Site of
Battle of El Perdido

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Marker Text: During 1810 - 1819 efforts to expel Spain from Texas, a bloody clash occurred here on June 19, 1817, between the forces of Col. Antonio Martinez, last Spanish governor of Texas, and a Mexican Republican Army of invasion that was on its way to attack and capture La Bahia.
​   Republicans had 42 men under Col. Henry Perry and Maj. James H. Gordon, former U.S. officers, veterans of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. Outnumbered 3-to-1, Perry and Gordon refused offer of safe surrender, saying they would die first. Along with 24 of their men, both were killed. (1967)

Marker No: 4726

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 28.710165,-97.232155

Location: From Fannin, take FM 2987 north about 1 mile.