Santa Anna gives the order to massacre prisoners at Goliad
Prior to capture, soldier pens a letter to his family
By Murray MontgomeryStaff WriterThe largest single loss of life in the cause for Texas Independence occurred on March 27, 1836.It was on that Palm Sunday when Mexican troops, acting on orders from Gen. Santa Anna, executed 341 men under the command of Col. James Walker Fannin.The bodies were stripped and left unburied.Fannin had surrendered his troops to superior Mexican forces after he was led…
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