Everything about The Battle Of San Patricio totally explained
The
Battle of San Patricio was a 19th century battle fought on
27 February,
1836, between the
Republic of Mexico and the rebelling Mexican state of
Texas.
Background
The rise to power of
Antonio López de Santa Anna in 1833 led several Mexican states to openly rebel. One such state was
Coahuila y Texas. The Texas portion of the state was mainly settled by immigrants from the
southern United States. When Santa Anna usurped power and appointed himself a
dictator, suspending the
Mexican Constitution of 1824, the people of Texas rebelled, wanting their civil liberties. With the fall of the town of
San Antonio,
Goliad, and other Mexican forts and cities to the Texas rebels, Santa Anna decided to personally crush the rebellion. He led a force called
Army of Operations of about 6,000 soldiers into northern Mexico. Santa Anna split his forces for maximum coverage. One such column was led by General
José de Urrea. He was ordered to march along the Texas coast in the southeast to keep open Mexican supply lines from the coast.
Battle
Texas revolutionaries
James Grant,
Frank Johnson and
Robert Morris had collaborated on plans to lead an assault on the Mexican town of
Matamoros. These men needed horses for their long journey south and decided to capture wild horses.
On
27 February,
1836, Urrea's advanced reconnaissance patrol discovered Frank Johnson and about seventy Texans camped at the abandoned Irish settlement of
San Patricio. In a surprise attack at 3:30 a.m., Mexican troops opened fire on the Texans and killed about twenty rebels and took thirty-two prisoners. The fire-fight lasted a few hours. Johnson and four other Texans were captured but later managed to escape and rejoin
James Fannin's command at Goliad.
Grant and Morris's party was also surprised by Urrea's army as they camped at
Agua Dulce Creek. On
2 March, Mexican forces surprised the Texans and killed Grant and Morris and twelve other Texans. The survivors were taken and imprisoned at
Matamoros.
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