Henry Wolff Jr.
The Lost Battlefield Ping!
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High time a state historical marker was placed there - surprised to find out there wasn't one already there.
A little more detail on the Battle of Medina here:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/MM/qfm1.html
Hmm, thought I knew a lot about Texas history but never heard of this battle. Apparently, Santa Anna learned well at the knee of Arredondo with his "take no prisoners." BTW, Karnes City and Karnes County were named for Mr. M's great great great uncle Henry Wax (Wachs) Karnes (1812-1840) who fought in the Texas Revolution.
As the gringos infilterated Mexico/Texas in the 1800s until they were the stronger force and revolution was inevitable...so now do the latinos of today in the American Southwest. The lesson of history is that national borders are not forever.
"...before moving on to Presidio La Bahia at Goliad where they survived a 4-month siege by Spanish Royalist forces, the longest military siege in U.S. military history."
I guess the author has never heard about the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864-64, which lasted more than nine months.
Wow, a great post. This article needs to be circulated in Spanish in Mexico, help Mexicans see that many in Texas were also struggling for Independence against Spain, it wasn't just Hidalgo and Morelos. 2010 will be the 200 Bicentenial, time for some exchange of ideas, some mending of rifts between the border States and the Republic of Mexico