The Battle of Goliad (Texas): General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, commanding 1,400 troops of the Army of Mexico, defeats and then massacres 150 Texas Militiamen, commanded by Lieutenant James W. Fannin, Jr.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 108.
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