L. - England
149.     Shied, Manson - GA
150.     Simmons, Cleveland Kinlock - SC
151.     Smith, Andrew H. -
152.     Smith, Charles S. - MD
153.     Smith, Joshua G. - NC
154.     Smith, William H. - unknown
155.     Starr, Richard - England
156.     Stewart, James E. - England
157.     Stockton, Richard L. - NJ
158.     Summerlin, A. Spain - TN
159.     Summers, William E. - TN
160.     Sutherland, William DePriest - unknown
161.     Taylor, Edward - TN
162.     Taylor, George - TN
163.     Taylor, James - TN
164.     Taylor, William - TN
165.     Thomas, B. Archer M. - KY
166.     Thomas, Henry - Germany
167.     Thompson, Jesse G. - AR
168.     Thomson, John W. - NC
169.     Thruston, John, M. - PA
170.     Trammel, Burke - Ireland
171.     Travis, William Barret - SC
172.     Tumlinson, George W. - MO
173.     Tylee, James - NY
174.     Walker, Asa - TN
175.     Walker, Jacob - TN
176.     Ward, William B. - Ireland
177.     Warnell, Henry - unknown
178.     Washington, Joseph G. - KY
179.     Waters, Thomas - England
180.     Wells, William - GA
181.     White, Isaac - AL or KY
182.     White, Robert - unknown
183.     Williamson, Hiram James - PA
184.     Wills, William - unknown
185.     Wilson, David L. - Scotland
186.     Wilson, John - PA
187.     Wolf, Anthony - unknown
188.     Wright, Claiborne - NC
189.     Zanco, Charles - Denmark

For 13 days these 189 men had faced overwhelming odds against 5000+ Mexican soldiers under the command of  President General Antonio López de Santa Anna. They fought and died for freedom and independence 176 years ago this morning. It was over before daylight..

Here is an interactive list of the dead with a bio on the links.

This is hallowed ground in Texas.