Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Fortune Favors the Brave: The Story of the Texas Navy
Explore the Texas Navy, which "provides a unique insight into the early Republic, its politics and personalities and its fight for survival." This online exhibit is organized into various detailed sections including "The First Navy,"...
![Texas Navy Association: Commodore Charles Edward Hawkins [Pdf] Article](https://d15y2dacu3jp90.cloudfront.net/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/FPO-knovation.png "Texas Navy Association: Commodore Charles Edward Hawkins [Pdf] Article")
Other
Texas Navy Association: Commodore Charles Edward Hawkins [Pdf]
Find out about the work of Commodore Charles Edward Hawkins, a commander of the First Texas Navy during the Texan Revolution.
Other
Texas Navy Association: Commodore Charles Edward Hawkins [Pdf]
Read about the Commander of the First Texas Navy in the early nineteenth century during the time of the Texan Revolution.
Other
Texas Navy Association: Commodore Edwin Ward Moore [Pdf]
A nice overview of Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, Fleet Commander of the Texas Navy from April 1839-July 1843.
Other
Texas Navy Association: Ships of the First Texas Navy 1836 [Pdf]
This complete list of the ships of the First Texas Navy includes the Vessel names, commander names, the dates they were in commission, and other factual data about each.
Other
Texas Navy Association: Ships of the Texas Navy [Pdf]
These sketches depict various Navy ships of the Texas Navy from the early to mid-twentieth century.
Other
Texas Navy Association: San Jacinto Museum of History: Texas Navy Ships [Pdf]
This exhibit shows nine painted photos of Texas Navy Ships displayed at the San Jacinto Museum of History.
Other
Texas Navy Association: Uniforms and Rank of the Texas Navy [Pdf]
A collection of photographs of Texas Naval Officers in their period uniforms.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: After San Jacinto
What role did the Texas Navy play in the aftermath of San Jacinto? This site provides the answer while offering a look into this time in Texas' history and the Texas fleet through primary texts: "Commodore Henry Thompson details his...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The San Felipe Incident: Opening Shot of the Texas Revolution
Read about the victory that allowed volunteers from the U.S. to move into Texas, thus beginning the Texas revolution in 1835. Explore the San Felipe incident and the man behind it, merchant Thomas F. McKinney, and check out related...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Texas Privateers
Following the "seizure of the Mexican cannon at Gonzales," the Texas Revolution began. What did Texas do to ensure that the coast would be safe during the war? Read about the Texas Privateers and their part in the Texas Revolution.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Organization of the First Navy
Check out primary texts from the time first navy was formed in Texas: "Acting governor Henry Smith on the need for a Navy, November 1835," "Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, November 1835," "Naval Affairs committee report on the...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: War With Mexico
Read about Santa Anna's retaliation after the siege of Bexar, and the battles on sea and on land that followed. This site's strength is its collection of primary texts from this period in Texas' history: "Broadside calling for all men to...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Founding of the Second Navy
By 1837, the Texas needed new ships, as the first ships were either "wrecked, captured, or seized by creditors." Learn how the second navy was formed by reading primary texts from this time in Texas' history: "S. Rhodes Fisher, the...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: The Tabasco Incident
Edwin Ward Moore resigned from the U.S. Navy to "accept an appointment as commodore of the new Texas fleet." This site offers information on his first jobs as commodore, which included recruiting new sailors and marines, dealing with a...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: The Yucatan Alliance
Read details about the Texas negotiations and alliance with the Yucatan rebels, who were also fighting the Mexican government. Includes a collection of primary texts: "Commodore Moore reports on the Yucatan cruise, December 1841,"...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Blood Feud
Read details about a feud between President Sam Houston and Commodore Edwin Moore, which stemmed from Houston's refusal to send Moore funds needed in order to repair the naval fleet. Includes several primary texts: "Houston orders a...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Back to Yucatan
A peace agreement between the Mexican government and the Yucatan rebels was bad news for the Texas navy. How did Commodore Moore react? Read this article to find out, and check out useful primary texts: "Midshipman Alfred Walke describes...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: The Trial of Edwin W. Moore
Commodore Moore was given a hero's welcome after returning to Galveston. But this didn't last long, as he was dishonorably discharged from the Texas Navy and charged with "disobedience and piracy" and "murder for the execution of the San...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Epilogue
What happened to the Texas Navy when the revolution was over and Texas was annexed by the U.S. in 1846? Check out primary texts from this time in Texas' history to research this topic: "First four pages of Edwin Moore's claims for...
San Jacinto Museum of History
San Jacinto Museum: Commanders in the Field: Mirabeau Lamar
This brief biography from San Jacinto Museum hits the high points of Mirabeau Lamar's life as a writer, soldier, and politician.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: "Friends and Citizens of Texas"
Explore the Texas Revolution through primary texts. Here you can read "Friends and Citizens of Texas," a broadside from March 2, 1836, that "called all citizens to arms and all armed vessels to the coast."
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Commission of William Hurd, March 12, 1836
Explore the Texas Revolution through primary texts. Here you can read a handwritten letter through which is appointed "captain, in the naval service, of the Republic of Texas." Read a brief overview of Hurd's career and involvement in...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Act for Defense of the Texas Sea Coast, March 1836
Explore the Texas Revolution through primary texts. Here you can see the handwritten "Act for Defense of the Texas Sea Coast," written in 1836.