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Texas Revolution begins at Gonzales
On this day in 1835, fighting broke out at Gonzales between Mexican
soldiers and Texas militiamen. When Domingo de Ugartechea, military
commander in Texas, received word that the American colonists of
Gonzales refused to surrender a small cannon that had been given that
settlement in 1831 as a defense against the Indians, he dispatched
Francisco de Castañeda and 100 dragoons to retrieve it on September 27.
Though Castañeda attempted to avoid conflict, on the morning of October
2 his force clashed with local Texan militia led by John Henry Moore in
the first battle of the Texas Revolution. The struggle for the "Come and
Take It" cannon was only a brief skirmish that ended with the retreat of
Castañeda and his force, but it also marked a clear break between the
American colonists and the Mexican government.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- GONZALES, BATTLE OF
- UGARTECHEA, DOMINGO DE
- MOORE, JOHN HENRY
- CASTANEDA, FRANCISCO DE
- GONZALES COME AND TAKE IT CANNON
- TEXAS REVOLUTION
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
- Trials leading to Great Hanging at Gainesville begin (1862)
- Lost Battalion shipped to Singapore (1942)
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