The Texian Militia was the militia forces of Texian colonists in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas from 1823 to 1835 and the inaugurate force of the Texas Military.[1] It was established by Stephen F. Austin on August 5, 1823 for defense of the Old Three Hundred colonists against the Karankawa, Comanche, and Cherokee tribes; among others.[2] Its most notable unit, the Texas Rangers, remained in continuous service of Texas Military Forces until 1935.
The Texian Militia sparked the Texas Revolution at the Battle of Velasco and became legendary at the Battle of Gonzales (the "Lexington of Texas") which marked its transition to the Texian Army and Texian Navy. Their legend continued at the Battle of the Alamo as the only relief force to answer the To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World letter. The Texian Militia comprised 22% of the Texian Army service members who fought until the Battle of San Jacinto, helping the Texian Government win independence from the Centralist Republic of Mexico on May 14, 1836 at the Treaties of Velasco.[3]
^Weber, David J. (1982). The Mexican Frontier, 1821–1846: The American Southwest Under Mexico (Histories of the American Frontier Series). University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0826306036.
^Cox, Mike (2008). The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821–1900. Tom Doherty Associates. ISBN 978-1429941426.
^Lack, Paul D. (1992). The Texas Revolutionary Experience: A Political and Social History, 1835–1836. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-0890964972.
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It spontaneously formed from the TexianMilitia in October 1835 following the Battle of Gonzales. Along with the Texian Navy, it helped the Republic of...
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between Mexico and Texians in the Texas Revolution, colloquially referred to as the "Boston Harbor of Texas" It began when TexianMilitia attacked Fort Velasco...
were manufacturing an excuse to attack the town and eliminate the militia. Texians stalled Castañeda's attempts to negotiate the cannon's return for several...
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refers to the murder of at least 19 Karankawa people in Mexican Texas by TexianMilitia in February 1823. Before 1823, there were few settlers of European heritage...
militia, to preserve tranquility." Austin was appointed to the rank of lieutenant colonel and allowed the colonists to elect all subordinate militia officers...
authority was expanded to include "the land forces of the Texian army both Regular, Volunteer, and Militia." At 5 a.m. on March 6, the Mexican troops launched...
Coahuila y Tejas legislature to "organize the colonists into a body of militia to preserve tranquility." Operations were conducted under command of Stephen...
reinforcements for the undermanned Texian garrison. Alsbury left his family with Bowie, a colonel in the Texianmilitia. Later that afternoon, the vanguard...
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