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Battle of Gonzales
Texian Victory; Mexican withdrawal; start of Texian resistance to the Mexican government. The Battle of Gonzales was the primary military commitment of the Texas Revolution. It was battled close Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between insubordinate Texian pilgrims and a unit of Mexican armed force warriors. -
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Battle of Goliad
The Battle of Goliad was the second engagement of the Texas Revolution. In the early-morning long periods of October 9, 1835, Texas pioneers assaulted the Mexican Army troopers garrisoned at Presidio La Bahía, a fortress close to the Mexican Texas settlement of Goliad. -
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Capture of San Antonio
The attack of Bexar (San Antonio) turned into the main significant battle of the Texas Revolution. From October until early December 1835 a multitude of Texan volunteers laid attack to a Mexican armed force in San Antonio de Béxar. ... Austin and others won help to proceed with endeavors at catching San Antonio. -
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Siege of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a multi day attack at a mission in San Antonio that was battled between February 23, 1836 – March 6, 1836 by Mexican powers of around 4000, under President General Santa Anna, against a bunch of 180 American renegades battling for Texan autonomy from Mexico. -
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Battle of the Alamo
The Clash of the Alamo. In December 1835, in the beginning periods of Texas' war for freedom from Mexico, a gathering of Texan (or Texian) volunteers driven by George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam overpowered the Mexican battalion at the Alamo and caught the fortification, seizing control of San Antonio. -
Texas Declaration of Independence
The Texas Revolution. ... On March 1st, the Texans held the Convention of 1836 to write their declaration of independence and form their own government. The Declaration of Independence was a document that, like their own constitution, acted as their official claim of independence from Mexico. -
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Runway Scrape
The Runaway Rub is the period in mid 1836 for the most part starting with the Attack and Fall of the Alamo and completion with the Skirmish of San Jacinto on April 21. It was a time of dread and frenzy among the settlements of Texas, as Santa Clause Anna and the Mexican armed forces cleared eastbound from San Antonio, basically unopposed. -
Goliad Massacre
The Goliad massacre was an event that occurred on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, following the Battle of Goliad in which 425-445 prisoners of war from the Texian Army of the Republic of Texas were killed by the Mexican Army in the town of Goliad, Texas. -
Battle of San Jacinto
On April 21, 1836, amid Texas' war for autonomy from Mexico, the Texas local army under Sam Houston (1793-1863) propelled an unexpected assault against the powers of Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Clause Anna (1794-1876) at the Skirmish of San Jacinto, close present-day Houston, Texas.
