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The Battle of Goliad was the second skirmish of the Texas Revolution. In the early-morning hours of October 9, 1835, Texas settlers attacked the Mexican Army soldiers garrisoned at Presidio La Bahía , a fort near the Mexican Texas settlement of Goliad .
This flag had a solid red field design and was used by the Red Rovers of Alabama under the command of Captain Jack Shackelford at the Battle of Coleto from March 19–20, 1836 and the Battle of Goliad on October 9, 1835. After the Goliad battle the Red Rovers and James Fannin's troops were captured and killed in the Goliad Massacre
The Goliad Declaration of Independence was signed on December 20, 1835 at Presidio La Bahía in Mexican Texas. [ 1 ] "Bloody arm" flag flown over Presidio La Bahía at the signing of the Goliad Declaration of Independence.
Burr Duval's brother, John Crittenden Duval (1816–1897), who later became a writer, was captured with him at Goliad; however, his life was spared. Another brother, Thomas Howard DuVal (1813–1880), had a distinguished judicial career in Texas.
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The New Orleans Greys was organized in New Orleans on October 13, 1835, at Bank's Arcade, a coffee house on Magazine Street. Adolphus Sterne, a Nacogdoches businessman, favored the Texas Revolution and provided weapons for the first volunteers.
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2020 aerial view of the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington, Tex. The flagship Six Flags park displayed the Confederate flag until its removal in 2017. (Photo: Getty) (Art Wager via ...