Historical Marker
The Battle of the Medina
Historical marker location:
Lasoya, Texas
( Southeast corner of the intersection of US highway 281 and FM 2537)
Marker installed: 1936
The Battle of the Medina was fought here on August 18, 1813 by an army of Spanish royalists commanded by General Jose Joaquin Arredondo which defeated with terrific slaughter the Republican Army of the North composed of Anglo-Americans, Mexicans and Indians commanded by Jose Alvarez de Toledo. Thus ended an attempt to free Texas and Mexico from Spanish rule.