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Battle of San Jacinto
Nine hundred and ten Texas troops under Gen. Sam Houston attack approximately 1,200 Mexican troops under President Santa...
Mexican Schooner Seized
Isaac W. Burton’s rangers capture the Mexican schooner Watchman, with supplies for the Mexican army, in Copano...
Mexican schooners seized
Isaac W. Burton’s rangers capture the Mexican schooners Comanche, and Fanny Butler with supplies for...
Raid on Harvey Farm
Robertson colony settlers John B. Harvey, wife Elizabeth, and son William killed in Indian raid 25 miles above...
Laredo Skirmish
Erastus “Deaf” Smith skirmishes with Mexican defensores (militia) outside Laredo. Ten Mexicans are killed, ten...
San Antonio Youth Murdered
J.H. Nash stabs a Mexican teenager in San Antonio and escapes from authorities.
Eugenio Navarro Murder
Eugenio Navarro, a prosperous merchant and the youngest brother of José Antonio Navarro, is shot and killed by a man...
Manuel Flores Murders
Manuel Flores and fourteen Mexicans en route to East Texas to support the Córdova Rebellion kill an American named...
Anglo Merchants Killed by Mexican Militia
Manuel Savariego and 200 Mexican defensores (militia) attack a group of Anglo and Mexican traders on the road from Goliad...
Henry Wax Karnes Attacked by Mexican Smugglers
En route to Copano, Henry Wax Karnes is attacked by Mexican smugglers five miles northwest of Refugio. Karnes is wounded...
Anglo Bandits Rob Mexican Merchants
A party of Anglo-Texan bandits led by James H. Cocke (aka Cox), a resident of Bastrop, rob Mexican traders near Tahuacano...
Córdova Revolt
The Córdova revolt is discovered when two of Vicente Córdova’s men kill an Anglo Texan resident of Nacogdoches who is...
Red River Settler Killed
Samuel S. Washburn killed on Bois d’Arc creek near present-day Orangeville.
Red River Settlers Killed
Josiah Washburn, William Washburn, and a third man are killed by Indians near Fort Lyday, present-day Bois d’Arc.
Execution of Córdova Prisoners
After a court martial ordered by Col. Edward Burleson, two former enslaved persons, participants in the Córdova rebellion...
Clear Fork Skirmish
Col. John C. Neill’s rangers kill two Indians northeast of Comanche Peak at the Clear Fork of the Trinity River. A dozen...
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...