Answer: James Fannin led the rebels massacred at Goliad in 1836. ... After the Alamo fell, Houston ordered Fannin to fall back from Goliad to Victoria. But Fannin hesitated, waiting five days to begin his retreat. Mexican forces overtook him at the Battle of Coleto.
This is also known as the Prime Meridian.
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The border states, which had not seceded, but separated the United States from the Confederate States, were of great importance to the Northern war strategy. In order to win the war, the Union Army would need to pass through the border states to invade the South. On the other hand, the border states, if they joined the Confederacy, would make it extremely easy for the Confederacy to attack and occupy Washington D.C.
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