Battle of San Jacinto

Battle of San Jacinto
	Part of the Texas Revolution
	; The Battle of San Jacinto – 1895 painting by Henry Arthur McArdle (1836–1908)
Date	April 21, 1836
Location	Present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas29°44′56″N 95°4′49″W / 29.74889°N 95.08028°W
Result	Texian victory
Belligerents
Centralist Republic of Mexico	Republic of Texas
Commanders and leaders
Antonio López de Santa Anna ; Manuel Fernández Castrillón †; Juan Almonte ; Martín Perfecto de Cos ;	Sam Houston (WIA); Thomas J. Rusk; James C. Neill (WIA); Mirabeau B. Lamar; Sidney Sherman; Juan Seguín;
Strength
1,360 men; 1 cannon;	910 men; 2 cannons;
Casualties and losses
650 killed; 208 wounded; 300 captured;	11 killed or fatally wounded; 30 wounded;
	Approximate location of the battle class=notpageimage\| Location within Texas

The Battle of San Jacinto (Spanish: Batalla de San Jacinto), fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Samuel Houston, the Texan 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 the headquarters of the Texan Army in San Jacinto on April 25, 1836.^[3] Numerous secondary analyses and interpretations have followed.

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. After being held for 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 necessarily 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.

^ "Picture and Key for 'The Battle of San Jacinto'". Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
^ The official report of the battle claims 783. The more detailed roster published after the battle lists 845 officers and men but failed to include Captain Wyly's Company, giving a total of around 910.
^ General Samuel Houston, Texan Officials, HQ of the Army, April 25, 1836, reproduced in the Daily National Intelligencer, June 11, 1836, Vol. XXIV, Issue 7280, p. 2, Washington, D.C.

[1] "Picture and Key for 'The Battle of San Jacinto'". Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Retrieved April 21, 2013.

[2] The official report of the battle claims 783. The more detailed roster published after the battle lists 845 officers and men but failed to include Captain Wyly's Company, giving a total of around 910.

[3] General Samuel Houston, Texan Officials, HQ of the Army, April 25, 1836, reproduced in the Daily National Intelligencer, June 11, 1836, Vol. XXIV, Issue 7280, p. 2, Washington, D.C.

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Battle of San Jacinto

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