A discovery at the Alamo is giving history fans a rare physical link to one of the most famous battles in Texas history.
Archaeologists have unearthed a second cannonball that had likely remained where it first landed during the 1836 siege until now, as News 4 San Antonio reported.
What happened?
The cannonball discovery at the historical site in San Antonio was close to the spot where a bronze projectile was uncovered in March. The two objects were found near the northeast corner of the Alamo Church, and experts said they are similar in both size and weight.
Archaeologists located the newer projectile in undisturbed soil next to the first discovery. Because of that, the iron cannonball could have remained there since the spring of 1836, when fighting between Mexican forces led by Antonio López de Santa Anna and Texan defenders led by James Bowie and William B. Travis occurred, according to News 4 San Antonio…