Texan soldiers of Colonel Fannin's command were killed and mortally wounded in the battle of March 19, 1836 and buried in Texan trenches on the battlefield. The monument honors the Texan soldiers killed in the Battle of Coleto on March 19, 1836 under Colonel James Walker Fannin who were buried on the battlefield, and also Colonel Fannin and his men who were executed March 27, 1836 by order of General Santa Anna and whose bodies were burned. Beneath this monument repose their charred remains. Remember Goliad.