TSHA | Goliad Campaign of 1835 The Goliad Massacre hardened attitudes toward Santa Anna throughout the United States and inflamed and unified the Texas resistance. Courtesy Carol Highsmith Photo Archives, Library of Congress. Meredith Wood, 4, and her sister, Emma Wood, 12, wave with their mom as the parade passes along Commerce St. during the Fiesta Battle of Flowers Parade, Friday, April 27, 2012. JENNIFER WHITNEY, FREELANCER / SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS-NEWS. [15], As the combined Texian force prepared for battle, they sent a messenger to instruct the alcalde[16] of the city to surrender. In 1829, the name of the Mexican Texas village of La Baha was changed to "Goliad", believed to be an anagram of Hidalgo (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of the patriot priest Miguel Hidalgo, the father of the Mexican War of Independence. [11] Undeterred, the group marched out on October 9. The garrison at La Baha was understaffed and could not mount an effective defense of the fort's perimeter. [3] The civilian settlement, later named Goliad, sprang up around the presidio in the late 18th century; the area was one of the three most important in Spanish Texas. The following month, a contingent of soldiers arrived in Bxar with Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea. Photo above: Drawing showing one of the final acts of the Texas Revolution with Sam Houston at the surrender of Santa Anna and General Martin Perfecto de Cos after the Battle of San Jacinto. The terms of the Texans' surrender are unclear. La Baha was soon ""the only Spanish fortress for the entire Gulf Coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Mississippi River". [19] In secret, Sabriego began organizing a group of settlers in the Goliad area who sympathized with Mexico. On this page we're going to Spotlight the lesser known The garrison at La Baha was understaffed and could not mount an effective defense of the fort's perimeter. [2][9] During the march, for unknown reasons the men fired Carleton and appointed James W. Moore as the new first lieutenant. If you go back to the Fiesta charter of the early 1950s, the purpose of the commission is to celebrate the so-called glorious history of the Texas heroes, the defenders of the Alamo, says Dr. Lilliana Patricia Saldaa, a Chicana activist scholar and associate professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.