Battle of San Jacinto - The Birth of Texas

The Battle of San Jacinto (Spanish: Batalla de San Jacinto)  

At exactly 4:30pm on April 21, 1836, during Texas’ war for independence from Mexico, the remnants of the retreating Texian Army led by General Houston turned from their retreat and took the offensive for what would be the final battle of the Texas Revolution.   

General Houston placed his “Twin Sisters” under the command of Lt. Colonel Geo W. Hockley at the center of his attack formation.  

Lt. Col. Henry Millard along with Colonel Lamar formed the right wing of the attacking forces and Colonels Burleson and Sherman formed the left.   

The "Tejano Volunteer Company" led by Captain Juan Seguin was there.
52 fighters of the Tejano Volunteer Company were there including:

1. Jose Maria Arocha
2. Manuel Arocha (aka Manuel de Arocha)
3. Simón Arreola
4. Andre Bárcinas
5. Manuel Bueno
6. Juan María Cabrera
7. Cesario Carmona
8. Gabriel Casillas
9. Cayetano Castillo
10. Antonio Cruz y Arocha
11. Francisco Cuellar
12. Antonio Curvier (aka Curbier)
13. Fernando Curvier (aka Curbier)
14. Matias Curvier (aka Curbier)
15. Lucio Enriquez (aka Enriques)
16. Manuel N. Flores
17. Martin Flores
18. Nepomuceno Flores
19. Pedro Flores
20. Salvador Flores
21. Pedro Herrera
22. Jose Maria Jimenez
23. Juan Jimenez
24. Jose Polinio Lavjina
25. Narcisco Leal
26. Juan Lopez
27. Pedro Lopez
28. Martin Maldonado
29. Tomás Maldonado
30. José María Mancha
31. Juan Martinez
32. Tomas Martinez
33. Miguel Mata
34. José Antonio Menchaca
35. Jose Molina
36. Manuel Montalvo
37. Crecensio Montez
38. Hipolito Montoya
39. Antonio Olivas
40. Nepomuceno Navarro
41. Jacinto Peña
42. Damacio de los Reyes
43. Eduardo Ramirez
44. Ambrosio Rodríguez
45. Jose Antonio Rodríguez
46. Pablo Salinas
47. Manuel Antonio Santiago Tarin
48. Antonio Treviño
49. Esteban Uran
50. Andres Varcinas
51. Juan Zambrano
52. Vicente Zepeda

They represented the Cavalry on the left flank (Next to Sherman's Militia) of the attacking Texas forces. 

That afternoon, about 800 Texians and Tejanos charged on 1,500 Mexican troops and officers and 18 minutes from the moment San Houston shouted, “FIGHT!” – the battle of San Jacinto was over. 

Even though Texas had officially declared it’s Independence from Mexico on March 02, 1836,..that afternoon - The Republic Texas was born.  

Attribution:   

The Video of the battle of San Jacinto is from the 2004 movie,   

The Alamo. 

Release date: Apr 9, 2004 (United States)  

Director: John Lee Hancock 

Screenwriters: John Lee Hancock · Stephen Gaghan · Leslie Bohem Story by: Stephen Gaghan · Leslie Bohem 

Music by: Carter Burwell  

The Alamo, 2004, with Billy Bob Thornton as David Crockett, Jason Patric as Jim Bowie, Jordi Mollà as Juan Seguin and Patrick Wilson as William “Buck” Travis is the most historically accurate movie of Texas Revolutionary events.