REFUGIO
AMON KING
AND THE
BATTLE
OF REFUGIO
AMON KING AND
THE BATTLE OF REFUGIO
The date is March 12, 1836 and fortifications at the old
Presidio La Bahía had been improved. Col. James Fannin and his men renamed it Fort Defiance and over
the next three days The Battle of Refugio would be
fought.
Amon Butler King and his 28 American volunteers
along with Lieutenant Colonel William Ward and his
approximately 120 Americans would fight a bloody
battle to the end against Mexican General José Urrea
and 1,500 Centralista soldiers! This battle, a part of the
Goliad Campaign of the Texas Revolution, resulted in
a Mexican victory splintering Texan resistance.
On March 10th, Fannin ordered William C. Francis
on area patrol and sent Amon King with a small force
and wagons to collect families located in the path of
the Mexican Army and escort them back to Goliad.
March 11th was spent gathering families and loading
carts for the return trip. However, on the 12th, King
confronted the opposition forces which proved to be
greater than imagined.
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