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7 unusual facts about Battle of Gonzales


Battle of Goliad

Colonists eagerly rushed to assist, and on October 2 the Battle of Gonzales officially opened the Texas Revolution.

However, within days of the Texian victory at the Battle of Gonzales, Captain George Morse Collinsworth and members of the Texian militia in Matagorda began marching towards Goliad.

Battle of Gonzales

The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution.

It may have been buried and rediscovered in 1936, or it may have been seized by Mexican troops after the Battle of the Alamo.

He gathered several men, including Almaron Dickinson, together to form the first artillery company of Texians.

Historians such as Lindley think it more likely that the Gonzales cannon was taken to San Antonio de BĂ©xar, where it was used during the Battle of the Alamo and captured by Mexican troops in March 1836.

Colonel John Henry Moore

He built Moore's Fort in La Grange in 1828, but he is best known for commanding the famous Battle of Gonzales on October, 2 1835.


1835 in Mexico

October 2 – Texas RevolutionBattle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.


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