Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna - Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)

Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, Santa Anna, Santa Ana

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His portrait of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is more complex and deeply nuanced than the more simplistic and menacing versions seen in past American historical renditions.

A Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in the Age of Civil Wars

Locations covered include the (in)famous Alamo, where the heroic stand and sacrifice of fierce defenders became a courageous symbol of independence and liberty; Goliad, site of the Goliad Massacre (a systematic execution of Republic of Texas soldier-prisoners, by the orders of then-President of Mexico Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna); and the frontier development site El Camino Real.

San Antonio Missions

Will Fowler narrates the career of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, calling him the one truly consummate pronunciado in nineteenth-century Mexico.

Malcontents, Rebels, and Pronunciados: The Politics of Insurrection in Nineteenth Century Mexico

* General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's artificial leg is on display at the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield.

This is my rifle: the Marine Corps giveth, the Marine Corps taketh away ..

The 'last stand' at the Alamo on March 6, 1836 came after a small band of Americans held out for 13 days against the army of Mexican dictator General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.