Goliad Massacre
United States history [1836]
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- In Texas Revolution: Santa Anna responds: the Alamo and the Goliad Massacre
Determined to punish the rebellious Texans, whom he viewed as pirates who deserved to be executed, Santa Anna mounted a campaign to demonstrate his power by exacting the same kind of retribution upon them that he had visited upon Zacatecas. In command of…
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Goliad
- In Goliad
…troops at Goliad—known as the Goliad Massacre—crystallized public opinion in the United States and contributed to a war frenzy against Mexico. A monument marks the burial site outside the walls of the well-preserved presidio, the officers quarters of which now serve as a museum. The nearby Mission Espíritu Santo has…
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