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76: 31: 266: 381:. That afternoon Texian forces led by General Sam Houston decisively defeated Santa Anna's army in a battle which lasted only eighteen minutes. Cos and Santa Anna both escaped during the battle; Santa Anna was captured the next day, on April 22, and Cos was captured on April 24. General Santa Anna subsequently surrendered his army and eventually all Mexican claims to Texas, ending the Texas Revolution. 292:. San Antonio had always governed its own affairs and its citizens, increasingly ethnic Anglo-Americans with closer ties to the emerging United States, resented Cos being given power over them. As tensions between 377:. His men assaulted the northwest corner of the mission on March 6, eventually overrunning the north wall. On April 21, Cos arrived with over 500 reinforcements for Santa Anna shortly before the 190:, and declared his intention of ending Anglo-American resistance in Texas. He attempted to arrest several Texian critics of Santa Anna, but his demands were resisted; a force of Texians under 1161: 257:
states that he was married to Lucinda López de Santa Anna, the general's sister. Some early Texas accounts also credit him as being either a cousin or nephew of Santa Anna.
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Captain Phillip Dimmitt's Commandancy of Goliad, 1835–1836: An Episode of the Mexican Federalist War in Texas, Usually Referred to as the Texian Revolution
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General Samuel Houston, Report of HQ, Texian Army, published in Daily National Intelligencer, Jun 11, 1836, Vol. XXIV, Issue 7280, p.2, Washington, DC
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Following the Texas Revolution, Martín Perfecto de Cos remained in the Mexican Army and was given command of an army outpost in
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authoritarian government under Santa Anna, Martín Perfecto de Cos became military commander of the Mexican state of
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in the general surrender and later released, after which he returned to Mexico. Cos later commanded a post at
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with reinforcements and crossed Vince's Bridge just before the Texians destroyed it. He was taken prisoner by
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The Alamo and the Texas War of Independence, September 30, 1835 to April 21, 1836: Heroes, Myths, and History
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Texans believed this pledge was broken when Cos returned in the spring of 1836 to command a column in the
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In February 1836, Cos returned to San Antonio with Santa Anna and led a column of 300 soldiers in the
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on October 1, where he ordered the arrest of rebel leaders and garrisoned his men inside the nearby
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Almonte's Texas: Juan N. Almonte's 1834 Inspection, Secret Report & Role in the 1836 Campaign
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Among the depictions of Martín Perfecto de Cos on film is that of the Mexico City-born actor
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in December 1835. Cos and his men were released on their pledge not to oppose further the
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The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History
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and its weapons to the Texians, then proceeded to retreat back across the
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It is generally accepted that Martín Perfecto de Cos was a relative of
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on October 2, and upon learning of the Texian victory, Cos hurried to
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on September 20, 1835, with 500 soldiers and proceeded to the town of
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Cos is perhaps best known as a commander of Mexican forces during the
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Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821–1861
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and directs his Mexican soldiers to scale the walls of The Alamo.
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in the 1830s. In September 1835, he was sent by President-General
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Remembering the Alamo: Memory, Modernity, and the Master Symbol
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When the Mexican government moved away from a new local-level
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general and politician during the mid-19th century. Born in
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Tucker, Spencer; Arnold, James R.; Wiener, Roberta (2013).
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on October 10, only to learn that Cos had already left.
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increased, Cos headed north to put down the rebellion.
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To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World
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Once he was in San Antonio, the town and Cos' men were
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Mexican military personnel of the Mexican–American War
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University of Texas Press. 435: 393:, where he served during the 147:(1800–1 October 1854) was a 57:October 1, 1854 (aged 55-56) 7: 1090:Alamo: The Price of Freedom 1082:The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory 966:Manuel Fernández Castrillón 951:Antonio López de Santa Anna 755:. New York: Da Capo Press. 665:Flores, Richard R. (2002). 251:Antonio López de Santa Anna 164:Antonio López de Santa Anna 16:General of the Mexican Army 10: 1188: 319:began in earnest with the 1108: 1012:Remember the Alamo (song) 1002: 974: 943: 900: 882: 244: 170:to pay duties during the 109: 99: 87: 69: 53: 37: 28: 21: 797:Roell, Craig H. (2013). 749:Nofi, Albert A. (1994). 542:Handbook of Texas Online 538:"Martin Perfecto de Cos" 479:Jackson & Wheat 2005 342:under the leadership of 1147:People of Mexican Texas 961:Joaquín Ramírez y Sesma 770:Ramos, Raúl A. (2008). 617:Internet Movie Database 956:Martín Perfecto de Cos 719:Huson, Hobart (1974). 642:www.rottentomatoes.com 409:, in the 1956 picture 273: 145:Martín Perfecto de Cos 23:Martín Perfecto de Cos 1172:People from New Spain 984:Juana Navarro Alsbury 692:Fowler, Will (2007). 638:"Francisco Philibert" 379:Battle of San Jacinto 268: 178:, then in session at 132:Battle of San Jacinto 1026:Martyrs of the Alamo 696:Santa Anna of Mexico 598:, pp. 171, 173. 415:, about the rise of 395:Mexican–American War 385:Mexican–American War 352:San Antonio de Béxar 325:San Antonio de Béxar 235:Minatitlán, Veracruz 231:Mexican–American War 208:Constitution of 1824 182:, landed 300 men at 172:Anahuac Disturbances 1042:Heroes of the Alamo 876:Battle of the Alamo 514:Huson (1974), p. 5. 215:attack on the Alamo 127:Battle of the Alamo 1018:The Immortal Alamo 944:Mexican commanders 375:siege of the Alamo 321:Battle of Gonzales 274: 1124: 1123: 989:Susanna Dickinson 935:William B. 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Index


Veracruz
New Spain
Minatitlán
Mexico
Mexico
Mexican Army
Brigadier general
Texas Revolution
Siege of Béxar
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
Mexican Army
Veracruz
Texas Revolution
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Texians
Anahuac Disturbances
Coahuila y Tejas
Monclova
Matagorda Bay
San Antonio
Stephen F. Austin
Edward Burleson
siege of Béxar
Benjamin R. Milam
Constitution of 1824
attack on the Alamo
San Jacinto
Sam Houston

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