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The Battle of the Salado was a decisive engagement in 1842 which repulsed the final Mexican invasion of the Republic of Texas. Colonel Mathew Caldwell of the Texas Rangers led just over 200 militia against an army of 1,600 Mexican Army soldiers and Cherokee warriors , and defeated them outside of San Antonio de Bexar along Salado Creek .
The Dawson massacre, also called the Dawson expedition, was an incident in which 36 Texian militiamen were killed by Mexican soldiers on September 17, 1842 [2] near San Antonio de Bexar (now the U.S. city of San Antonio, Texas). The event occurred during the Battle of Salado Creek, which ended with a Texian victory. [3]
The creek was given its name in 1716 by Spanish explorer Domingo Ramón.It has been the site of two battles in Texas history, including the 1813 Battle of Rosillo and the 1842 Battle of Salado Creek following the Texas Revolution.
On September 17, 1842, [1] Texian and Mexican forces engaged at Salado Creek, east of San Antonio. After a separate favorable Texian engagement earlier in the day, a reinforcement company of 54 Texas militia, mostly from Fayette County, under the command of Nicholas Mosby Dawson, began advancing on the rear of the Mexican Army.
Matthew Caldwell, (March 8, 1798 – December 28, 1842), also spelled Mathew Caldwell was a 19th-century Texas settler, military figure, Captain of the Gonzales – Seguin Rangers and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Because of his recruitment ride ahead of the Battle of Gonzales, some call him the Paul Revere of Texas.
The Stagecoach Inn on Main Street in Salado goes back to 1861. Situated on the Austin to Waco stagecoach line as the Shady Villa Hotel, the old part of the complex was turned into a restaurant in ...
1842 Rosillo Expedition: Texas Militia: Unknown Unknown Loss [52] 1842 Vásquez Expedition: Texas Militia: Unknown Unknown Inconclusive [53] 1842 Battle of Salado Creek: Texas Militia: Mathew Caldwell: 1 KIA, 12 WIA Victory [54] 1842 Dawson Expedition (massacre) Texas Militia: Nicholas Dawson 36 KIA, 15 POW Loss [55] 1842 Battle of the Arroyo ...
Battle of Salado may refer to: Battle of Río Salado or Battle of Tarifa (1340), a battle of the armies of King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against those of sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of Morocco and Yusuf I of Granada; Battle of Salado Creek (1842), a decisive engagement in 1842 that repulsed the final Mexican invasion of ...