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Texas had declared independence on [[March 2]]. The delegates elected [[David G. Burnet]] as Provisional President and [[Lorenzo de Zavala]] as Vice-President. The men inside the Alamo likely never knew this event had occurred. Houston still held his rank of supreme military commander. The Texian Army never numbered more than 2,000 men at the time of the Alamo siege. Successive losses at Goliad, [[Battle of Refugio|Refugio]], Matamoros and San Antonio de Béxar, reduced the army to about 1,000 men.
On [[April 21]], at the [[Battle of San Jacinto]], Santa Anna's 1,250-strong force was defeated by [[Sam Houston|Sam Houston's]] army of about 910 men, who used the now-famous battle cry, "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!" The Mexican losses for the day were about 650 killed (in only eighteen minutes) with 600 taken prisoner. Texian losses were about 9 killed and 18 wounded. Santa Anna was captured the following day, dressed in a common soldier's jacket, having discarded his finer clothing in hopes of escaping. He issued orders that all Mexican troops under the command of Vicente Filisola (1789–1850) and [[José Urrea|José de Urrea]] (1795–1849) were to pull back into Mexico.
==Controversies of the Alamo==
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