This book offers extensive research of what and why American prisoners were slaughtered in the fight of Texas' independence from Mexico. Presenting a historical background of Texas and Mexican history as well as the factors that led to the massacre, the author pays particular attention to the leadership on both sides during the revolution and deglamorizes the fight against Santa Anna's army while acknowledging the Mexican perspective.

In his later years, Joshua Buckalew seldom spoke of Goliad and the terrible thing that happened there. . . . The Buckalew brothers were tough as Tennessee mule-hide when they crossed the Sabine River to stake out some growing room. But soon the land was ripped apart by the savage battle of the Alamo and its bloody aftermath. The Buckalews were men who went the whole way once trouble exploded. And in the heat of the most brutal fighting, they stood tall for freedom with the fierce courage that would burn forever in the hearts of Texans.

Accounts of survivors of the Goliad Massacre during the Texas Revolution

Firsthand accounts of survivors of the Goliad Massacre of March 1836, a pivotal part of the Texas Revolution.