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…showed last 75 words of 680 total…mo. As the war with Mexico escalated, there were complaints that the Alamo had been stripped of cannons and supplies to reinforce efforts in Matamoros. General Sam Houston sent Jim Bowie with about 20 men to the Alamo to inspect it, assuming that he would recommend evacuation. He remained with others to defend the mission and in the March of 1836 the Alamo forever took its place in history as a El Fuerte del Alamo.