Santa Anna brought one bronze 6-caliber cannon to San Jacinto. It was used extensively in skirmishes with the Texian army on April 20th, and briefly in the main battle on April 21st. This cannon was one of nine made in Mexico City in 1778. After the battle it was moved to Galveston Island, and then mounted on the Texas warship Independence. This ship and its cannons were captured by two Mexican warships in 1838, and spent the next several years in the service of the Mexican Navy. Its ultimate fate in unknown.
This cannon is commonly known today as the Golden Standard, but that name was applied by a Texas historian in the early 1900s and was never known by that name before that time. Its real name, El Volcan (The Volcano) was inscribed on its barrel when it was made in 1778.
El Volcan: Santa Anna's Cannon at San Jacinto
