Goliad FlagOne week after the first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired at Gonzales, Texans led by George Collinsworth and Ben Milam took the offensive and captured the important Mexican fortress at Goliad. In Spanish these forts were called presidios, and they were originally built to protect a nearby settlement or missionary outpost. More than two months before elected delegates from throughout Texas met at Washington on the Brazos and voted to break from