Historical Markers in Texas

Battleground Prairie

History·Guadalupe County·Texas

Where 80 volunteers commanded by General Edward Burleson defeated Vicente Cordova and 75 Mexicans, Indians and Negroes, March 29, 1839, and drove them from Texas, ending the "Cordova Rebellion." 25 of the enemy were killed. Many volunteers were wounded, but none fatally. 1936

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29.5699, -97.8883

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