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Remember Goliad! A History of La Bahia. Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series. Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 0-87611-141-X. Todish, Timothy J.; Todish, Terry; Spring, Ted (1998). Alamo Sourcebook, 1836: A Comprehensive Guide to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution. Austin, TX: Eakin Press. ISBN 978-1-57168 ...
Battle of Gonzales cannon The Battle of Gonzales was the onset of a chain of events that led to what is known as the Runaway Scrape. The confrontation began in September 1835, when the Mexican government attempted to reclaim a bronze cannon that it had provided to Gonzales in 1831 to protect the town against Indian attacks.
After the battle ended, disgruntled colonists continued to assemble in Gonzales, eager to put a decisive end to Mexican control over the area. On October 11 the disorganized volunteers elected Stephen F. Austin , who had settled the first English-speaking colonists in Texas, as their commander-in-chief. [ 4 ]
The Gonzales relief forces arrive on the Cibolo below Bexar. March 1 The Convention of 1836 of elected delegates convenes at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Thirty-two to sixty men from Gonzales of the "Gonzales Company of Mounted Volunteers" enter the Alamo at 1:00 A.M. March 2 Texas Declaration of Independence is signed and the Republic of Texas is ...
The final major battle in the War of 1812, the Battle of New Orleans, was fought in Louisiana and resulted in a U.S. victory. Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America.
Even with the additional men, Austin realized that his army was not large enough to prevail in a full assault on Béxar. The Texians thus prepared for a siege, looking for a position that was, in the words of historian Stephen L. Hardin, "near Béxar, yet defensible against a sortie; in a position to block enemy communications arriving daily". [31]
Gonzales is a city in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census , it has a population of 12,231. [ 2 ] Known as the " Jambalaya Capital of the World", it is famous for its annual Jambalaya Festival, which was first held in 1968.
Lukes, Edward A. (1976), De Witt Colony of Texas: The Beginnings of the Counties of Caldwell, De Witt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadelupe, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria, Jenkins Pub. Co. Moehring, Sharon Ann Dobyns (2004), The Gonzales Connection: The History and Genealogy of the Dewitt and Jones Families, Trafford Publishing, ISBN 1-4120-1788-2