In this Vicinity the
Battle of Rosilio
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Marker Text: In this vicinity the Battle of Rosillo 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 Royalists troops commanded by Manuel de Salcedo, Governor of Texas. The prisoners of war were brutally murdered shortly afterwards by order of Colonel Bernardo Gutierrez. (1936)
Marker No: 329
1936 Gray Granite Centennial Marker
Geographic: 29.356066, -98.408638
Location: 4226 SE Military Drive, San Antonio
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