Talk:Goliad Campaign

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Karanacs in topic Outline for revamp

Texans or Texians?

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Which is it? The article seems to use both interchangeably...

Dblecros 01:07, 1 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

"Texians" was the original word for people from Texas, but other people found it hard to pronounce and they changed it to "Texans." I think the change happened when Texas joined the US, and other states could not pronounce the word, but I'm not sure. Cloudbreath9 (talk) 23:37, 12 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

Names of those massacred at Goliad

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Is there a list of the men who were captured and killed? A link to it would be helpful even if for some reason the list could not be here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.29.209 (talk) 17:10, 5 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

Outline for revamp

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My ideas of how to reorganize the article; other input welcome. Karanacs (talk) 21:47, 12 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

  • Background
    • 1835 - Santa Anna turned Centralist, revoked the Const of 1824, revolts inside Mexico put down brutally, Texians kicked out the soldiers
    • 1836 -
      • Santa Anna begins gathering troops for his Army. Tornel Decree.
        • Matamoros Expedition meant troops under Grant and Johnson. Fannin's role. Texas government functionally shut down. Rumors of Mexican troops on the way ignored.
        • Tons of people from the US flocking to Texas to fight - no horse in this race
        • Importance of the coast - supplies, easier to communicate with Mexican interior, etc.
        • many centralist supporters along the Gulf Coast - San Patricio Irish Catholics, large Tejano population in Refugio and Goliad
  • Prelude
    • Houston manages to dissuade most of the Matamoros guys and they join up with Fannin
    • Grant and Johnson take the rest of their volunteers into Tamaulipas to look for horses
    • Urrea crosses over on Feb 18; Urrea has convinced the federalists in Matamoros not to support the Texians and double agents tell Grant and Johnson that the revolt is still on
  • neutralize Matamoros Expedition
    • Battle of San Patricio
    • Battle of Agua Dulce
  • Refugio
    • Citizens want to leave - Lewis Ayers begs Fannin for help
    • Fannin sends King and then Ward to Refugio to help, they are stupid
    • Battle of Refugio
  • Coleto
    • Fannin delays delays delays
    • Finally tries to leave, poor planning, poor decision making
    • Caught on a field, battle of Coleto
    • differing intepretations of surrender terms
    • marched back to Goliad
  • Massacre
    • Other people taken prisoner at Copano and marched to Goliad
    • Urrea doesn't want to kill them all
    • Santa Anna orders otherwise
    • some spared, some escape, everyone else killed
  • Aftermath
    • Urrea was the only Mexican general to win; did not want to retreat after San Jacinto
    • Santa Anna faced a tribunal over the massacre and the Alamo
    • Tornel decree rescinded when massacre news reached Mexico
    • huge outpouring of criticism everywhere - convinced more Americans to come fight in Texas