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Script error. The Goliad Massacre, set in the town of Goliad on March 27, 1836, was an execution of Republic of Texas soldier-prisoners and their commander, James Fannin, by the Mexican Army. Despite the protests for clemency by General JosÃ© de Urrea, the massacre was reluctantly carried out by Lt. Colonel JosÃ© NicolÃ¡s de la Portilla under orders of the President of Mexico, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
The Battle of the Alamo and the Goliad Massacre: Sam Houston felt that the city of San Antonio and the Alamo fortress were not worth defending: there were too few troops to do so, and the city was too far from the rebels' east Texas base. He ordered Jim Bowie to destroy the Alamo and evacuate the city: instead Bowie fortified the Alamo and set up defenses.