The Battle of Goliad was the second skirmish of the Texas Revolution. In the early-morning hours of October 9, 1835, Texas settlers attacked the Mexican...
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Goliad (/ˈɡoʊliæd/ GOH-lee-ad) is a city and the county seat of Goliad County, Texas, United States. It is known for the 1836 Goliad massacre during the...
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Mexican Army and Texian insurgents, as part of the Texas Revolution. After the Texian victory at the Battle of Goliad, only two Mexican garrisons remained in...
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the site of two battles in the Texas Revolution. The Battle of Goliad was a minor skirmish early in the war. However, the subsequent battle of Coleto was...
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the Battle of the Alamo. After learning of the Alamo's defeat, Texian general Sam Houston ordered Fannin to retreat from Goliad and join the rest of the...
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Presidio La Bahía (category National Register of Historic Places in Goliad County, Texas)
the Texas Revolution, the presidio was the site of the Battle of Goliad in October 1835, and the Goliad massacre in March 1836. It was restored in the...
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the Battle of Goliad and the Battle of the Alamo, Texan soldiers would use the battle cry "Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo!" In the Battle of Dybbøl...
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at the Battle of Coleto, but was forced to surrender. He and his 300 men were taken prisoner, but just days later were executed in the Goliad Massacre...
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where the battle took place. Houston refused to bury the bodies because the Mexicans cremated all of the executed fallen Texan soldiers at Goliad and the...
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James Fannin (category People who died in the Goliad Massacre)
the Mexican Army at the Battle of Coleto Creek, Fannin and his fellow prisoners of war were massacred soon afterward at Goliad, Texas, under Antonio López...
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Texian Army (redirect from Army of Texas)
Goliad and the Siege of Bexar the army from January through March 1836 the army of mid-March through April, 1836, which participated in the Battle of...
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Plácido Benavides (category People of the Texas Revolution)
dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna but did not feel Texas should be separated from Mexico. He led a unit of Tejano fighters at the Battle of Goliad, and...
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Philip Dimmitt (category Army of the Republic of Texas officers)
La Bahia in Goliad. Dimmitt joined them en route, and participated in the battle of Goliad. Following the battle, Dimmitt assumed command of the Texian...
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The Goliad massacre during the Texas revolution Battle of Goliad, skirmish during the Texas revolution Goliad Campaign, 1836 Mexican offensive Goliad Formation...
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This Battle of Gonzales is considered the official opening of the Texas Revolution. Encouraged, a small group of Texians then went to Goliad, where...
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William Ward and his approximately 120 Americans. The battle, a part of the Goliad Campaign of the Texas Revolution, resulted in a Mexican victory and...
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Governor of the Mexican territory of Texas and briefly presided over the revolution there, serving during the Battle of Goliad and Battle of San Jacinto...
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Goliad Campaign was the failed 1836 Mexican offensive to retake the Texas Gulf Coast during the Texas Revolution. Mexican troops under the command of...
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General Jose Urrea marched half of the troops up the Texas coast in the Goliad campaign, while Santa Anna led the rest of the troops to San Antonio de Bexar...
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enlisted men accused Fannin of aborting the mission. Texians gathered in Gonzales were unaware of Fannin's return to Goliad, and most continued to wait...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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Texas, known as Texians. As part of the Goliad Campaign to retake the Texas Gulf Coast, Mexican troops ambushed a group of Texians on March 2, 1836. The...
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Antonio and many were massacred at Goliad The flag of the Red Rovers of Alabama who were captured at the Battle of Coleto Creek on March 20, 1836, and...
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Martín Perfecto de Cos (category People of Mexican Texas)
his men on October 5. Texians assaulted the Presidio La Bahía at the Battle of Goliad on October 10, only to learn that Cos had already left. Once he was...
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George Morse Collinsworth (category People of the Texas Revolution)
and saw action in the battle of Velasco later that year. He was also involved in the capture the Mexican garrison at Goliad on October 9, 1835. The...
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(1994), p. 13. Winders (2004), p. 54. Roell, Craig H., "Goliad Campaign of 1835", Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association Hardin (1994)...
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Samuel McCulloch Jr. (category People of the Texas Revolution)
became known as the first Texian casualty of the Texas Revolution, being wounded in action in the Battle of Goliad on October 10, 1835. However, Richard Andrews...
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battle occurred as a result of the outgrowth of the Texian Matamoros Expedition. The battle marked the start of the Goliad Campaign, the Mexican offensive...
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Benjamin Milam (category American militiamen in the War of 1812)
movement for independence in Texas. Milam joined them, helping to capture Goliad on October 10, 1835. He wrote: "I assisted Texas to gain her independence...
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