Aftermath
After the executions, the Texians' bodies were piled and burned. Their charred remains were left in the open, unburied, and exposed to vultures and coyotes. Nearly one month later, word reached La Bahia (Goliad) that General Lopez de Santa Anna had been defeated and surrendered. The Mexican soldiers at La Bahia returned to the funeral pyres and gathered up any visible remains of the Texians and re-burned any evidence of the bodies.
The massive number of Texian casualties throughout the Goliad Campaign and the "take-no-prisoners" attitude of the Mexican army led to Goliad being called a "Massacre" by Texas-American forces and fueled the frenzy of the Runaway Scrape.
The site of the massacre is now topped by a large monument containing the names of the victims.
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