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Moore leads sortie of Texas Navy
On this day in 1841, a flotilla of the Texas Navy under the command of
Edwin Ward Moore left Galveston to support the province of Yucatán in
its rebellion against Mexico. Texas and Yucatán had formalized an
alliance in September by which the latter agreed to pay Texas $8,000 a
month for the upkeep of the Texas fleet. President Lamar approved of
this arrangement and ordered the fleet to leave for Yucatán. Moore
sailed with the Austin, the San Bernard, and the San
Antonio for Sisal, Yucatán, on December 13. Sam Houston, who was
inaugurated as president of the Republic of Texas on the same day, had a
different approach to foreign policy and promptly ordered the fleet to
return. These orders did not reach Moore until March 1842, and he
returned in May to Texas. During the cruise the fleet captured the
Mexican merchant vessel Progreso on February 6 and the Doric,
the Dolorita (or Doritas), and the Dos Amigos in April.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- TEXAS NAVY
- CRISP, DOWNING H.
- MOORE, EDWIN WARD
- SAN BERNARD
- SAN ANTONIO
- AUSTIN
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