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San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site

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San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
Phone:
+1 281-479-2431

Hours:
Sunday9am - 6pm
Monday9am - 6pm
Tuesday9am - 6pm
Wednesday9am - 6pm
Thursday9am - 6pm
Friday9am - 6pm
Saturday9am - 6pm


The Battle of San Jacinto , fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes. A detailed, first-hand account of the battle was written by General Houston from Headquarters of the Texian Army, San Jacinto on April 25, 1836. Numerous secondary analyses and interpretations have followed, several of which are cited and discussed throughout this entry. General Santa Anna, the President of Mexico, and General Martín Perfecto de Cos both escaped during the battle. Santa Anna was captured the next day on April 22 and Cos on April 24, 1836. After being held about three weeks as a prisoner of war, Santa Anna signed the peace treaty that dictated that the Mexican army leave the region, paving the way for the Republic of Texas to become an independent country. These treaties did not specifically recognize Texas as a sovereign nation, but stipulated that Santa Anna was to lobby for such recognition in Mexico City. Sam Houston became a national celebrity, and the Texans' rallying cries from events of the war, Remember the Alamo! and Remember Goliad!, became etched into Texan history and legend.
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