Photo by David Clement |
"The TEXIAN"
Bronze Sculpture
by Craig Campobella
Copyright © 2006
The Texian army was a rag tag group of volunteers
knitted together for one purpose: freedom and independence.
Some wore soft leather pants while
others wore old black leather pants so stained and used, the knees poked
out like they were kneeling as they walked. Some had cotton
trousers and others had rags. Few had military attire.
Coon skin caps, sombreros, woolen
caps, leather hats, straw and felts of every conceivable size and style
adorned their heads. |
Footwear consisted of moccasins,
shoes, brogans and some had boots. Some simply went barefoot.
A gourd to drink from hung from the
belt. Weapons were what they brought from home although some
"officers" carried a sword.
The Texian army always wore their
sashes tied on the right hip. Every other army in the world tied
theirs on the left hip.
The monument depicts a ranking
officer and leader of the Texian forces. The only military apparel
is his jacket and sash.
Texas is free. He stands proud
and tired from the fight, looking to the horizon as if to say, "Come and
take it!"
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Texas
Fact |
| The term Texian is
generally used to apply to a citizen of the Anglo-American
section of the province of Coahuila and Texas or of the Republic
of Texas. Texian was used in 1835 as part of the title of
the Nacogdoches Texian and Emigrant's Guide. As president
of the Republic, Mirabeau B. Lamar used the term to foster
nationalism. Early colonists and leaders in the Texas
Revolution, many of whom were influential during the Civil War
and who were respected as elder statesmen well into the 1880s,
used Texian in English and Texienne in French.
However, in general usage after annexation,
Texan replaced
Texian. The Texas Almanac still used the term
Texian as late as 1868.
SOURCE:
Dorman H. Winfrey, "Mirabeau B. Lamar and Texas Nationalism,"
Southwestern Historical Quarterly 59 (October 1955).
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