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The San Jacinto Monument is a memorial to the men who died during the Texas Revolution. Although no new fighting techniques were introduced during the Texas Revolution, [317] casualty figures were quite unusual for the time. Generally, in 19th-century warfare, the number of wounded outnumbered those killed by a factor of two or three.
Edward Burleson (1798–1851), lieutenant colonel during Texas Revolution, later Vice President of Republic of Texas John Coker (1789–1851), hero of San Jacinto Davy Crockett (1786–1836), frontiersman and U.S. congressman from Tennessee , died at Alamo
This is a timeline of the Texas Revolution, spanning the time from the earliest independence movements of the area of Texas, over the declaration of independence from Spain, up to the secession of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. The first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. This marked the ...
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Samuel McCulloch Jr. (October 11, 1810 – November 2, 1893) was a free African-American soldier who became known as the first Texian casualty of the Texas Revolution, being wounded in action in the Battle of Goliad on October 10, 1835.
Martin Varner (March 3, 1785 – February 14, 1844) was one of the original American settlers in Mexican Texas, known as the Old Three Hundred, and was a veteran of the Texas Revolution. Early life [ edit ]
Herman Ehrenberg served with the New Orleans Greys during the Texas Revolution from 1835 to 1836. Ehrenberg arrived in New Orleans in October 1835. The city was abuzz with news of the newly declared Texas Revolution. All of the local papers and many of the residents supported the actions of the American settlers in Texas against the government ...
Ruiz allied himself with the Texas Revolution in 1835 and traveled to Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, in late February 1836, as a delegate to the Convention of 1836. On March 2, 1836, Ruiz, along with his nephew José Antonio Navarro , signed the Texas Declaration of Independence , the only native Texans among the 59 men to sign this historic ...