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Dilue Rose Harris

(1825-1914). Dilue Rose Harris, pioneer and memoirist, the daughter of Dr. Pleasant W. and Margaret (Wells) Rose, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1825. The family arrived in Texas in April 1833, stopped temporarily at Harrisburg, and settled at Stafford's Point in December of that year.

Deaf Smith

Erastus "Deaf" Smith was an American frontiersman noted for his part in the Texas Revolution and the Army of the Republic of Texas. He fought in the Grass Fight and the Battle of San Jacinto. After the war, Deaf Smith led a company of Texas Rangers.

Francita Alavez

Francita Alavez was known as the "Angel of Goliad," for saving the lives of Texas prisoners of war in the "Goliad Massacre" and at Copano and Victoria, Texas, by interceding on their behalf and persuading the help of Mexican officials.

The Harrises

Harris is a (patronymic or paternal) family name of British origins, and has many different spellings, none of which are definitive or 'correct'. ... Harris is the 23rd most common surname in England and 21st most common surname in the United States.

Henry Karnes

Henry Wax Karnes was notable as a soldier and figure of the Texas Revolution, as well as the commander of General Sam Houston's "Spy Squad" at the Battle of San Jacinto. Both Karnes County and Karnes City, its county seat, are named after him.

James Fannin

James Walker Fannin Jr. was a 19th-century American military figure in the Texas Army and leader during the Texas Revolution of 1835-36.

Joese de Urrea

José de Urrea was a Mexican general. He fought under General Antonio López de Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. Urrea's forces were never defeated in battle during the Texas Revolution.

Sam Houston

Sam Houston (March 2, 1793 - July 26, 1863) was an American soldier and politician. ... In 1829, after divorcing his first wife, Houston resigned from office, joined his Cherokee friends in Arkansas Territory, and began a relationship with a Native American woman.

Susanna Dickinson

Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson (1814 - October 7, 1883) and her infant daughter, Angelina, were among the few American survivors of 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Her husband, Almaron Dickinson, and 180 other Texian defenders were killed by the Mexican Army.

Battle of Coleto

The Battle of Coleto, also known as the Battle of Coleto Creek, the Battle of the Prairie, and the Batalla del encinal del Perdido, was fought on March 19-20, 1836, during the Goliad campaign of the Texas Revolution.

Goliad

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.

Battle Of Refugio

The Battle of Refugio was fought from March 12-15,1836, near Refugio, Texas.

Battle Of San Jacinto

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.

Goliad Massacre

The Goliad massacre was an event that occurred on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, following the Battle of Goliad in which 425-445 prisoners of war from the Texian Army of the Republic of Texas were killed by the Mexican Army in the town of Goliad, Texas.

Runaway Scrape

The Runaway Scrape is the period in early 1836 generally beginning with the Siege and Fall of the Alamo and ending with the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21. It was a period of terror and panic among the settlements of Texas, as Santa Anna and the Mexican armies swept eastward from San Antonio, virtually unopposed.