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Battle of Concepción

1835 Texas Revolution battle

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Source revisionAug 21, 2026
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The battle of Concepción was fought on October 28, 1835, between Mexican troops under Colonel Domingo Ugartechea and Texian patriots led by James Bowie and James Fannin. The 30-minute engagement, which historian J. R. Edmondson describes as "the first major engagement of the Texas Revolution", occurred on the grounds of Mission Concepción, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of now Downtown San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas.

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The public source identifies “Battle of Concepción” as 1835 Texas Revolution battle. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Battle, Concepción and Texas.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1835—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Battle, Concepción and Texas providing the first useful test.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1835.

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This entry incorporates text from “Battle of Concepción” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.