"The sun was sinking in the horizon as the battle commenced; but, at the close of the conflict, the sun of liberty and independence rose in Texas, never, it is to be hoped, to be obscured by the clouds of despotism. We have read the deeds of chivalry, and pursued with ardor the annals of war; we have contemplated, with the highest emotion of sublimity, the loud roaring thunder, the desolating tornado, the withering simoon of the desert; but neither of these, nor all, inspired us with emotions like those felt on this occasion. There was a general cry which pervaded the ranks: 'Remember the Alamo!Remember La Bahia!' These words electrified us all."
Thomas J. Rusk
Secretary of War
The Republic of Texas 1836
Thomas J. Rusk
Secretary of War
The Republic of Texas 1836
General Sam Houston led his unruly, untrained, enraged militia to one of history's most decisive and momentous victories. The Texians, numbering 910, suffered 11 men dead, 30 wounded; the mid-afternoon surprise attack left 630 Mexican soldiers dead, 208 wounded, and 730 taken prisoner.
IMAGE ONE
Captured General Santa Anna, found hiding in a
marsh wearing a soldier's uniform, surrenders to
the injured Sam Houston paving the way for the
Republic.
IMAGE TWO
The Texian force was 100% volunteer: untrained
settlers joined by immigrant soldiers. Juan Seguin's
Tejano unit displayed playing cards in their hat
bands signaling their alignment with the Anglo
rebels.
IMAGE THREE
The San Jacinto Battle Flag, Lady Liberty, was
gifted to Colonel Sidney Sherman's Kentucky vol-
unteer cavalry unit on their departure for Texas.
IMAGE FOUR
Lady Liberty leads the charge, her banner reads,
Liberty or Death. The flag hangs in the Texas
State Capitol Building, a gift of Sherman's
descendants.
IMAGE FIVE
The "Twin Sisters", canons donated by the people
of Cincinnati sympathetic to the Texian cause
initiated the melee with broken glass, horse-
shoes, and cut iron shrapnel.
IMAGE SIX
The unwary Mexican soldiers unprepared for an afternoon
attack quickly grasped the Texian's aim to avenge the
Alamo slaughter and Goliad Massacre. Santa Anna's failure
to post guards, arrogantly taking Siesta in his red and
white stripe Baroque tent, gave the Texian's the upper hand.
Hollering "Remember the Alamo", Remeber Goliad"
emboldened the outnumbered rebels to their victory.
Captured General Santa Anna, found hiding in a
marsh wearing a soldier's uniform, surrenders to
the injured Sam Houston paving the way for the
Republic.
IMAGE TWO
The Texian force was 100% volunteer: untrained
settlers joined by immigrant soldiers. Juan Seguin's
Tejano unit displayed playing cards in their hat
bands signaling their alignment with the Anglo
rebels.
IMAGE THREE
The San Jacinto Battle Flag, Lady Liberty, was
gifted to Colonel Sidney Sherman's Kentucky vol-
unteer cavalry unit on their departure for Texas.
IMAGE FOUR
Lady Liberty leads the charge, her banner reads,
Liberty or Death. The flag hangs in the Texas
State Capitol Building, a gift of Sherman's
descendants.
IMAGE FIVE
The "Twin Sisters", canons donated by the people
of Cincinnati sympathetic to the Texian cause
initiated the melee with broken glass, horse-
shoes, and cut iron shrapnel.
IMAGE SIX
The unwary Mexican soldiers unprepared for an afternoon
attack quickly grasped the Texian's aim to avenge the
Alamo slaughter and Goliad Massacre. Santa Anna's failure
to post guards, arrogantly taking Siesta in his red and
white stripe Baroque tent, gave the Texian's the upper hand.
Hollering "Remember the Alamo", Remeber Goliad"
emboldened the outnumbered rebels to their victory.
When the dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna overturned Mexico's Constitution of 1824, he challenged his countrymen's reverence for liberty resulting in the loss of the Spanish territory Mexico had won in its 1821 revolution with Spain. On his march to Bejar, Santa Anna's army besieged Zacatecas leaving thousands of Mexico's Federalist citizens dead.