page_title: Texian Army
section_title: Notable soldiers
hierarchical_section_title: Texian Army / Notable soldiers
caption_attribution_description: Gail Borden
context_page_description: The Texian Army, also known as the Revolutionary Army and Army of the People, was the land warfare branch of the Texian armed forces during the Texas Revolution. It spontaneously formed from the Texian Militia in October 1835 following the Battle of Gonzales. Along with the Texian Navy, it helped the Republic of Texas win independence from the Centralist Republic of Mexico on May 14, 1836 at the Treaties of Velasco. Although the Texas Army was officially established by the Consultation of the Republic of Texas on November 13, 1835, it did not replace the Texian Army until after the Battle of San Jacinto.
context_section_description: John M. Allen (soldier), first mayor of Galveston
  Moseley Baker, member of Alabama Congress; member of the Republic of Texas Congress
  Gail Borden, inventor of process for condensed milk and namesake of Borden's Milk
  Andrew Briscoe, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, first judge of Harris County, Texas
  Benjamin F. Bryant, founder of the Bryant Station frontier fort and Texas Ranger
  Henry Eustace McCulloch, Texas Ranger; brigadier general Confederate States of America
  William Whitaker Reed
  Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson, empresario, postmaster of the Republic of Texas
  Joel Walter Robison
  Juan Seguín, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, namesake of Seguin, Texas
  Deaf Smith, headed company of Texas Rangers, namesake of Deaf Smith County, Texas
  Martin Varner
caption: Private Gail Borden of the Texian Army and later of condensed milk fame, with his brother founded the first newspaper in Texas in San Felipe de Austin, the Telegraph and Texas Register which appeared on October 10, 1835, days after the Texas Revolution began.
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