He died an American Hero on this day, 27 March 1836. James Walker Fannin, Jr. was a 19th-century U.S. military figure on the Texas Army and leader during the Texas Revolution of 1835–36. After being outnumbered and surrendering to Mexican forces at the Battle of Coleto Creek, Colonel Fannin and nearly all his 344 men were executed soon afterward at Goliad, Texas, under Santa Annas orders for all rebels to be executed. He was memorialized in several place names, including a military training camp. James Walker Fannin joined the United States Military Academy at West Point on July 1, 1819 under the name James F. Walker. He resigned from West Point due to poor grades, absences and tardiness.In 1821 James Fannin moved to Columbus, Georgia to become a merchant. He married Minerva Fort on July 17, 1829. They had two daughters together. In 1834, Fannin settled in Texas, where he owned a plantation and was a managing partner in a slave-trading syndicate. By 1835, Fannin was becoming part of the growing Anglo-American resistance to the Mexican government in Texas. He wrote letters seeking financial assistance and volunteers to help the Texas.
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