Thank you for this superb and detailed summary of The Battle of San Jacinto! God Bless Texas!

Benjamin Modelle Green I found out fought in this battle and is my great great great great grandfather. My dad took me there when. I was 8 years old to show this battle field. I am so honored to texas born and my family fought for the right for texas to be a new nation. I also found out his brother reason green was company commander but did not fight in this battle but escorted family's to Louisiana.

My 3rd great-grandfather bravely fought in this battle. His musket and powder horn are displayed in the San Jacinto museum along with many others.

Been there twice, field is lovely now, but got the impression during the actual battle it was something of a misquito infested swamp. Hard to believe the fate of nations was decided on such unspectacular ground. So proud to be a Texan and I will never forget the sacrifice of those Texians who gave their lives to create this great state.

Well done sir!! I learned a few things I didn’t know about this historic battle. 👍🏼

Thank You! Very informative history lesson. As a former US Army SF Officer I appreciate the history and duty and sacrifice. ~ Be Safe out there folks. ~ Peace & Health to Us All.

God blessed Texas.

This is the battle video I have been looking for. Thank you.

Well Done Monte! An excellent explanation of one of the most pivotal battles of this country.

Fantastic video, sir! I learned a lot!

Great memories of going to that area as a child!

My several times great grandfather was the last surviving member of this battle, Alfonso Steele.

God bless Texas!

Remember the yellow rose of Texas!

has anybody captured on film the changing of the lightbulb on the moument! i am scared of hights and watched the tv channel of them doing that on the st louis arch. totaly awe inspireing.

Let's be clear Peter Grayson played a big hand in The Battle of San Jacinto. Peter spoke Spanish and English and the chief negotiater and Peter wrote the treaty of velasco. Peter was the one who had previously negotiated the release of Stephen F Austin from Prison in Mexico City. I would rank Peter Grayson at the top of the list of Patriots that opened the door to the American West for Ptesident Jackson.

Sant Anna was not a President of a foreign country, he was President of Texas which was still Mexico during San Jacinto.

All of those paintings that were shown, what are the names of the paintings? Would love to try and find some reproductions

There’s some context there you’re missing.. Houston knew their small force would move much faster that the Mexican Army.. And to catch them the Mexican would have to splinter and abandon their heavy artillery pieces.. That was key.. And of course, Houston would get to choose the ground, and he chose well..

well done

God bless A L L of our Texas Independence heroes.

The Hurricane Bayou reached deep into East Texas!

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They were just lucky.

Good video. But have any of you really thought about the aftermath of this battle? Why didn’t Gen, Urrea who not only won decisive victories at San Patricio and Golliad but really outclassed the Texian army, continue his winning streak? After all Santa Ana was a prisoner of war and at that moment had no authority. According to accounts there was still 3k Mexican soldiers in Texas, so what really happened?

Are we allowed to metal detect San jacinto?

This was no battle. Just like pearl harbor this was a surprise attack.

that’s absolutely untrue that the texas army were just a bunch of farmers inexperienced in warfare. The Texas army were the descendants of the Tennessee mounted rifles and almost all had recent experience fighting as militia and ranger forces all over texas, Louisiana Arkansas and Tennessee.

Davy Crockett 3RD Cousin 5X Removed. Buck Travis 6th cousin 6x removed. JIm Bowie 3rd cousin 5x removed

Santana, not Santa Anna.

So it was not a battle, IT WAS A TRAP!!!

Remeber alamo remeber goliad

Flying the black flag or the flag of no quarter can have consequences. Like it did here. It bit Santa Ana in the A$$.

I’m proud to be a native Texan.

I’m sure you are a good historian and I love Texas and Her History, but it drives me nuts to hear someone misuse Calvary (where Christ died) instead of Cavalry (meaning mounted troopers).

WHY TEXAS WAS BALKANIZED 1- The only truth for which the Mexican 🇲🇽 province of Texas was Balkanized, was because the Mexican central government of General Santa Anna declared slavery illegal in Texas. 2- Mexico prohibited the use of slavery in Texas as a form of work, Santa Anna abhorred slavery and the father of the nation of Mexico, Miguel Hidalgo, had abolished it in 1810. 3- The rebels US-Americans, many of them illegal immigrants in Mexican territory, did not like it at all, the Mexican law that eliminated slavery in Texas, quickly rose up in arms and declared Texas independent, US-American immigrants wanted to keep slavery as a legal form of work. 4- General Santa Anna, president of Mexico, did not allow the secession of Texas, since it was a Mexican 🇲🇽 province recognized in the constitution, it had no right to separate. 5- Santa Anna's army was an army poor in resources and weapons, it was not like Hollywood that shows it as a powerful army with the latest technology weapons, in reality the rebels used new weapons financed by Washington and Mexico fought with weapons of the time of its independence. 6- The Mexican soldiers were in his territory, the invaders were the US-Americans. 7- Thus began an armed conflict between both parties that led to the secession of Texas. 8- The Mexicans are the villains of a story badly told by the official historiography. 9- After the annexation of Texas to the United States, Texas was created as a slave state. 10- Before the civil war, many African-American slaves from Texas crossed the Rio Grande to be safe in Mexico from their captors, Mexico protected them with its anti-slavery laws. That's the truth, why don't they tell it? ​