Effects Of The Goliad Massacre

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battle of coleto creek/goliad massacre It happened on Mar 19, 1836 – Mar 20, 1836 that was only one day. It was located in Goliad County, Texas, TX.there were one Generals on each side santa anna was the general for the mexican army and sam houston was the general for the texas army.Casualties for both sides. The Mexican casualties range from one to three soldiers killed and from three to seven wounded. The Goliad Massacre claimed the lives of nearly 350 captured soldiers but rallied support for Texas. Among those killed was commander James Fannin.the Causes of the battle of Goliad was Because there were Mexican troops at Presidio La Bahía, a fort near the Mexican Texas settlement of Goliad.the Effects of the battle the Texans lost about …show more content…

Significance of the battle goliad had on Texas and its fight for independence was that sam Houston was going to keep fighting on for there lost men and the goliad massacre at the battle of san Jacinto and the Texans won the war and captured Santa Anna in Texas got its independence from Mexico. 5 Interesting Facts about the battle of goliad 1.The injured Fannin was the last to be slaughtered. 2.Instead, the Mexican commanding officer shot Fannin in the face, burned his body with the others and kept the timepiece as a war prize. 3. Nearly 350 rebels were executed in the Goliad Massacre, almost twice as many as were killed at the siege of the Alamo. 4.Texians formed a square in the middle of the prairie and attempted to defend their position. Although Mexican troops launched three separate attacks against the square, they could not take the Texian position. As night fell, Mexican shooters were able to wound and kill more Texians. 5. The Texans were set free but the mexican army reserved a order from Santa Ana to let them free and then shoot them and the mexican army did the let the run for at least a min and texans fell to the ground and the gun fire. Was everywhere only 28 Texans escaped the gun fire and the rest were on the ground dead 350 Texans on the ground