<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Goliad Massacre </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Goliad Campaign of the Texas Revolution </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Fort Defiance national historic site where soldiers of the defeated Texian Army surrendered to the Mexican Army were murdered shortly after </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Goliad , Tejas , Centralist Republic of Mexico ( territory claimed by Republic of Texas ) , present - day Goliad , Texas , US </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Coordinates </Th> <Td> 28 ° 38 ′ 51 '' N 97 ° 22 ′ 59 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.6476 ° N 97.3830 ° W ﻿ / 28.6476 ; - 97.3830 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> March 27 , 1836 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Attack type </Th> <Td> Mass murder by firing squad and wounded being clubbed and knifed to death </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Td> 425 - 445 Texian Army prisoners of war under the command of Colonel James Fannin who was also killed </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Perpetrators </Th> <Td> Mexican Army under orders of General and President of the Centralist Republic of Mexico , Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna were not treated as soldiers but given no quarter as rebels </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who was the commander that surrendered at goliad and ended up getting massacred
Colonel James Fannin