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#sam-houston

The Texas Revolution began on 2 October 1835 with the Battle of Gonzales, and the Texian forces won every engagement for the rest of that year. Their luck changed when Mexican General José de Urrea (1797-1849) won a string of victories, defeating Texian forces at the Battle of San Patricio on 27 February 1836, at the Battle of Agua Dulce on 2 March, at the Battle of Refugio on 14 March, and the Battle of Coleto on 19-20 March.

General José de Urrea (1797-1849) was commanding the troops who had defeated the forces of Texian Colonel James W. Fannin (1804-1836) at the Battle of Coleto (19-20 March 1836) and was in charge of the prisoners between then and 27 March, but Urrea disagreed with Santa Anna's policy of executing prisoners of war and so left it to his senior staff, chiefly Colonel José Nicolás de las Portilla, to deal with the prisoners.

"It felt good," Manning said. "I wish I could have done that the last [three] weeks. But I'm glad we did it tonight ... Got the ball in my guys' hands and let them go to work."