Editing Goliad, Texas (section)

===Mexico===
In 1829, the name of the [[Mexican Texas]] village of La Bahía was changed to "Goliad", believed to be an [[anagram]] of ''Hidalgo'' (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of the patriot priest [[Miguel Hidalgo]], the father of the [[Mexican War of Independence]].<ref>Jeri Robison Turner, "GOLIAD, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjg05 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015931/https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjg05 |date=February 7, 2019 }}), ([[Texas State Historical Association]]), accessed April 16, 2011.</ref>

On October 9, 1835, in the early days of the [[Texas Revolution]], a group of Anglo-American immigrants attacked the ''presidio'' in the [[Battle of Goliad]]. The Mexican garrison quickly surrendered, leaving the Anglo-Americans in control of the fort. The first [[Goliad Declaration of Independence|declaration of independence]] of the [[Republic of Texas]] was signed here on December 20, 1835 and immediately thereafter [[Nicholas Fagan]] raised the "Bloody Arm Flag" also known as the "First Flag of Texas Independence" over Presidio LaBahia.  Anglo-Americans held the area until March 1836, when their garrison under [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] [[James Fannin]] was defeated at the nearby [[Battle of Coleto]]. [[Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna]], then President of Mexico, ordered that all survivors were to be executed. On [[Palm Sunday]], March 27, 1836, in what was later called the [[Goliad Massacre]], 303 were marched out of the fort to be executed, and 39 were executed inside the ''presidio ''(20 prisoners were spared because they were either physicians or medical attendants); 342 men were killed and 28 escaped.<ref name=hardin174>Hardin (1994), p. 174</ref>

The famous Mexican General [[Ignacio Zaragoza]] was born in Goliad in 1829. He commanded the forces resisting the [[French Army]] in the [[Battle of Puebla]], now celebrated as ''[[Cinco de Mayo]]'' on May 5, 1862.<ref>"ZARAGOZA, IGNACIO SEGUIN," Handbook of Texas Online (https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fza04 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115234538/https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fza04 |date=November 15, 2018 }}) (Texas State Historical Association), accessed April 15, 2011.</ref>

The Texas gunfighter [[King Fisher]] lived for a time in Goliad before moving to [[Eagle Pass, Texas|Eagle Pass]] in [[Maverick County, Texas]].