Thanks for the post. My 5th grade daughter was just learning about this last week.You're very welcomed..............
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
(1794-1876)
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Posted on 03/24/2002 10:16:30 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Also, great family-style restaurant right next to the battleship near the S. J. Monument. Fried chicken is the final serving, Mexican chicken, of course.
Thanks for the post. My 5th grade daughter was just learning about this last week.You're very welcomed..............
That's not true ---the Mexican government was newly independent from Spain and Texas was part of the nothern territory it obtained from Spain. Mexico couldn't convince Mexicans to move to Texas, it was having trouble controlling Indians and so invited the Anglos to move to Texas and help develop the territory. The Anglos and Hispanics of Texas got along well enough but the Mexican government was a big mess and so Texas broke free from it.
Thanks for the very nice post. My father's ancestors were given the area around Goliad and Gonzales by Stephen F. Austin. They had settled the area and had minor roles in the war for Texas independence. Of course, they had buffoons for grandchildren who gambled all but about 640 acres of it away in the 1880s -- otherwise I would be typing this e-mail from my pleasure palace in Monaco or Tahiti. For every ancestor to be proud of, there's at least another that you'd rather forget.My pleasure................
It belongs to White, Black, and Hispanic Americans but not foreign citizens from Mexico.
I'm a South Texan & everyone I know is aware of 'Remember Goliad!' Col. Fannin is legendary.I'll see if I can find a picture of your Colonel and post it if I do..........Just this morn there was a discussion on talk radio about Ron Howard coming to Goliad as part of his research for an upcoming movie on the Alamo. It would be nice to include the tragedy that occured at Goliad. Most folks never heard of this event...
Presidio La Bahia, Goliad, Texas. Chapel interior. Re-enactors
as Col. Fannin soldiers in Texas War with Mexico, Texas
Revolution, Goliad Massacre Re-enactment. Spanish Missions,
Texas.
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James Walker Fannin was born in early 1804 in Georgia. He was adopted by his maternal grandfather, James W. Walker, and raised on a plantation near Marion. In 1819, he entered the U. S. military academy at West Point under the name of James F. Walker, and remained for just over two years.
Fannin came to Texas with his wife and two daughters in 1834, and settled at Valesco. Soon after his arrival, he became active in the cause for independence from Mexico. He was a participant in the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. Later the same month, he and James Bowie led the Texas forces in the battle of Concepcion.
In January of 1836, Fannin was appointed by the provisional government as an agent to raise troops and money for the republic. In command of a regiment at Goliad, he received orders from Sam Houston on March 14 to retreat to Victoria. Partly through indecision and partly due to other circumstances, Fannin delayed the retreat for five days. When he finally began the retreat, Mexican forces under General Jose Urrea had advanced to the vicinity of the town.
With his regiment of about 400 men, Fannin surrendered at the Battle of Coleto after being surrounded by the Mexican forces, and were taken back to Goliad. On order of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, he was executed along with virtually all of his men on 27 March 1836.
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Menos de 200 soldados americanos en la fortaleza hecha frente concluído 2000 mejicanos.Si!...........huh? :O)
I just love being a Texan! Thanks for refreshing my memory of this part of our history.You bet! Me too.......
My Grandfather was a Lutheran missionary to Texas (from Germany) and Goliad was one of the towns where he lived and preached.
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