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      The above image is the "Fannin Memorial" erected to honor Col. James Walker Fannin and the men of his command. 

(Photo courtesy of Douglas Anderson)

      The above image is the Historical Marker erected at the "Fannin Memorial" by the Texas Historical Commission,  detailing the plight of Col. J. W. Fannin and his men. 

(Photo courtesy of Douglas Anderson)

 

 

 

Grave  of  Col.  JW.   Fannin  and  his  men

       after the battle of coleto (march 19-20, 1836), where a texas army under col. james walker fannin met defeat by mexicans in superior numbers, the texas soldiers were held in the presidio la bahia, supposedly as war prisoners.  however, by order of mexican gen. antonio lopez de santa anna, approximately 400 of fannin's men were marched out and massacred on palm sunday, march 27, 1836.  The wounded were shot one by one in the fort compound.  Col. Fannin was the last to die.

      because of their profession, drs. j. h. barnard, j. e. field and jack shackelford were spared.  about 25 men were saved by a mexican woman, "the angel of goliad."  approximately 30 escaped by feigning death or by swimming the san antonio river.  the texans' corpses were stripped and partly burned, but left unburied.

      this atrocity three weeks after the fall of the alamo gave texans part of the battle cry -- "remember the alamo!  remember la bahia!" -- under which decisive victory was won at san jacinto on april 21, 1836.

      gen. thomas j. rusk and the texan army afterwards marched here and gathered the bones of fannin's men from the terrain.  from presidio la bahia the remains were carried in procession to the grave, and there given a military funeral and burial on june 3, 1836.

(The above narrative is from the inscription on the Texas Historical Commission Marker at the site of the Fannin Memorial, the gravesite of Col. J. W. Fannin and his men.  See image above.)

 

   

 

 

 

 SOLDIERS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC  OF  TEXAS   HONORED  ON  THE  FANNIN  MEMORIAL 

nameS,  "A"  -  "K"

information

Abercrombie,  Wiley  A.

 

 

Adams,  James  Moss

   

Aldridge,   Isaac

 

 

Aldridge,  John

 

 

Allen. Peter

 

 

Allen,  Layton

 

 

Allison,  Alfred

 

 

Allston, William L.

 

 

Ames,  Allison

 

 

Anderson,   Patrick H.

 

 

Bagby,  James S.

 

 

Baker,   Augustus

 

 

Baker,  Stephen

 

 

Barklev,  John H.

 

 

Barnhill,   John  N.

 

 

Barton,  Thomas  B.

 

 

Bates,  Anthonv

 

 

Batts,  James S.

 

 

Beall,  Josias  B.

 

 

Beck,   John  F.

 

 

Bell,  Marvin

 

 

Bellows,  Fred J.

 

 

Bentley,   Henry  Hogue

 

 

Blackwell,  Joseph  H.

 

 

Blake,  Thomas  M.

 

 

Bouch,  Gabriel

 

 

Bracev,  Leslie  G.  H.

 

 

Bradford,   James  A.

 

 

Brashear,  Richard  G.

 

 

Brister,  Nathaniel  R.

 

 

Brooks,  John  Sowers

 

 

Brown,   J.  S.

 

 

Brown,  Oliver

 

 

Brown,  William  S.

 

 

Bryson,  John  M.

 

 

Buckley,  Daniel

 

 

Burbidge,  Thomas

 

 

Burt,  Benjamin  F.

 

 

Butler,  Moses

 

 

Bynum,  Alfred

 

 

Byrne,  Matthew

 

 

Cain,  J.  W.

 

 

Carabajal,   Mariano

 

 

Carlisle,  George  Washington

 

 

Carrier,  Charles  J.

 

 

Carroll,  Michael  E.

 

 

Caruthers, Ewing

 

 

Cash,   George W.

 

 

Chadwick,  Joseph  M.

 

 

Chew,  John

 

 

Chisum,  Enoch  P.  Gains

 

 

Churchill,  Thomas  T.

 

 

Clark,  Joseph  H.

 

 

Clark,   Seth

 

 

Coe,   John  G.

 

 

Coglan,  George

 

 

Cole,  William  H.

 

 

Coleman,  Jacob

 

 

Colston,  William  John

 

 

Comstock,  William

 

 

Conrad,  Cullen

 

 

Conway,  Matthew

 

 

Cosbv,  Thomas  H.

 

 

Cowan,  William  J.

 

 

Cox,  Harvey

 

 

Cozart,  Henderson

 

 

Cross.  John

 

 

Cumming,  George  W.

 

 

Cunningham,  John  D.

 

 

Curtman,  George  F.

 

 

Daniell,  George  Washington

 

 

Dasher,  Thomas  Jefferson

 

 

Davidson,  Robert  T.

 

 

Davis,  George  A.

 

 

Daws,   Walter  W.

 

 

Day,  H.  B.

 

 

Debicki,  Napoleon

 

 

Dedrick,   George

 

 

Dennis,   Joseph

 

 

DeSpain,   Randolph

 

 

Devereaux,   Michael

 

 

Dickerman,  William  P.

 

 

Dickinson,  Noah,  Jr.

 

 

Dickson,  Abijah  Hogan

 

 

Dickson,  Henrv  H.

 

 

Disnev,  Richard

 

 

Donoho,   John

 

 

Douglass,   Henry  L.

 

 

Douglas,  William  G.

 

 

Downman,  Henry  M.

 

 

Dubose,   William   P.  B.

 

 

Duffield,   J.  E.

 

 

Duncan,  James

 

 

Dusanque,   Francis  J.

 

 

Duval,  Burr  H.

 

 

Dyer,  George

 

 

Eddy,  Andrew  H.

 

 

Edwards,  Samuel  M.

 

 

Eels,  Otis  G.

 

 

Ellis,  James  E.

 

 

Ellis,  Michael

 

 

Ely,  John

 

 

English,  Robert

 

 

Escott,

 

 

Eubanks,  George

 

 

Fadden,  John

 

 

Fannin,  James  Walker

 

 

Farney,  Samuel

 

 

Fenner,  Robert

 

 

Ferguson,  Joseph  G.

 

 

Foley,  Arthur  G.

 

 

Fine,  Charles

 

 

Fisher,  John  H.

 

 

Fitzsimmons,  Edward

 

 

Foster,  J.  A.

 

 

Fowler,  Bradford

 

 

Franklin,  Elijah  B.

 

 

Fraser,  Hugh  McDonald

 

 

Frazer,  Charles

 

 

Frazer,  William  Warren

 

 

Frazier,   Micajah  G.

 

 

Freeman,  Thomas  S.

 

 

Frizzell,  Terrell  R.

 

 

Frost,  Hezekiah

 

 

Fuller,  Edward

 

 

Gallagher,  Dominic

 

 

Gamble,  David

 

 

Garner, E dward

 

 

Garner,  M.  C.

 

 

Gates,  Lucius W.

 

 

Gatlin,  William  James

 

 

Gibbs,  John

 

 

Gibbs,  Lewis  C.

 

 

Giebenrath,  Imanuel  Frederic

 

 

Gilbert,  William

 

 

Gilikson,  Francis

 

 

Gilland,  George  M.

 

 

Gimble,  John

 

 

Gleeson,  John

 

 

Gould,

 

 

Grace,  John  C.

 

 

Graves,  Hansome  O.

 

 

Gray,  Francis  H.

 

 

Green,  George

 

 

Green,  William  T.

 

 

Grimes,  James  R.

 

 

Grinolds,  E.  J.  D.

 

 

Gunter,  William

 

 

Hamilton,  James  A.

 

 

Hand,  John  J.

 

 

Hardwick,  Charles  S.

 

 

Harper,  William

 

 

Harris,  Jesse

 

 

Harris,  William

 

 

Harrison,  Erasmus  D.

 

 

Haskell,  Charles  Ready

 

 

Hastic,  Henry

 

 

Hatfield,  William  R.

 

 

Hawkins,  Norborne  B.

 

 

Heath,  Ebenezer  Smith

 

 

Helms,  Wilson

 

 

Hemphill,  William

 

 

Heyser,  John

 

 

Hill,  Stuart

 

 

Hitchard,  John

 

 

Hodge,  Nathan

 

 

Hufty,  Edward H.

 

 

Hughes,  Wesley

 

 

Hughes,  Wiley

 

 

Humphries,  Jesse C.

 

 

Hunt,  Francis  M.

 

 

Hunter,  William

 

 

Hurst,  Stephen  Decatur

 

 

Jack,  James  C.

 

 

Jackson,  John  N.

 

 

James, 

 

 

James, John

 

 

Jennings,  Charles  B.

 

 

Jones,  Henry W.

 

 

Johnson,  David

 

 

Johnson,  Edward  J.

 

 

Johnson,  William  P.

 

 

Kelly,  James

 

 

Kelly,  John

 

 

Kemp,  James  P.

 

 

King,  Montgomery  B.

 

 

Kinney,  Allen  O.

 

 

Kissam,  P.  T.

 

 

Kornicky,  John

 

 

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