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Charles Despallier was killed in the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. Spanish speakers knew him as Carlos Espalier. A mistake by the Texas legislature in 1856 resulted in two sets of heirs receiving two sets of land grants—one for Despallier, and the other for Espalier. Read his story.