Longitude: -97.277833000000
- Refugio
In a series of engagements in and near the Nuestra Señora Refugio Mission, a force of 1,500 Mexican troops under Gen. Jose Urrea and several dozen rancheros under the command of Carlos de la Garza defeat 150 Texas colonists and U.S. volunteers led by Amon B. King and Col. William Ward. All but 29 of the Texas rebels are killed or subsequently executed. Gen. Urrea reports six Mexican troops killed and 27 wounded.
Craig H. Roell, "Refugio, Battle of," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qer01), accessed October 27, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Carlos E Castañeda, ed. The Mexican Side of the Texas Revolution (Reprint Services Corp., 1993), 225-27.
General José Cosme Urrea Original Title: General José Cosme Urrea
Image Type: Daguerrotype
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Image Accessed: December 2, 2020
Image Citation:
Herring, Patricia Roche, General Jose Cosme Urrea: His Life and Times, 1797-1849, (Spokane, Washington: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1995). frontispiece.
Longitude: -97.277833000000
- Refugio
In a series of engagements in and near the Nuestra Señora Refugio Mission, a force of 1,500 Mexican troops under Gen. Jose Urrea and several dozen rancheros under the command of Carlos de la Garza defeat 150 Texas colonists and U.S. volunteers led by Amon B. King and Col. William Ward. All but 29 of the Texas rebels are killed or subsequently executed. Gen. Urrea reports six Mexican troops killed and 27 wounded.
Craig H. Roell, "Refugio, Battle of," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qer01), accessed October 27, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Carlos E Castañeda, ed. The Mexican Side of the Texas Revolution (Reprint Services Corp., 1993), 225-27.
General José Cosme Urrea Original Title: General José Cosme Urrea
Image Type: Daguerrotype
Image Viewed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_Urrea#/media/File:JOSE_COSME_URREA.jpg
Image Accessed: December 2, 2020
Image Citation:
Herring, Patricia Roche, General Jose Cosme Urrea: His Life and Times, 1797-1849, (Spokane, Washington: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1995). frontispiece.