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The Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía, known more commonly as Presidio La Bahía, or simply La Bahía, is a fort constructed by the Spanish Army. It became the center of a community that developed as the modern-day city of Goliad, Texas, United States. The current location dates to 1747.
The Mexicans took the Texians back to Goliad, where they were held as prisoners at Fort Defiance (Presidio La Bahia). The Texians thought they would likely be set free in a few weeks. Urrea departed Goliad, leaving Colonel José Nicolás de la Portilla in command. Urrea wrote to Santa Anna to ask for clemency for the Texians. [17]
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. La Bahía lay halfway between the only other large garrison of Mexican soldiers (at Presidio San Antonio de Béxar) and the then-important Texas port of Copano.
The rebels controlled the presidio until July or August 1813, when José Joaquín de Arredondo led royalist troops in retaking all of Texas. [17] Henry Perry, a member of the Republican Army of the North, led forces back to Texas in 1817 and attempted to recapture La Bahia. The Spanish reinforced the presidio with soldiers from San Antonio, and ...
Location of Goliad County in Texas. ... Presidio Nuestra Senora De Loreto De La Bahia. December 24, 1967 : 1 mi (1.6 km). S of Goliad State Park on U.S. 183
Mission La Bahía moved in 1749 to what is now Goliad, Texas on the San Antonio River.Temporary "jacales" housing was built from log and clay (waddle and daub), with construction of stone and mortar outer defensive walls and interior buildings initiated—but not reaching completion until 1758.
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.
Battle of Goliad: Goliad: October 10, 1835 Texans captured Presidio La Bahia, blocking the Mexican Army in Texas from accessing the primary Texas port of Copano. [1] One Texan was wounded, [2] and estimates of Mexican casualties range from one to three soldiers killed and from three to seven wounded. [3] [4] T Battle of Concepción: San Antonio ...