The Goliad massacre occurred on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, three weeks to the day after the fall of the Alamo. About three weeks later Sam Houston led Texian forces to a surprise victory at the ...
James Walker Fannin, Jr., had arrived in Texas only in 1834. The 30-year-old planter brought his wife and two daughters with him. A fight with Mexico was brewing, and Fannin jumped in with both feet.
Letters written by a volunteer from Louisville, Kentucky, who came to fight with the San Antonio Greys and died in the massacre at Goliad, shed some light on the hard conditions that some soldiers ...
GOLIAD — A contingent of Mexican soldiers marched a ragged, tired group of Texans out of Goliad’s Presidio La Bahia. The procession was solemn and terminated in a wide open field blanketed by a sea of ...
Editor's note: Take a look back into The Dallas Morning News archives. On the fateful day of March 2, 1836, Texas declared independence from Mexico. Though we all tend to remember the Alamo because is ...
James Walker Fannin, Jr., had arrived in Texas only in 1834. The 30-year-old planter brought his wife and two daughters with him. A fight with Mexico was brewing, and Fannin jumped in with both feet.
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