Download or read book The Texas Navy written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Texas Navies written by Roy F. Sullivan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Texas Navy written by United States Navy Department and published by . This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the early settlers came by way of the sea, embarking at Mobile and New Orleans. Because of their innocence, or because of a certain love of independence, they entered through whatever ports on the Gulf seemed most expedient. The ports of entry which Mexico attempted to establish for the collection of customs duties were an early cause of friction which contributed to the Texas Revolution. And during the Revolution, the tiny Texas Navy, built around three sloops of war under Commodore Hawkins, was able to establish control of the Gulf of Mexico. These ships were the Independence, the Invincible, and the Brutus. With them Hawkins controlled the sea approaches to Texas, blocked reinforcements to Santa Anna, and contributed in large part to the many difficulties which beset the Mexican Army in its long overland march to the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto Battles of 1836. So it was that Texas established a Naval tradition to stand alongside the brilliant military record achieved on land. - Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Download or read book The Texas Navy written by Estados Unidos Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Notes on the Republic of Texas Navy Marine Corps Coast Guards and Their Vessels written by S. A. Thompson and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Texans don't know that the Texas Revolution began and ended with naval battles. They don't know that, though small, the Texas Navy was the most advanced in the world in 1839. Many also don't know that Texas had a first rate uniformed Navy, Marine Corp, and Coast guards. This book will enlighten both the average Texan wanting to know more about an important part of Texas history, and many who have read other books on the subject. It also delineates the intense dislike Sam Houston had for the Texas Navy and especially its Commodore, Edwin Ward Moore, whom he saw as a rival for attention Originally intended to be notes for a historic novel, the author soon realized they were more valuable as both a data source for researchers and also an exciting true narrative of the exploits of the Texas Navy. As such, it is written and arranged for two distinct audiences, the lay reader and the researcher. It corrects some of the errors and discrepancies between other books and presents new data from primary sources in the Zavala Museum behind the Capitol Building in Austin.

Download or read book A Brief History of the Texas Navies written by Samuel Murray Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This brief story of the Texas Navies was originally published in the November 1959 issue of TEXAS HERITAGE, through the cooperation of Mr. A. Garland Adair, Executive Director. It does not purport to tell the complete and detailed history, but shows how important the Nay was in winning and maintaining Texas Independence. The Sons of the Republic of Texas in printing Admiral Robinson's account as a supplement to Texas History books hopes that teachers will avail their classes of this added chapter in the teaching of Texas History."--Preface.

Download or read book The Texas Navy written by Alex Dienst and published by Fireship Press. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cactus Navy? Everyone has heard of the USS Constitution and the USS Constellation. They were the first two ships commissioned into the United States Navy. But have you ever heard of the Liberty and the Invincible? They were the first two ships commissioned into the Navy of the Republic of Texas. Between 1835 and 1845 the Republic of Texas had their own fleet. In between court martialing each other, suppressing mutinies, legalizing piracy and getting stone drunk in New Orleans—they actually found the time to beat the British and Spanish- trained Mexican navy. In 1906, Alex Dienst made an exhaustive study of the Texas Navy. Using original source documents and newspaper accounts of the day—now, in many cases, long lost—he put together this intriguing book. It's a little known story of chaos and confusion, mixed with unparalleled heroism; and it deserves to be told again.

Download or read book The Texas Navy written by Jim Dan Hill and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fighting Texas Navy 1832 1843 written by Douglas V. Meed and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2001-07-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century and a half Texans have honored the heroes of the Texas fight for independence. But the courageous seamen of the Texas navy have been all but forgotten. The fought the fury of the Gulf storms and braved the guns of a powerful fleet for more than a decade, all the while reviled as outlaws by their president, Sam Houston. But against all odds they triumphed. They dominated the third coast of North America, the Gulf of Mexico, from New Orleans to the Yucatan. Their control of these waters was critical to the very existence of the struggling republic. This is the heroic story of those seaborne Texans who were often outnumbered, usually outgunned, but never outsailed and never, ever outfought.

Download or read book The Texas Navies written by Roy Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Republic of Texas was its own nation for ten years after winning independence from Santa Ana at San Jacinto. A navy was needed to defend 600 miles of Texas Gulf coast from Mexico which wanted Texas back. Texans had three navies: the Impromptu, First and Second Navies. S4370HB - $19.00

Download or read book Lone Star Navy written by Jonathan W. Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little known naval force that helped Texas gain independence from Mexico

Download or read book The First Texas Navy written by John Powers and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Commodore Moore and the Texas Navy written by Tom Henderson Wells and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of the part played by the navy of the Republic of Texas in winning the state's independence from Mexico.

Download or read book The First Texas Navy written by John E. Powers and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Texas Navy written by Jim Dan Hill and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book God Favors the Bold written by and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First-hand accounts of the Navies of the Republic of Texas

Download or read book God Favors the Bold written by Michelle M. Haas and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flogging, mutiny, captured islands, maverick commodores and cabinet members, lack of funds and nasty political rivalries...welcome to the two Texian Navies. God Favors the Bold gathers previously unpublished journals of Texian Navy sailors for the first time to give a true and genuine voice to an arm of the Texas Revolution woefully neglected by students of Texas history. It serves as a reminder that Texas did not win her independence from Mexico by land battles alone. Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! But don't forget the Battle of the Brazos, or the likes of Commodore Edwin Ward Moore and Secretary Samuel Rhoads Fisher-each viciously attacked and dragged through the mud by the anti-navy Sam Houston and each a colorful addition to the landscape of Texas history. Through the writings of Samuel Cushing, Cornelius Cox, Alfred Walke, George Fuller and James Mabry, we learn about life on board the naval vessels of the Republic of Texas. Through the speeches and writings in defense of Moore and Fisher, we understand a bit more about the inner workings of the Republic and its leadership. And with the help of contemporary newspaper articles compiled by Lt. William A. Tennison, who served in both Texas Navies, we are afforded a clear chronology of the mighty seafaring branch of the Republic of Texas.