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Offline Craig Tx

San Jacinto Day!
« on: April 21, 2015, 09:46:29 AM »
From the Texas State Historical Association

Texas forces win at San Jacinto

On this day in 1836, Texas forces won the battle of San Jacinto, the concluding military event of the Texas Revolution. Facing General Santa Anna's Mexican army of some 1,200 men encamped in what is now southeastern Harris County, General Sam Houston disposed his forces in battle order about 3:30 p.m., during siesta time. The Texans' movements were screened by trees and the rising ground, and evidently Santa Anna had no lookouts posted. The Texan line sprang forward on the run with the cries "Remember the Alamo!" and "Remember Goliad!" The battle lasted but eighteen minutes. According to Houston's official report, the casualties were 630 Mexicans killed and 730 taken prisoner. Against this, only nine of the 910 Texans were killed or mortally wounded and thirty were wounded less seriously.



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Offline snake eyes

Re: San Jacinto Day!
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2015, 03:13:00 PM »
Craig,
      Great day for Texas for sure and truly one of the great underdog battles of all time!
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Offline Craig Tx

Re: San Jacinto Day!
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2015, 04:15:41 PM »
It was a close thing.  There was a lot of good old fashioned luck with the winning of the revolution.  There are a lot of if's that if they didn't go as they did, Texas, New Mexico, and California would still be part of Mexico.
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Re: San Jacinto Day!
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2015, 06:24:05 PM »
Quote from: "Craig Tx"
It was a close thing.  There was a lot of good old fashioned luck with the winning of the revolution.  There are a lot of if's that if they didn't go as they did, Texas, New Mexico, and California would still be part of Mexico.
Parts of Oklahoma and Colorado as well.
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