Who surrendered to General Urrea at Goliad?

• A. James Fannin
• B. William Barret Travis
• C. Sam Houston
• D. Stephen F. Austin

Answer: (A)

During the Texas Revolution, the Texan commander James Fannin surrendered to Mexican General José de Urrea at Goliad after the defeat at Coleto Creek. This moment is important because the prisoners were later executed in the Goliad Massacre, despite hopes they’d be treated as POWs. The other figures mentioned—William Barret Travis at the Alamo, Sam Houston who led the Texan army to victory at San Jacinto, and Stephen F. Austin, an earlier Texas leader—were not the ones who surrendered at Goliad. So, the person who surrendered to General Urrea at Goliad was James Fannin.