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  2. Battle of Gonzales - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales , Texas , on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army soldiers.

  3. John Henry Moore (Texas settler) - Wikipedia

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    John Henry Moore (August 13, 1800 – December 2, 1880) was an American soldier, farmer and early Texian settler. Moore was one of the Old Three Hundred first land grantees to settle in Mexican Texas and fought in Texas Revolution, most notably leading the rebels during the Battle of Gonzales, the first military engagement of the rebellion.

  4. List of Texas Revolution battles - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Coleto: outside Goliad: March 19–20, 1836 Final battle of the Goliad Campaign. In an attempt to rendezvous with other Texan forces, the southernmost wing of Texan army brazenly departs their heavily fortified location in the midst of oppositional forces. A battle ensues with 10 Texans killed, 60 wounded and 200 Mexicans killed or ...

  5. Come and take it - Wikipedia

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    Conjectural replica at the Texas State Capitol showing spiked touch-hole Monument in Gonzales, Texas. In January of 1831, Green DeWitt wrote to Ramón Músquiz, the top political official of Bexar, and requested armament for defense of the colony of Gonzales. This request was granted by supplying a Spanish made six-pounder bronze cannon on the ...

  6. Twin Sisters (cannons) - Wikipedia

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    They are among the most famous artillery in Texas military history with the "Come and Take It" cannon starting the revolution at the Battle of Gonzales and the Twin Sisters winning it at the Battle of San Jacinto. [2] [3] The Twin Sisters were also potentially used during the Mexican Invasions of 1842 and American Civil War.

  7. Runaway Scrape - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Texian Army - Wikipedia

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    The first military action taken by the new army was the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. After a skirmish, the Mexican troops withdrew to San Antonio, leaving the cannon with the Texians. [15] After the battle ended, disgruntled colonists continued to assemble in Gonzales, eager to put a decisive end to Mexican control over the area. [16]

  9. Mathew Caldwell - Wikipedia

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    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.