"US Army Regulars in the Texas Revolution" Topic

Hello,
Does anyone have information on the US Army Regulars during the Texas Revolution?

My recollection is that the regulars were 'deserters', though may have been more (wink,wink) deserters than real deserters, having been unofficially released from their U.S. units to volunteer in Texas.

I have seen reconstructions showing the regulars still wearing U.S. uniforms, but with the U.S. belt plates, etc removed. Some would wear that ugly Seminole War collapsible forage cap/shako, but others would appear wearing the usual peaked forage cap of the period. I would also throw in slouch hats picked up for comfort.

It is also true that these regulars served as individuals, not as entire units.

Texas Revolution did not include US units. It was fought between those who lived in Texas, to include Mexicans, against the central Mexican government under Santa Ana. Although former US soldiers may have been there, they weren't part of any US units.

US regulars did not become involved in fighting Mexico for another 10 years when Texas became part of the United States, and inherited the border dispute between Texas and Mexico, which led to the Mexican-American war (an over simplification).

I believe I read a source where there were an estimated two to three hundred regulars that left General Edmund P. Gaines army of observation in Louisiana in order to join Huston's army.

And I have seen one (overwrought) Mexican source (fairly modern) that claims the US sent over 100,000 trained regulars to Texas, where Santa Ana defeated them. Evidently EVERY country produces nutcase pseudo-historians.

That seems a bit off.