Archaeological digs and a new book on an 1813 battle are revealing new details of a brutal chapter of early Texas.
Each year, more than 100 descendants and historical researchers gather to discuss a bloody battle, and the ways in which its violent aftermath set the tone in early Texas for a successful independence movement more than 20 years later in 1836. The Battle of Medina, the deadliest conflict ever fought on Texas soil, unfolded somewhere south of San Antonio on Aug. 18, 1813, followed by three months of brutality by the victors that nearly destroyed the town.
Massive project may replace roof of Alamo Church “It’s very sad to hear about it,” Negrón said during a break at the annual ceremony and symposium observing the battle’s anniversary, which was held in the community of Leming last weekend. “I need to read more books about it to put myself in that place and time, to really feel what was going on.
Alamo expanding its educational offerings, teacher training Richard Crawford, a military veteran who teaches U.S. history at Pearsall High School, has a new 110-page paperback, “Medina 1813: A Miniaturist’s Perspective,” with photos of dioramas he’s made of the battlefield. Crawford, 61, grew up in San Antonio and got hooked on Texas history from seeing movies on the 1836 siege and Battle of the Alamo.
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