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Flags of Texas Military Units |
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The Flag of the New Orleans Greys was presented to Captain Thomas Breece's company of New Orleans Greys by Texan ladies just after crossing the Sabine River into Texas. The two companies of New Orleans Greys were the first formal military unit to come to the aid of the Texians. Outfitted in smart grey uniforms and well armed with their own artillery, the Greys fought at the battle of San Antonio, the siege of the Alamo and the battles around Goliad. A few even survived to fight at San Jacinto. The flag flew over the Alamo during the famous siege and was taken by Santa Anna as a war trophy and sent back to Mexico as proof of the presence of "foreign mercenaries" in Texas. It remains to this day somewhere in a museum in Mexico City. |
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The Harrisburg Volunteers Flag was carried by the company of Captain Andrew Robinson by Texian soldiers from that town. It was made by Mrs. Sarah Rudolph Bradley Dodson for her husband 1st Lieutenant A. B. Dodson. Some accounts give the colors as being reversed (blue, white, red) with the star in the blue. The flag was flown by the Harrisburg Volunteers at the battle of San Antonio and was later present at Washington-on-the Brazos when Texas delegated were forming the first independent Texas government. The design was similar to that of the Mexican tricolor but in the colors which later became the flag of the Republic of Texas. |
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The Flag of the Alabama Red Rovers was presented to that unit when it was formed in Courtland, Alabama by Dr. Jack Shackelford and managed to recruit about 1/3 of the town's adult male population. The solid red flag was made to match the distinctive red uniforms of the company. The ladies of the community made them hunting frocks dyed bright red, giving the unit their nick-name the "Redrovers" and making them one of the most distinctive units to fight in the Texas Revolution. The Alabama Red Rovers fought at Coleto Creek, in fact they were in the vanguard of the column and were later massacred almost to a man at Goliad on Palm Sunday. |
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The Georgia Battalion Flag was designed by Johanna Troutman, known as the "Betsy Ross of Texas" in 1835. The white silk flag was presented to the soldiers of Captain William Ward's Georgia Battalion on their way to Texas to join the forces under Colonel James Fannin at Goliad. Some accounts say the flag was present for a time at the convention at Washington-on-the Brazos before going with the troops to Goliad. Where Colonel Fannin heard of the Texas Declaration of Independence he raised this lone star flag over the garrison as a symbol of the independent Texas. It was lost when the Texians abandoned Goliad in March 1836 |
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The Flag of the Kentucky Volunteers accompanied the forces recruited and outfitted by Lt. Colonel Sidney Sherman from Newport, Kentucky. These troops were smartly uniformed and were given this flag by the ladies of Newport, with Sherman's newly taken bride Katherine Isabel Cox making the presentation. Before leaving, one young lady gave Pvt. James A. Sylvester a long red (or white) glove as a good luck charm which was tied to the flagstaff. This flag was carried by Sherman's regiment at the battle of San Jacinto where Texas won her independence on April 21, 1836. The flag is now on display on the floor of the Texas legislature in Austin. |
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The San Felipe flag was named after San Felipe de Austin, capitol of Austin's Colony. It was given to Captain Moseley Baker of Alabama on Texas' independence day in 1836 for his volunteer company. The lone star is for Texas, the green-white-red color scheme for Mexico, the stripes for the United States and of course the Union Jack for the ancestral homeland of the Anglo-Celtic Texans. |
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