The Battle Site of 1836 can refer to five different locations: the ALAMO in Texas, the Marne in France, Shiloh in Tennessee, Erie in Pennsylvania, and Ypres in Belgium. The ALAMO was a fort in San Antonio, Texas, where a small group of Texan soldiers fought against a much larger Mexican army in 1836. The Marne was the site of a World War I battle in 1914, where the French and British forces stopped the German advance. Shiloh was the site of a major Civil War battle in 1862, where the Union forces defeated the Confederate army. Erie was the site of a naval battle during the War of 1812, where the American fleet was victorious. Ypres was the site of a series of battles during World War I, where the Allied forces held off the German offensive.