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| Keywords: Mexican scouts advance at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history retelling and demonstration of the historic Battle of San Jacinto in La Porte, Texas LCCN2014633235.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes This was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution Led by General Sam Houston the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes Santa Anna the President of Mexico was captured the following day and held as a prisoner of war Three weeks later he signed the peace treaty that dictated that the Mexican army leave the region paving the way for the Republic of Texas to become an independent country ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014633235 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/29000/29035a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 29035 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 29035 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||