For the March 1836 battle, see Battle of Coleto and Goliad massacre.
Battle of Goliad
Part of the Texas Revolution
Benjamin Milam leads the Texian soldiers fighting in the Battle of Goliad
Date
October 10, 1835
Location
Presidio La Bahía, Goliad
Result
Texian victory
Belligerents
Texian Rebels
Centralist Republic of Mexico
Commanders and leaders
James Fannin Philip Dimmitt John Lin George Collinsworth Benjamin Milam
Juan López Sandoval Martín Perfecto de Cos
Strength
125 militia
50 infantry
Casualties and losses
1 wounded
1-3 killed 3-7 wounded
v
t
e
Texas Revolution
San Felipe Incident
Gonzales
Goliad
Concepción
Lipantitlán
Grass Fight
Béxar
San Patricio
Agua Dulce
The Alamo
Refugio
Coleto
Goliad massacre
Matamoros
San Jacinto
Presidio La Bahía where Texas settlers attacked the Mexican Army garrisoned thereThis map of the Presidio La Bahía was drawn in 1836.
The Battle of Goliad was the second skirmish of the Texas Revolution. In the early-morning hours of October 9, 1835, Texas settlers attacked the Mexican Army soldiers garrisoned at Presidio La Bahía, a fort near the Mexican Texas settlement of Goliad. La Bahía lay halfway between the only other large garrison of Mexican soldiers (at Presidio San Antonio de Béxar) and the then-important Texas port of Copano.
In September, Texians began plotting to kidnap Mexican General Martín Perfecto de Cos, who was en route to Goliad to attempt to quell the unrest in Texas. The plan was initially dismissed by the central committee coordinating the rebellion. However, within days of the Texian victory at the Battle of Gonzales, Captain George Collinsworth and members of the Texian militia in Matagorda began marching towards Goliad. The Texians soon learned that Cos and his men had already departed for San Antonio de Béxar but continued their march.
The garrison at La Bahía was understaffed and could not mount an effective defense of the fort's perimeter. Using axes borrowed from townspeople, Texians were able to chop through a door and enter the complex before the bulk of the soldiers were aware of their presence. After a half an hour battle, the Mexican garrison, under Colonel Juan López Sandoval, surrendered. One Mexican soldier had been killed and three others wounded, while only one Texian, Samuel McCulloch Jr. had been injured. The majority of the Mexican soldiers were instructed to leave Texas, and the Texians confiscated $10,000 worth of provisions and several cannons, which they soon transported to the Texian Army for use in the siege of Béxar. The victory isolated Cos's men in Béxar from the coast, forcing them to rely on a long overland march to request or receive reinforcements or supplies.
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