Articles related to "Goliad"

In the weeks following the Battle of the Alamo, 342 Texian soldiers held captive in Goliad, Texas were executed on the orders of General Santa Anna.

Sam Houston, soldier and revolutionary, lived among the Cherokee, served as governor of Texas and Tennessee, and played a vital role in the founding of Texas.

After the fall of the Alamo, the Battle of San Jacinto clinched freedom for the newly formed Republic of Texas.

His desire was to be a priest but his destiny was to be a general. Zaragoza's short life was filled with a series of battles but May 5, 1862 made him a hero forever.

King Fisher walked the line on both sides of the law during his lifetime, eventually becoming a deputy sheriff before his untimely death.

A ragged bunch of frontiersmen outsmarted Santa Anna's Mexican Army by taking advantage of an afternoon siesta. Their courage and quick thinking forever benefited Texas.

Evidence from antebellum newspapers suggests that runaways were commonplace and slaveholders used various strategies reclaim their slaves.