The Battle of Concepción

After losing the opening skirmishes of the Texas Revolution at Gonzales and Goliad, the Mexican Army in Texas consolidated in San Antonio in October 1835 while Texan troops also advanced there and camped on the outskirts of town. On the morning of October 28, the Mexican Army engaged the Texans near Mission Concepción east of the confluence of the San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek. The river's wooded banks and foggy conditions provided cover for the Texans, who inflicted over fifty casualties on the Mexican Army during the thirty minute battle. This first encounter of the siege ended six weeks later with the surrender of Mexican General Martín Perfecto de Cos. Captain Richard Andrews was the only Texan killed in the battle and the first Texan to die in the Texas Revolution. Though later defeated at the Alamo, the Texans were victorious at the Battle of San Jacinto, the deciding encounter that resulted in Texas winning its independence from Mexico in April 1836.

San Antonio, Texas · United States