​The Battle of
El Encinal de Medina

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Marker Text: Was fought here on August 18, 1813. 
                        In the bloodiest battle ever fought in Texas 1,830 Spanish royalists with 9 cannons commanded by General Arredondo with Terrence Slaughter defeated about 1400 men of the Republican Army of the North comprised of Republican Tejanos Indians. Former royalists and American volunteers with 2 cannons commanded by General Toledo. 
                        The skeletal remains of about 800 republican dead were collected and with military honors buried here in 1822 by Governor Trespalacious of the Republic of Mexico

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