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The Snively Expedition
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April 30, 1843

After the failures of the Santa Fe and Mier expeditions, Texas proposed to retaliate against Mexico in the far northern and western territories, where the Mexican military presence was small.

On January 28, 1843, Texas Army quartermaster Jacob Snively petitioned the government for permission to organize and outfit an expedition, for the purpose of intercepting and capturing the property of Mexican traders who might pass through territory claimed by Texas on the Santa Fe Trail. On February 16 the War Department authorized the organization of a force not to exceed 300 men. The expedition was not to be regarded as a government undertaking, although the spoils of the campaign, to be taken only in honorable warfare, were to be divided equally between the government and the members of the expedition.

By April 24 about 150 men had assembled at Fort Johnson on the Red River, and on that day the expedition, which the members designated as the Battalion of Invincibles, was organized into three companies with Snively unanimously chosen as the commandant. After late arrivals joined the expedition on the line of march, a fourth company was organized, and when the Texans reached unfamiliar country, a spy company consisting of ten men from each of the other companies went into operation.
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