In this vicinity the Battle of Rosillo - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This marker is on commercial property used as a golf course and is next to the entrance into the clubhouse.

This battle resulted when Mexico tried to gain independence from Spain in 1812-1813! This is not related to Texas Independence from Mexico in 1835-1836.

The background information on this battle and its overall results is not easy to follow. There was a battle but its location is not specifically known except in the general vicinity of Rosillo Creek, but even then no archeological evidence of the battle has been verified. The battle did happen and its general location and history is known in literature and word of mouth, but not so much by hard evidence like musket balls, buttons, knives, soldier's personal effects, bones/teeth, etc., that usually litter a battlefield.

The Wikipedia reference to this battle explained the battle like this:
"The Royalist force, numbering 1,500 men, planned to ambush the RAN (Republican Army of the North) from a ridge which overlooked Rosillo Creek near its confluence with Salado Creek, approximately nine miles southeast of San Antonio de Bexar. Their trap failed when they were detected by the Republican forces, who defeated them in less than an hour. ..."

The prisoners were killed by order of Colonel Bernardo Guierrez, which was typically how battles ended when the Spanish Royalist army were the victors.

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Wikipedia entry about the Battle of Rosillo:
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Texas State Historical Association link to information on the Battle of Rosillo:
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Texas State Historical Association link to Samuel Kemper who fought in this battle:
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Marker Number: 329 Marker Text: was fought on March 28, 1813. Here the "Republican Army of the North" composed of Anglo-Americans, Mexicans and Indians defeated, with heavy loss of life, Spanish Royalist troops commanded by Manuel de Salcedo, governor of Texas. The prisoners of war were brutally murdered shortly afterwards by order of Colonel Bernardo Gutierrez. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

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