Goliad&

San Jacinto

•Led the Texans at Coleto Creek•Surrendered & Executed with his soldiers at Goliad

James Fannin

Fannin

General Urrea was moving up the coastline and defeated many Texan troops on his march to Refugio and Goliad.

Goliad Massacre

While General Urrea fought with Fannin’s troops stationed in Refugio, Fannin received orders from Sam Houston to retreat to Victoria.

Fannin decided to wait for his troops in Refugio to return before obeying Houston, but those soldiers had been either killed or captured by General Urrea

Fannin and Urrea finally met at the battle of Coleto, where Fannin was wounded.

The morning after the battle started, General Urrea received several hundred more soldiers

Col. Fannin surrendered his 300 men at the Battle of Coleto because he was pinned on the open prairie

• Most of the Texans captured at Goliad believed they would be treated fairly. • General Urrea wanted to keep them as prisoners of war• Santa Anna ordered the captives to all be shot on Mar. 21

• The Texan prisoners were marched back to Goliad• Urrea told them they were not going to be killed

When the shooting of the prisoners began, a few of them were able to escape in the smoke and confusion.

Some were saved from the Goliad Massacre by Francita Alavez, who was called the Angel of Goliad.

March 27, 1836 – Mass Execution of men at Goliad

Two famous battle cries during this period used to encourage the soldiers to continue fighting were “Remember the Alamo” and “Remember Goliad”

The Texas Army

• Sam Houston – Leader of the Revolutionary Army

The Mexican Army

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna – Dictator of Mexico & military leader of the Mexican Army

Battle of San Jacinto – April 21, 1836

After gathering supplies and training his troops during the Runaway Scrape, Houston marched his troops down Buffalo Bayou towards Santa Anna’s camp.Houston found that Santa Anna camped out in the open in a vulnerable spot, and camped his men in a spot that was partially hidden in a grove of trees

• Shortest battle in history •Sam Houston led Texas Forces – 800 men• Santa Anna led Mexican Forces – 1300 men

The day before the battle, there were several small fights. In one of the fights, a private named Mirabeau B. Lamar saved the lives of two Texans and was promoted to Colonel and putin charge of the cavalry.

Juan Seguin• Tejano and San Antonio native would lead the

Tejanos in the battle. • His father Erasmo Seguin had helped Austin

pick out the land for his colony• Served with Travis at the Alamo, survived

because he was sent out as a messenger to warn Houston about the events of the Alamo

• Served under Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto

Before the battle, Houston sent Deaf Smith on a special mission to destroy the bridge at Vince's Bayou.

This effectively destroyed the retreat route for both the Mexican army as well as his Texans

The Battle of San Jacinto

• At 3:00 on the afternoon of April 21, while Santa Anna’s troops are resting, Houston orders the attack

• The Texas battle cry was “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!”

Taken by surprise, 630 Mexican soldiers were killed and 730 captured

Battle lasted18 minutes

The next day, Santa Anna was captured and surrendered to Sam Houston

Texas Independence was secured.

After the battle, many angry Texas army officers demanded that Santa Anna be executed.

Houston refused to allow soldiers to kill Santa Anna, instead they made him sign a treaty that gave Texas its independence.

In a report to his superiors, Houston praised his troops for their courage and loyalty, while Santa Anna blamed his loss on the high number of inexperienced troops.