The Remembered Massacre : The Battle Of The Goliad Massacre

Wounded Knee was a terrible event in US history. It showed how the US government didn't understand the Native Americans and treated them badly and unfairly.

On February 15 and 16, 1836, General Santa Anna and his men crossed the Rio Grande to put down the uprising and prevent Texas from becoming its own state. The Mexican Army successfully won multiple skirmishes and battles, to include the Alamo and Goliad (Hardin, 2004).

The Battle of the Alamo was a battle between rebellious Texans and the Mexican army. The Alamo was a fortified old mission in the center of the town of San Antonio de Béxar, it was defended by about 189 rebellious Texans, chief among them Lt. Colonel William Travis, famed frontiersman Jim Bowie and former Congressman Davy Crockett. A massive Mexican army led by President/General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna opposed them. After a two-week obstruction, Mexican forces attacked at dawn on March 6 the Alamo was overran in less than two hours (The Alamo, 2016,

On March 19, 1836, James W. Fannin lead his large army of rebels away from Goliad and was heading to Coleto, near the Coleto Creek. Taking large carts of supplies and lots of men, they tried settling after a long day. Suddenly, mexican cavalry appeared and the texans were struck by the element of surprise. The mexicans completely surrounded the rebels and attacked. The alamo fired their long rifles and cannons at the mexicans but still received heavy damage. Still fighting, the rebels were still trying to settle and were waiting on more supplies. The alamo, short on supplies, kept receiving damage and were being harmed badly. A few hours into the battle, the texans ran out of water and were low on ammunition. After a long battle, the mexicans seemed to gain control and the alamo surrendered. The mexicans took the great amount of rebels left and lead them back to Goliad, where Santa Anna ordered the sad

The Battle of the Alamo, a thirteen day siege at the Alamo Mission in the middle of San Antonio Texas. Although it resulted in a Mexican victory it was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution. The Texas Revolution did not occur because of cultural differences nor did the Battle of the Alamo, they were both caused by both the newly arrived Texans and the native Tejanos fighting for autonomy from the Mexican government. President General Antonio López de Santa Anna repealed the constitution of 1824 in favor of a more “centralist” government, because of this conversion to centralism the native people’s rights became increasingly limited. The Texans and Tejanos living along the border of Texas and the rest of Mexico were not supportive of Santa Anna’s new regime and began to revolt. However, it was not just the people of Texas pushing for independence, citizens of the United States were also providing a grand amount of support. The Siege of the Alamo was not a war based on cultural variations, both the native people and the newly arrived texans were fighting for their independence from the centralist Mexican government.

2. 1500 or more Mexican cavalrymen under Santa Anna arrived on February 23 and requested a parley. They told the Texans to surrender, but Bowie disregarded the orders.

General Sam Houston did not see San Antonio as an area worth holding because most of the Anglo settlements were in the eastern section of the region. Because of the General Houston sent Jim Bowie to San Antonio with orders to destroy the Alamo and return with the rebels and their weapons. Bowie along with William B. Travis disregarded the general’s orders and took refuge

The field was set, both generals decided upon where they would take their final rest before the battle. The spring of 1836 in soon to be a free Texas, the weather was warm with a slight breeze on this day the 21st of April. One army fueled with rage for revenge and the other just searching for their reasons to keep marching on this far against an inferior army. The Texas revolution may have begun with the battle of Gonzales, but through sheer determination and resiliency how a ragtag army were victorious at the battle of San Jacinto. A victory which would shape the history of Mexico, Texas, United States and the world.

In January of 1836 about 145 Texans were fortified in the soft walls of the Alamo also known as Cottonwood. Some of the important people here were lieutenant Colonel William Berret Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crocket. Meanwhile Santa Anna drove his troops into Texas in the dead of winter to level the Alamo. They arrived and began their siege on February 23. Fighting Ensued for about 13 days with minimum casualties. But on the 13th day of battle March 6, 1836 Santa Anna ordered a surprise attack from all sides in the dead of night. All defenders of the Alamo died that night.

By 1835 there were some 30,000 former Americans, plus some 5000 slaves, living in Texas. Concerned, the central government of Mexico, tried to accomplish three things: Free the slaves, bring Texas under direct rule of Mexico City and halt immigration from the United States. Rather than submit, the colonists revolted and declared independence. The defenders of the Alamo were led by William Travis and James Bowie, They were later joined by famed backwoodsman and former member of Congress Davy Crockett. The Mexican government, determined to restore order, sent General Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna, and over 6,000 soldiers north to San Antonio and the Alamo. The army reached San Antonio on 23 February 1836. At this time, Bowie was quite ill and Travis led the defense. For the next 13 days, Santa Anna and his army remained outside the range of the Alamo's' cannons. Finally in the early morning of 6 March his forces attacked. Never meant to be a fort, the Alamo fell by 8:00 AM. Angered at the resistance, Santa Anna had ordered that there be no quarter and no mercy. Those defenders taken alive were killed outside the mission and all the defenders bodies were burned. The only survivors were Susan Dickerson,

El Mozote is a city in El Salvador, and in 1981 it was the site of a brutal massacre in which American trained Salvadoran soldiers slaughtered almost a thousand civilians. This massacre happened at a very tense point in the Cold War, when the United States was fighting against Communism and the Soviet Union. In this particular situation, the United States aligned with the Salvadorans to prevent the spread of communism into El Salvador. When the Salvadoran soldiers killed hundreds of innocent citizens, the United States government became worried. Mark Danner, the author of The Massacre at El Mozote, stated that when news of the massacre entered the American media, the government brushed it off as propaganda. Ronald Reagan, the U.S. president at that time, and his administration responded to the situations in El Mozote by calling it propaganda because they feared America’s reputation would be tarnished, and the government wanted and needed to do everything in its power to avoid losing El Salvador to communism.

Pennsylvania. Washington’s men murdered the gathering in what came to be recognized as The Battle of Jumonville Glen. France and England initially pursued the French and Indian War mainly for power of the area known as the Ohio River Valley. The Ohio River Valley was a property filled with fur-bearing animals and profuse resources. Both English and French colonists wanted to settle it to make fortunes in the fur trade. The Ohio River formed by the union of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at the time Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ran through the valley. As French settlers arrived upon the area from Canada, and English settlers came from Virginia, territory clashes were unavoidable. Neither side was willing to negotiation, as each assumed they

Deep into the early months of 1836, the Texans remained in control of the Alamo under the leadership of Colonel James Bowie and William B. Travis. The newly appointed commander of Texan forces, Sam Houston, believed that Texans should abandon San Antonio due to a lack of troops and the constant threat of the Mexican army. Even with numerous disadvantages stacked against the Texans holding Alamo, Colonel Bowie and Travis held their ground and prepared to fight for and defend their newly seized fort. On February 23rd a massive Mexican force comprised of an estimated 1,800 to 6,000 men and lead by General Antonio Lopez marched upon Alamo. Though heavily outnumbered, with about 200 troops, the Texans remained in the fight for thirteen days. Unfortunately, on the morning of March 6th a weak spot on the outer wall of the Alamo allowed Mexicans to break through and overpower any remaining Texans. Lopez ordered to take no prisoners and all of the Texans were either killed or spared to warn other Texans stationed in Mexico to surrender or suffer the same fate as their fellow

The siege, fall and ensuing massacre of nearly two hundred Alamo defenders at the hands of Mexican General, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna y Perez de Lebron’s army of over five thousand was a defining moment in both Texan, and American history. For 13 days against insurmountable odds, a small, but very determined Texan garrison force fended off an equally determined Mexican Army ordered to capture it. I’ll discuss the events and political climate leading up to the siege, key historic figures involved on both sides, the siege itself, along with events immediately following the battle. The iconic phrase, “Remember the Alamo!” would later go on to become a rallying cry at the Battle of San Jacinto.

The Mexican army advanced “into San Antonio de Béxar forcing the remained of the Texan army to seek cover in the Alamo”(Nunez). The group of Texan soldiers was highly outnumbered and their victory seemed unlikely, but William Barret Travis the Lt. Col. in charge of the Alamo “I shall never surrender or retreat”(Travis). The Mexican army suffered heavy losses on the first three days of the siege favor the tipping point of the battle happened on day four. By March 6th the Mexican “cannon had battered down nearly all the walls that enclosed the church” (Nunez). The Texans were outnumbered roughly one hundred to one “ not one single one of them tried to escape or asked for quarter, the last one fighting with as much bravery and animation as at first.Forty-two None of them hid in rooms nor asked for quarter, for they knew none would be given. Forty-Three, On the contrary, they all died like heroes” (Nunez). It was on March 6th that all Texans soldiers at the Alamo lost their