Free Texas history first published in hardcover by Naval Institute Press in 2008:
Slaughter at Goliad: The Mexican Massacre of 400 Texas Volunteers by Jay A. Stout.
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Texas lost many volunteers during its hard-won fight for independence from Mexico, but one harrowing episode stands out. Following a one-sided battle on the prairie near Coleto Creek, 250 mostly American prisoners were marched back to the presidio at Goliad where they were joined by more than 200 others. Subsequently, on orders from President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, they were brutally slaughtered on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836. The loss of so many fighting men in a single day was, at the time, one of the largest in U.S. history.
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Silver medal winner, Sons of the Republic of Texas, La Bahia Award
"This detail-rich analysis lays out the unvarnished story--and what it led to." --American History Magazine
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KSXB940