Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The siege of Béxar (or Béjar) was an early campaign of the Texas Revolution in which a volunteer Texian army defeated Mexican forces at San Antonio de Béxar (now San Antonio, Texas). Texians had become disillusioned with the Mexican government as President and General Antonio López de Santa Anna 's tenure became increasingly dictatorial.
Days earlier, General Martín Perfecto de Cos, brother-in-law of the Mexican president, had arrived in Bexar to take command of all the Mexican forces in Texas. [3] By October 20 the Texians—led by Stephen F. Austin, the first empresario to bring English-speaking settlers to Texas [Note 1] —had reached Salado Creek and initiated a siege of ...
San Antonio de Bexar November 26, 1835 Texans attack a large Mexican army pack train. 4 Texans wounded and 17 Mexican casualties. Resulted in the capture of horses and hay (grass). T Siege of Bexar: San Antonio de Bexar October 12 – December 11, 1835 In a six-week siege, Texans attacked Bexar and fought from house to house for five days.
Cos replied that Mexico would not "yield to the dictates of foreigners". [78] General Martín Perfecto de Cos. The approximately 650 Mexican troops quickly built barricades throughout the town. [53] [79] Within days the Texian army, about 450 strong, initiated a siege of Béxar, [79] and gradually moved their camp nearer Béxar. [80]
José Gregorio Esparza (February 25, 1802 – March 6, 1836), also known as Gregorio Esparza, was the last Texan defender to enter the Alamo during the early days of March 1836 in the Siege of the Alamo [1] and was the only one that was not burned in the pyres. He had brought his family into the Alamo compound along with him.
Benjamin Rush Milam (October 20, 1788 – December 7, 1835) was an American colonist of Mexican Texas and a military leader and hero of the Texas Revolution.A native of what is now Kentucky, Milam fought beside American interests during the Mexican War of Independence and later joined the Texians in their own fight for independence, for which he assumed a leadership role.
Mexico: Branch/service: Texian Army Army of the Republic of Texas Mexican Army (Mexican–American War) Years of service: 1835–1836, 1836–1842 (Texas) 1846–1848 (Mexico) Rank: Colonel: Unit: Texian volunteer and regular army: Battles/wars: Texas Revolution. Battle of Concepcion; Siege of Bexar; Siege of the Alamo; Runaway Scrape; Battle ...
After a 56-day siege of the town and the Alamo Mission, on December 9, Cos surrendered San Antonio de Béxar and its weapons to the Texians, then proceeded to retreat back across the Rio Grande. Cos and his men were allowed to keep their muskets for protection, as well as one four-pound cannon. Mexican losses during the siege were about 150.