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- Henry's Journal - The bloodiest battle ever fought in Texas was not at the Alamo. Nor at Goliad or San Jacinto, the battle taking place some 23 years before the Texas Revolution of 1836 in a sandy, oak forest about 20 miles south of San Antonio. It was there, on Aug. 18, 1813, that the filibustering Gutierrez-Magee expedition into Texas ended with the Battle of Medina. On Thursday, the Atascosa County Historical Commission will be dedicating a Texas State Historical Marker at 10 a.m. in the general vicinity where the battle occurred. The battle had followed a declaration of...

ESPEY — Before barbed wire fences and irrigation systems made their way to this tiny town, hundreds of soldiers — Spanish, Mexican and American — lost their lives on a four-mile battlefield here in northern Atascosa County. To commemorate the 191st anniversary of that fight, the Battle of Medina, descendants of slain soldiers made the trek down a long, winding dirt road off U.S. 281 to an area believed to be part of the battle site. Between 50 and 75 people from as far away as Louisiana gathered under a sprawling oak tree for the anniversary event. "This was the...