Battle of San Jacinto
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The Battle of San Jacinto was the decisive 1836 clash in the Texas Revolution in which Texian forces under Sam Houston defeated the Mexican army, securing Texas’s independence from Mexico.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Batalla de San Jacinto | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ |
| aftermath | Treaties of Velasco ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of San Jacinto
ⓘ
surface form:
Batalla de San Jacinto
|
| belligerent |
Mexican forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican Army
Texian Army ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Texas forces
Texian Army ⓘ |
| campaign |
Texas Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Texas Revolution 1835–1836
|
| captured | Antonio López de Santa Anna ⓘ |
| casualtiesMexicanKilled | several hundred ⓘ |
| casualtiesTexianKilled | fewer than 10 ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
Mexican Army on the other side
ⓘ
Texian Army on one side ⓘ |
| commander |
Antonio López de Santa Anna
ⓘ
Edward Burleson ⓘ Juan Almonte ⓘ Sam Houston ⓘ Sidney Sherman ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
San Jacinto Battlefield
ⓘ
surface form:
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battlefield ⓘ
surface form:
San Jacinto Monument
|
| commemorativeDate |
San Jacinto Battlefield
ⓘ
surface form:
San Jacinto Day
observed annually on April 21 in Texas ⓘ |
| conflict | Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| consequence |
de facto independence of Texas from Mexico
ⓘ
end of major military operations in the Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| date | 1836-04-21 ⓘ |
| duration | about 18 minutes of major fighting ⓘ |
| followedBy | Treaties of Velasco and Texian occupation of territory ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | near Buffalo Bayou in Southeast Texas ⓘ |
| location |
San Jacinto River
ⓘ
near present-day Houston, Texas ⓘ |
| mottoOrBattleCry |
Remember Goliad!
ⓘ
Remember the Alamo! ⓘ |
| partOf |
Texas Revolution
ⓘ
history of Mexico ⓘ history of the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy |
The Alamo
ⓘ
surface form:
Fall of the Alamo
Goliad Campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Goliad Massacre
Runaway Scrape ⓘ |
| result |
Texas independence effectively secured
ⓘ
decisive Texian victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive battle of the Texas Revolution
ⓘ
led to creation of the Republic of Texas ⓘ pivotal event in the history of Texas ⓘ |
| strengthMexican | about 1,200–1,300 soldiers ⓘ |
| strengthTexian | about 900 soldiers ⓘ |
| year | 1836 ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Batalla de San Jacinto
subject surface form:
Mirabeau B. Lamar