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Mexican Soldiers Attack Waco (Wichita) Village
Captain Henry S. Brown, commanding Mexican soldiers and colonists, attacked Waco (Wichita) village on the Brazos River,...
Battle of Nacogdoches
A battle for control of Nacogdoches results in the deaths of 47 Mexican troops and four Anglo-Texan colonists. Mexican...
Angelina River Fight
Retreating Mexican troops surrender to Anglo-Texan colonists at Durst farm (near present day Douglas) in aftermath of...
Goliad Garrison Surrenders
Capt. George M. Collinsworth and approximately 120 Texas colonists attack the Mexican garrison defending the Presidio la...
Battle of Concepcíon
Anglo-Texas rebels led by James Bowie and James Walker Fannin Jr. skirmish with Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea and 275...
Karankawas attack Texas Volunteers
A party of Texas soldiers under Major George Sutherland is attacked by Karankawas twelve miles from the Goliad presidio...
Mexican Troops Skirmish with Anglo Colonists
Skirmish between Anglo colonists led by John Bird and Mexican cavalry near San Antonio results in five Mexicans killed....
“Grass Fight”
Texas colonists led by James Bowie engage a Mexican supply train near Alazan Creek, one mile west of San Antonio,...
Fall of the Alamo
After a 13-day siege, about 1,800 Mexican soldiers take part in an assault on the Alamo mission, defended by more than...
Battle of Refugio
In a series of engagements in and near the Nuestra Señora Refugio Mission, a force of 1,500 Mexican troops under Gen....
Mexican Schooner Seized
Isaac W. Burton’s rangers capture the Mexican schooner Watchman, with supplies for the Mexican army, in Copano...
Rangers Skirmish with Caddos
Capt. William Hill’s company of 50 rangers pursue a party of 20 Caddos from the headwaters of Brushy Creek in present-day...
Laredo Skirmish
Erastus “Deaf” Smith skirmishes with Mexican defensores (militia) outside Laredo. Ten Mexicans are killed, ten...
Caddo Camp Attacked
Ranger companies under Nathaniel T. Journey, Robert Sloan and Daniel Montague attack Caddo camp at what would become Bird...
Córdova Rebels Attack Texas Militia
Two miles west of present-day Palestine, a force of 175 militia men under Leonard H. Mabbitt is attacked by Mexican and...
Battle of the Neches
At a Delaware village west of the Neches River, about 19 miles southeast of present-day Canton, 500 Texans under General...
Richland Creek Fight
Militiamen John J. Earle and Phillip Whepler are killed by Indians on Richland creek, between the Trinity and Brazos...
Tawakoni and Kichai Camp Attacked
Tawakoni (Wichita) and Kichai (Wichita) camp attacked on Colorado River, five leagues below the road to La Bahia, by...
Rice/Flores Fight
Lt. James Rice attacks the party of Mexican Indian Agent Manuel Flores on the north fork of the San Gabriel River, 11...