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Battle of Nacogdoches
A battle for control of Nacogdoches results in the deaths of 47 Mexican troops and four Anglo-Texan colonists. Mexican...
Angelina River Fight
Retreating Mexican troops surrender to Anglo-Texan colonists at Durst farm (near present day Douglas) in aftermath of...
Goliad Garrison Surrenders
Capt. George M. Collinsworth and approximately 120 Texas colonists attack the Mexican garrison defending the Presidio la...
Battle of Concepcíon
Anglo-Texas rebels led by James Bowie and James Walker Fannin Jr. skirmish with Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea and 275...
Mexican Troops Skirmish with Anglo Colonists
Skirmish between Anglo colonists led by John Bird and Mexican cavalry near San Antonio results in five Mexicans killed....
“Grass Fight”
Texas colonists led by James Bowie engage a Mexican supply train near Alazan Creek, one mile west of San Antonio,...
Fall of the Alamo
After a 13-day siege, about 1,800 Mexican soldiers take part in an assault on the Alamo mission, defended by more than...
Battle of Refugio
In a series of engagements in and near the Nuestra Señora Refugio Mission, a force of 1,500 Mexican troops under Gen....
Battle of Coleto
Approximately 300 troops under James W. Fannin Jr. are intercepted by 340 Mexican soldiers under General José de Urrea...
Goliad Massacre
Three hundred forty-two Texas prisoners, consisting of James Fannin’s command captured at the Battle of Coleto and those...
Battle of San Jacinto
Nine hundred and ten Texas troops under Gen. Sam Houston attack approximately 1,200 Mexican troops under President Santa...
Mexican Schooner Seized
Isaac W. Burton’s rangers capture the Mexican schooner Watchman, with supplies for the Mexican army, in Copano...
Laredo Skirmish
Erastus “Deaf” Smith skirmishes with Mexican defensores (militia) outside Laredo. Ten Mexicans are killed, ten...
Córdova Rebels Attack Texas Militia
Two miles west of present-day Palestine, a force of 175 militia men under Leonard H. Mabbitt is attacked by Mexican and...
Battle of the Neches
At a Delaware village west of the Neches River, about 19 miles southeast of present-day Canton, 500 Texans under General...