What flag flew over the Alamo during the siege and battle?
Only one flag is known for certain to have flown over the Alamo – the flag of the New Orleans Greys. This flag, which bore the inscription “1st Company of Volunteers from New Orleans” was given to Captain Thomas H. Breece’s unit when it passed through San Agustine on its way to San Antonio.[28] Captured when the Alamo fell on March 6, 1836, the flag was sent by General Santa Anna as proof that foreigners (meaning U.S. citizens) were aiding the colonists in their struggle against the Mexican government. Wrote Santa Anna to General José María Tornel, Secretary of War and the Navy, “The bearer [of this dispatch] is carrying one of the banners of the enemy taken on this day so that by that means one may better see the true designs of the traitorous colonists and their collaborators who have come from the United States of the North.”[29] However, as Santa Anna wrote that he was sending one of the banners taken from the enemy it is clear that there were other flags captured but not sent. Acc
