Sometime during the Texas revolution, texian soldiers were deployed to occupy the abandoned church, which they called The Alamo. What happened next is the reason The Alamo is so popular. On February 23rd, 1836, anywhere from 1,000 to 6,800 Mexican soldiers marched on The Alamo with orders to take the fort as the first step in a campaign to take back Texas. What ensued was a thirteen day standoff between the Mexicans and the texians holed up in the fort. While The Alamo was well built and fortified, there were only about one hundred texian soldiers in the fort, and reinforcements were miniscule. After a twelve day standoff with very little casualties on either side, the Mexicans finally charged towards The Alamo and surrounded the fort from all sides. The texians defended as best they could but were eventually overcome by the sheer force of the Mexican