Juan Seguín,Served with Travis at the Alamo but survived because he was sent out as a messenger to warn Sam Houston about the events at the Alamo.
The Battle of Fort Sumter<span> was the first </span>battle<span> of the American Civil </span>War<span>. The intense Confederate artillery bombardment of Major Robert Anderson's small Union garrison in the unfinished </span>fort<span> in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been preceded by months of siege-like conditions.</span>
Last English colony settled: The last of England's thirteen colonies to be settled was the colony of Georgia. Georgia was settled by James Oglethorpe in 1732.
Last English colony founded: The last of England's thirteen colonies to be founded was the colony of Rhode Island. Rhode Island officially became a state on May 29, 1790.