The Immortal 32
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas
Marker Inscription
In Memory of the Immortal 32 Gonzales men and boys who, on March 1, 1836 fought their way into the beleaguered Alamo to die with Colonel William B. Travis for the Liberty of Texas. They were the last and only reinforcements to arrive in answer to the final call of Colonel William B. Travis. Names and ages of the Immortal Thirty-Two: Captain Albert Martin, 30; Isaac G. Baker, 32; John Cane, 34; George W. Cottle, 38; David P. Cummings, 27; Squire Damon, 28; Jacob C. Darst, 48; John Davis, 25; William Dearduff; Charles Despallier, 24; William Fishbaugh; John Flanders, 36; Dolphin Ward Floyd, 29; Galba Fuqua, 16; John E. Garvin, 27; John E. Gaston. 17; James George, 34; Thomas Jackson; Johnny Kellogg, 10; Andrew Kent, 38; George C. Kimball, 26; John E. King, 26; William P. King, 24; Jonathan L. Lindley, 31; Thomas R. Miller, 41; Jessie McCoy; Isaac Millsaps; George Neggan, 28; Wm. E. Summers, 24; George W. Tumlinson, 27; Robert White, 30; Claiborne Wright, 26. Other Gonzales men who fell at the Alamo. Daniel Bourne, 26; George Brown, 35; Jerry C. Day, 20; Almaron Dickerson, 26; Andrew Duvalt, 32; John Harris, 23; Wm. J. Lightfoot, 25; Marcus L. Sewell, 31; Amos Pollard, 33. Survivors of the Alamo Massacre, Mrs. Almaron Dickerson and baby daughter, of Gonzales.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
On March 1, 1836, thirty-two men and boys from Gonzales slipped through the Mexican lines and into the besieged Alamo — the only reinforcements to answer William B. Travis's final plea for help. They ranged from a sixteen-year-old to a man of forty-eight, and all of them died in the fall of the fortress days later. This memorial names each of the Immortal 32 alongside other Gonzales men lost at the Alamo.
Why it matters
Their choice to enter a fight they knew was likely hopeless became one of the defining acts of sacrifice in the Texas Revolution and the American frontier's founding legends.
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Related people
- · William B. Travis
- · Albert Martin
- · Almaron Dickerson
- · Susanna Dickerson
Related events
- · Battle of the Alamo
- · Texas Revolution
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