Why was capturing
Goliad strategically
important?

But the Battle of Goliad, taking place on October 10, 1835, four months prior to the San Antonio fight, would be a skirmish, actually the second, that showed that the Texans were in it to win their independence, and that this battle, a Texas victory, would show the mettle of their cause.

Explanation:

it made them more prductive and efficent but with the change of polcies less and les got into the navy