Remember the Battle of Medina! (No, not Funky Cold Medina)
Historians, professors and descendants of Texas' tumultuous birth gathered Saturday in Pleasanton for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Medina, considered the bloodiest in the state's history.
Named the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition by historians, the running battle took place across a six- to eight-mile span on Aug. 18, 1813, about 20 miles south of San Antonio, as the Republican Army of the North fought to free Texas from the Royal Spanish Army of Spain.
Speakers at the Church of Christ on North Main Street discussed the battle's wide-ranging impact.
Robert H. Thonhoff, co-author of a 1985 book, “The Forgotten Battlefield of the first Texan Revolution: The Battle of Medina,” said more than half of the male population in Texas at the time was lost at Medina.
More at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Remember-the-Battle-of-Medina-4740946.php .
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