Texas History - Revolutionary War

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And now to the subject at hand - Something completely different!


When you think of the Revolutionary War, you think of the Boston Tea Party, Washington crossing the Delaware or the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

 But would you think that Texas played a big part in the winning of the Revolutionary War?  No...not really!

At that time Texas was still a part of Spain.  But Spain came to the aid of the rebellious American colonists and King Carlos II declared war against Great Britain. King Carlos II, placed Bernardo De Galvez in charge of the Spanish troops and ordered him to strike British forces along the Mississippi River.  

Bernardo de Galvez

In order to feed his troops, Galvez, requested Texas Governor Robles to provide Texas cattle to his Spanish troops heading to Louisiana.  It seems that over 10,000 head of cattle were rounded up in and around the Bexar area. Vaqueros and rancheros then trailed the cattle to Nacogdoches in East Texas then on to Natchitoches and Opelousas in Louisiana where they were delivered to Galvez.  This allowed his fighting troops access to fresh meat.  It has been said that an army marches on it stomach so having something to eat helps a lot!  One wonders did they have BBQ Texas style while camping out????

Galvez and his troops were able to  defeat the British in several battles along the Mississippi. Then in 1781, Galvez defeated the British at the Siege of Pensacola.

The city of Galveston is named for Galvez.

Information on Galvez

So see, Texas did play a very important part of a successful outcome of the Revolutionary War.



*Source - Texas Historical Society


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