The Alamo

[archbomber]

OMG wouldnt that be a sweet battle to make realistic

[colonal chaos]

dont you think that the alamo is a bit 1 sided for a game?

[Arturo]

OMG wouldnt that be a sweet battle to make realistic

Many battles could be "sweet" to play!

[2ltben]

dont you think that the alamo is a bit 1 sided for a game?
The Texas Revolution itself wouldn't be.

Again, this falls in the range of my Horse & Musket concept. The various H&M mods could pool their resources for a sort of mod collective.

[Blame Canada]

Could be interesting to take part in let's say the battle of Monterray as a member of the Saint Patrick Batallion. But that would be in the Mexican-American war.

Can't resist I have to add these lyrics to David Rovic's "Saint Patrick Batallion"

My name is John Riley
I'll have your ear only a while
I left my dear home in Ireland
It was death, starvation or exile
And when I got to America
It was my duty to go
Enter the Army and slog across Texas
To join in the war against Mexico

It was there in the pueblos and hillsides
That I saw the mistake I had made
Part of a conquering army
With the morals of a bayonet blade
So in the midst of these poor, dying Catholics
Screaming children, the burning stench of it all
Myself and two hundred Irishmen
Decided to rise to the call

(Chorus)
From Dublin City to San Diego
We witnessed freedom denied
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side

We marched 'neath the green flag of Saint Patrick
Emblazoned with "Erin Go Bragh"
Bright with the harp and the shamrock
And "Libertad para Mexicana"
Just fifty years after Wolftone
Five thousand miles away
The Yanks called us a Legion of Strangers
And they can talk as they may

(Chorus)

We fought them in Matamoros
While their volunteers were raping the nuns
In Monterey and Cerro Gordo
We fought on as Ireland's sons
We were the red-headed fighters for freedom
Amidst these brown-skinned women and men
Side by side we fought against tyranny
And I daresay we'd do it again

(Chorus)

We fought them in five major battles
Churobusco was the last
Overwhelmed by the cannons from Boston
We fell after each mortar blast
Most of us died on that hillside
In the service of the Mexican state
So far from our occupied homeland
We were heroes and victims of fate

(Chorus)

[archbomber]

wasnt it spanish american war?

[NicholasJohnson]

wasnt it spanish american war?

No, he's talking about the 1846–1848 war between Mexico and The U.S.

[2ltben]

Longer if you count the Texas Revolution as part of it.

[Punish]

I had an old member who was making me a map I designed for DOD called "the Alamo" which although the Alamo was set in Texas, this one was more or less in France and the Allies were defending it while the Germans attacked from the outside. It never got finished but was looking pretty sharp nevertheless. :)

[Fozzy The Bear]

You should say set in "San Antonio", Texas. Way to vague to say set in Texas.

I'm from San Antonio and live 9 miles away from the Alamo.

[Borus]

Hey Fozzy, I am from Texas too. Nice to see another Texan here aswell. I have to admit, The Alamo would be pretty nice battle but honestly I think there might be some others that would take that top priority over the Alamo. If you ever get the chance though; Go to Bracketsville, TX and go through the recreated version of The Alamo with the city and everything. That place was the sight of several famous Western movies.