The Battle of San Jacinto, Prints and Photographs Collection, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The Battle of San Jacinto lasted less than twenty minutes, but it sealed the fate of three republics. Mexico would never regain the lost territory, in spite of sporadic incursions during the 1840s. The United States would go on to acquire not only the Republic of Texas in 1845 but Mexican lands to the west after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican War in 1848. This broadsheet, from December 12, 1835, presents Gen. Houston’s impassioned call for volunteer troops. It concludes with the words: “Let the brave rally to our standard!” All reporting, photos Texas Gov and museum