Battle of Agua Dulce

Overview

The battle of Agua Dulce Creek was a skirmish during the Texas Revolution between Mexican troops and the colonists of the Mexican province of Texas, known as Texians. As part of the Goliad Campaign to retake the Texas Gulf Coast, Mexican troops ambushed a group of Texians on March 2, 1836. The skirmish began approximately 26 miles (42 km) south of San Patricio, in territory belonging to the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

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Significance

The Battle of Agua Dulce Creek was a skirmish within the broader Goliad Campaign, Mexico's operational effort to retake the Texas Gulf Coast during the Texas Revolution. Mexican troops under José de Urrea ambushed a Texian party led by James Grant approximately 26 miles south of San Patricio, in territory belonging to the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The engagement represented one of several actions through which Centralist forces sought to reassert control over the Gulf Coast region and press against Texian positions in the interior.

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