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James Fannin led the Texas rebels massacred at Goliad in 1836. His defeat inspired the victory that secured Texas independence. Image: Samuel Morris, Portrait of James Walker Fannin, ca. 1830.
When Fannin commenced his retreat on March 19, he was already too late. In the afternoon, at an unfavorable place in the open prairie, Fannin's immediate force of 200 men was overtaken by Urrea's advance. The next day, after fighting in which twenty-seven Americans were killed and many, including the commander, were severely wounded, Fannin ...
James Fannin led the rebels massacred at Goliad in 1836. His defeat inspired the victory that secured Texas independence. Fannin moved to Texas in 1834 from Georgia. When the Texas Revolution erupted in 1835, his ambition put him at the center of the action. With Jim Bowie, Fannin fought at the Battle of Concepción and participated in the ...
James Walker Fannin Jr. (1804 or 1805 – March 27, 1836) was an American military figure and slave trader in the Texas Army and leader during the Texas Revolution (1835-1836) against Mexico. After being outnumbered and surrendering to Mexican forces at the Battle of Coleto Creek, Colonel Fannin and nearly all his 344 men were executed soon afterward at Goliad, Texas, under Santa Anna's orders ...
26 de nov. de 2023 · James Fannin was a planter, businessman, solider, and family man. He was only 32 when he died during the Texas Revolution. Fannin’s death would be a rallying cry across Texas, but his early life was one far from the concerns of the Texas frontier and the politics of Mexico.
James Walker Fannin, Jr., was born on New Year’s Day in 1804 in rural Georgia. He came from a noted family that included veterans of the American Revolution, and later, the War of 1812.
2 de dic. de 2023 · James Walker Fannin, Jr., had arrived in Texas only in 1834. The 30-year-old planter brought his wife and two daughters with him. A fight with Mexico was brewing, and Fannin jumped in with both feet.
