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Battle of San Jacinto

Battle of San Jacinto was a battle fought on 21 April 1836 at Spring Branch, in what is now Texas, United States. It was part of the Texas Revolution, which ran from 1835 to 1836. The recorded result: Texian victory. Recorded strength: 1,360 men; 1 cannon against 910 men; 2 cannons.

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Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto.. Henry Arthur McArdle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought21 April 1836
WhereSpring Branch, Texas, United States29.749N, 95.081W
OutcomeTexian victory
BelligerentsCentralist Republic of MexicoagainstRepublic of Texas
Casualties and losses650 killed; 208 wounded; 300 capturedand11 killed or fatally wounded; 30 wounded
Part ofTexas Revolution1835 to 1836

Where it sits in the Texas Revolution

San Felipe Incident, 1835Battle of Gonzales, 1835Battle of Goliad, 1835Siege of Béxar, 1835Battle of Concepción, 1835Grass Fight, 1835Battle of Coleto, 1836Battle of Refugio, 1836Battle of the Alamo, 1836Siege of the Alamo, 1836Battle of San Patricio, 1836Battle of Agua Dulce, 1836Battle of Matamoros, 1836Battle of San Jacinto, 183618351836Battle of San Jacinto, 1836
14 placed engagements of the Texas Revolution in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date21 April 1836
PlaceSpring Branch, Texas, United States
29.749N, 95.081W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength1,360 men; 1 cannon910 men; 2 cannons
Casualties and losses650 killed; 208 wounded; 300 captured11 killed or fatally wounded; 30 wounded
Commanders
  • Sam Houston
  • Thomas Jefferson Rusk
  • James C. Neill
  • Mirabeau B. Lamar
  • Sidney Sherman
  • Juan Seguín
Battle of San JacintoBattle of San JacintoBattle of Galveston HarborBattle of GalvestonAction off Galveston LightSan Felipe IncidentBattle of the Brazos RiverBattle of Galveston HarborBattle of GalvestonBattle of the Brazos RiverHoustonBeaumontPort ArthurConroeHuntsvilleBay CityPort LavacaBryan100 km29.749N, 95.081W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of San Jacinto
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of San Jacinto today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-10-14. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 5 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -2 to 25 m, 27 m of relief, flat country and today it is 38% water, 21% tree cover, 20% built-up.

water: 38%tree cover: 21%built-up: 20%grassland: 12%wetland: 6%bare ground: 3%water 38%tree cover 21%built-up 20%grassland 12%wetland 6%
west to east, 10.0 km-2 to 16 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 14 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: TEXAN VOL ARMYDefender: MEX ARMY
Strength7431,600
Casualties39 (5.2%)1,600 (100.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1091
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1 day
Front width0.3 km0.2 km
Attacker advanced0.3 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 156), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of San Jacinto is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (58 in Texas).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q841278, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of San Jacinto, revision 1385293074, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.