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The Goliad massacre was an event of the Texas Revolution that occurred on March 27, 1836, following the Battle of Refugio and the Battle of Coleto; 425–445 prisoners of war from the Texian Army of the Republic of Texas were executed by the Mexican Army in the town of Goliad, Texas. The men surrendered under the belief they would be set free ...
Samuel G. Hardaway, a survivor of Major William Ward's group who had escaped the Battle of Refugio and re-joined Fannin at the Battle of Coleto, also managed to escape the Goliad massacre. As he fled Goliad, he was eventually joined by three other survivors, Joseph Andrews, James P. Trezevant and M. K. Moses. Spies for the Texian army ...
About 26 men were retained at Victoria as laborers, but 55 prisoners were marched into Goliad, on March 25. [4] Ward and his captured battalion were executed on March 27, 1836, in the Goliad Massacre .
Nicholas was spared execution twice, once at Refugio [2] and once at Goliad, [2] by José de Urrea's men due to his close friendship with Carlos de la Garza, a Captain in the Mexican army. [ 1 ] Nicholas Fagan hoisted the Goliad Flag on a log cut of sycamore in celebration of the signing of the Goliad Declaration of Independence.
Herman Ehrenberg (October 17, 1816 – October 9, 1866) was a surveyor and Texian soldier who was one of the few survivors of the Goliad Massacre.During his escape, he purportedly yelled, "The Republic of Texas forever!"
Burr Duval's brother, John Crittenden Duval (1816–1897), who later became a writer, was captured with him at Goliad; however, his life was spared. Another brother, Thomas Howard DuVal (1813–1880), had a distinguished judicial career in Texas.
Isaac D. Hamilton (1804-1859) was a Texas Revolutionary soldier and survivor of the Goliad Massacre.A native of Alabama, Hamilton joined Dr. Jack Shackelford's Red Rovers in 1835 and fought in the Battle of Coleto where he was badly wounded.
It became the center of a community that developed as the modern-day city of Goliad, Texas, United States. The current location dates to 1747. During the Texas Revolution, the presidio was the site of the Battle of Goliad in October 1835, and the Goliad massacre in March 1836.