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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...
Laredo Skirmish
Erastus “Deaf” Smith skirmishes with Mexican defensores (militia) outside Laredo. Ten Mexicans are killed, ten...
Córdova Revolt
The Córdova revolt is discovered when two of Vicente Córdova’s men kill an Anglo Texan resident of Nacogdoches who is...
Mexican Troops Attack Refugio
Mexican soldiers enter Refugio where, according to reports, they kill “a few” men. A number of residents were also captured...
San Patricio Rangers Killed
Mexican defensores (milita) under Capt. Enrique Villarreal pursues a party of San Patricio rangers led by John Yerby, which...
San Patricio Rangers Killed
Sixteen Texans led by Capt. James Ownsby are surrounded by Mexican dragoons at Santa Rosa, ten miles west of present-day...
Vásquez Expedition Captures San Antonio
Several Mexican soldiers under the command of Gen. Rafael Vasquez are killed in a gunpowder explosion during their...
San Patricio Rangers Killed
Mexican troops under Lt. Co. Rámon Valera kill William Cairns and three members of Cairns’ Western Spy Company near San...
Two Mexicans Hanged as Spies
Following the brief occupation of San Antonio by Mexican troops under the command of General Rafael Vasquez, two Mexicans...
Mexican Troops Kill San Antonio Residents
One day after Mexican troops under the command of General Adrian Woll seize San Antonio, three Anglo-Texans are killed at...
Dawson Fight
In an effort to reinforce Anglo-Texas volunteers engaged in the defense of San Antonio at Salado Creek, a company of fifty-...
Medina River Skirmish
Capt. Jack Hays and fifteen men skirmish with defensores (militia) under the command of former Bexar resident Antonio Perez...
Mexican Troops Skirmish with Smugglers
A company of mounted Mexican militia skirmishes with contraband traders led by Trinidad Aldrete near Corpus Christi. Several...
Texans Attack Mexican Army at Arroyo Hondo
After briefly seizing San Antonio, Mexican troops under the command of General Adrian Woll withdraw, marching south toward...