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Explore a detailed map of the battleground of San Jacinto. Discover historical markers and other information about the battle that won Texas independence.
The Battle of San Jacinto (Spanish: Batalla de San Jacinto), fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Samuel Houston, the Texan Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes.
Battle of San Jacinto. April 21, 1836. On 20 April, the two armies met at Buffalo Bayou, a low area of marshland and wetlands near the San Jacinto River. Santa Anna attempted unsuccessfully to probe the Texan position, and there was an exchange of artillery fire.
The Battle of San Jacinto expanded U.S. sovereignty — and spread its culture — to over a third of today’s contiguous states. After San Jacinto, Texas’s annexation in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War, the United States would gain almost a million square miles of territory.
On April 21, 1836, Sam Houston and some 800 Texans defeated Santa Anna’s Mexican force of approximately 1,500 men at the Battle of San Jacinto, shouting “Remember the Alamo!” and " Remember...
Map of the Texan and Mexican Armies at the commencement of the Battle of San Jacinto, showing the positions of the armies and features of the terrain between Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto Bay.
Plan of the battleground, showing the San Jacinto River, Buffalo Bayou, Houston's Camp and route, Santa Anna's route, and the positions of cannons and infantry regiments. A key to these positions is given.
EXPLORE MAPS OF the battlefield and the resulting westward expansion to see the true impact of the victory at San Jacinto. Get a birds-eye view of this most significant piece of Texas real estate — today and as it was back in 1836. Check out the gallery, including the "Now and Then" map.
Historical Map of the Battle of San Jacinto - April 21, 1836. Credits Used by permission of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.
"Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto and map of the positions of the Texan and of the Mexican Armies, at the commencement of the Battle of San Jacinto, at half past three o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, April 21, 1836."