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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 Goliad Massacre hardened attitudes toward Santa Anna throughout the United States and inflamed and unified the Texas resistance. Less than a month later, as Houston prepared his men for the decisive Battle of San Jacinto that would earn Texas its independence, he concluded his impassioned speech with the rallying cry: âRemember the Alamo!