02 October 2015

Bloody Gonzales

2 October 1835 

#KnowSouthernHistory 

On this date in 1835...

The Battle of Gonzales was fought between Texan settlers and Mexican forces. Gonzales was the first engagement of the Texas revolution


Other Years:

  • 1861 - Former US VP John C Breckinridge fled Kentucky
  • 1862 - The Battle of Columbia, Mississippi.
  • 2013 - 8 people were killed and 14 injured after an accident involving an SUV, church bus, and tractor trailer in Jefferson County, Tennessee



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