Yes, Rooster, indeed, I remember from written records and articles that they were short of powder, and also that in most written records, Antonio López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón represented the stereotypical, brutal "caudillo" in Mexican history - a general, idolised by his troops, a dictator and a tyrant (like Napoleon - or Franco, for instance).
But this was and still is too current in history, and too many empires were built on the destruction of other cultures.
Citing:
'Historians and many Mexicans also rank him as perhaps the principal inhabitant even today of Mexico's pantheon of "those who failed the nation." His centralist rhetoric and military failures resulted in Mexico losing just over half its territory, beginning with the Texas Revolution of 1836, and culminating with the Mexican Cession of 1848 following its defeat by the United States in the Mexican–American War.'
I don't know if you like to read about ancient history and tragedies, which seem(ed) to be often the roots of persisting griefs and conflicts among the many populations and nations, used by the mighty ones like pawns on the "chessboards" of their destructive games, and seeking revenge long after the times of the disasters.
"The Alamo" reminds also of the "Song of Roland", resp. of the "Battle of Roncevaux Pass", also the case of a small army unit (of Charlemagne's reargard) widely outnumbered by their attackers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_of_Roland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Roncevaux_Pass
If you like Medieval history, you might also like to read about the Accursed Kings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accursed_Kings
one of the roots of 100 Years' War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England