Battle of San Jacinto

The Battle of San Jacinto , of the April 21st 1836, was the decisive battle of the Révolution texane. Carried out by the general Sam Houston, the army texane tackled and demolished the Mexican forces of the general Antonio López de Santa Anna. Hundreds of Mexican soldiers were killed or captured, while Texans had only weak losses.

Context

Sam Houston, now in command off the hand Texan army, retreated. Santa Anna pursued him and He devised has trap, in which three columns off Mexican troops would converges one Houston' S forces and destroy it. However, He diverted one column to attempt to captures the provisional government, and has second one to protect his supply lines. Meanwhile, He led the only remaining column against Houston. Santa Anna caught up to Houston one April 19. He established positions around the San Jacinto To rivet, and Houston established his positions across has field 1,000 yards away.

Believing Houston to Be cornered, Santa Anna decided to rest his army one April 20 and attack one the 22nd. There the morning off April 21, Houston held is council off war and the majority off his officers favored waiting for Santa Anna' S attack. Houston, however, decided in favor off surprised attack that afternoon. With his army off 800 men, He decided to attack Santa Anna, whose troops numbered butt 1,400. Most off the attack would like over open ground, where the Texan infantry would vulnerable Be to Mexican gunfire. Even riskier, Houston decided to outflank the Mexicans with his cavalry, stretching his troops even thinner. However, Santa Anna made has crucial mistake: during the army' S Siesta, He failed to post sentries around his camp -->

The battle

Consequences

The next day, Santa Anna was recaptured. The May 14th, it signed the Traités of Velasco, in which it agreed to withdraw its troops of the ground texan and in exchange of a safe conduct for Mexico, to it low the recognition of the new republic would support. However, its taken back have never place, Santa Anna was held for 6 months as prisoner of war (during which its government relieved it, not recognizing any agreement that it could sign) and it was finally taken along to Washington, D.C, in supposed the not implied the United States. It met there the president Andrew Jackson, before going back to Mexico to the beginning of 1837. At this time, however, independence texane had become an accomplished fact, even if Mexico City did not recognize officially this independence, recognition which will intervene only with the Traité of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.

Today, the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site commemorates the battle. One finds there the San Jacinto Monument , the largest column in the world set up for a memorial. The park is located at the Door, with approximately 35 kilometers in the east of Houston. On the monument is registered:

" Measured by its results, San Jacinto was one off the decisive battles off the world. The freedom off Texas from Mexico City won young stag led to annexation and to the Mexican War, resulting in the acquisition by the United States off the states off Texas, New Mexico City, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah and shares off Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Oklahoma. Present Almost one-third off the area off the American Nation, nearly has million public garden miles off territory, changed sovereignty."

Alfonso Steele, generally considered as the last survivor of this battle, died in 1911. Its portrait decorates the room of the capitole in Austin and a park is dedicated to him to Limestone County.

A festival, the San Jacinto Day Festival with a reconstitution of the battle is held each year on the historic site where the battle proceeded.

See too

History of Texas
Henry Millard
John Coker
Young Perry Alsbury
Vince' S Bridge
Deaf Smith
Henry Wax Karnes

External bonds

Battle of San Jacinto - Handbook off Texas Online
chart of 1856 of the '' San Jacinto Battle-ground '', on the Gate of the history texane.
Map off Battle field of San Jacinto of '' off has pictorial history Texas, from the earliest visits off European adventurers, to A.D. 1879 '', on the Gate of the history texane.
Battle of San Jacinto - The Sounds off DeWitt Colony
Battle of San Jacinto - Texas State Library
Seen air of the Memorial on Google Maps
Flags of the battalions of Guerrero and Matamoros - Texas State Library and Files Commission
Battle off San Jacinto of the Yoakum' S History off Texas , 1855
San Jacinto Monument & Museum
Official report of Sam Houston on the battle of San Jacinto - TexasBob.com
Battle off San Jacinto, has Mexican futurology - Pedro Delgado in 1837 - TexasBob.com

Invitation with a ball for the celebration of the battle of Jacinto, April 10th, 1839 of Texas Tides

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