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MEXICAN ARMY, OUTLINE OF ORGANIZATION, 1835-36
Compiled by Tom Kailbourn, 2008
Note: This outline, in response to requests by several members, provides a list of units in the Mexican Army as a whole during the Texas Revolution. Subsequent documents may focus on lists of specific units that participated in the Texas Campaign, composition of different types of units, etc.
Corrections, additions, and/or specific suggestions on better ways to present this list are welcome. Thanks to Bruce Moses and Gregg Dimmick for their comments.
The dates in parentheses specify the year each unit was established, reconstituted, or renamed in the form in which it existed at the time of the Texas Revolution.
GENERAL STAFF (ESTADO MAYOR GENERAL)
INFANTRY (INFANTERÍA):
Regular Infantry (Infantería Permanente)
Batallón Permanente de Abasolo (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Aldama (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Allende (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Galeana (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Guerrero (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Hidalgo (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Jiménez (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Landero (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Matamoros (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Morelos (1833)
Active Militia (Milicia Activa)
Batallón Activo de Celaya (1823; battalion in name only after its establishment)
Batallón Activo de Chiapas (1823)
Primer Batallón Activo de México (1823)
Segundo Batallón Activo de México (1823) [Chartrand lists it as Batallón Activo de Cuautitlan; according to “Noticias Hístoricas” (1839), the Batallón de Cuautitlán was the name of the original battalion up to 1821) not listed in “Noticia Historica”]
Batallón Activo de Guadalajara (1823)
Batallón Activo de Guanajuato (1823)
Primer Batallón Activo de México (1823)
Segundo Batallón Activo de México (1823)
Batallón Activo de Mextitlán (1823)
Batallón Activo de Michoacan (1823)
[Batallón Activo de Morelia listed in Chartrand didn’t come into being until 1840]
Batallón Activo de Oaxaca (1823)
Batallón Activo de Puebla (1823)
Batallón Activo de Queretaro (1823)
Batallón Activo de San Luis Potosi (1823)
Batallón Activo del Sur (1823)
Batallón Activo de Tlaxcala (1823)
Batallón Activo de Toluca (1823)
Batallón Activo de Tres Villas (1823)
Primer Batallón Activo de Yucatán (1823)
Segundo Batallón Activo de Yucatán (1823)
Tercero Batallón Activo de Yucatán (1823)
Batallón Activo de Zacatecas (1825)
Fixed Companies (Compañías Fijas) (1826)
Acapulco (1 company)
Tampico (1 company)
San Blas (1 company)
Isla del Carmen (1 company)
Bacalar (2 companies)
Tabasco (2 companies)
Civic Militia (Milicia Civica; also referred to as Milicia Local in the legislation of December 29, 1827, specifying its organization. Transformed into the National Guard [Guardia Nacional] in 1845.) Organized by each state; comprised infantry, cavalry, and artillery units, as well as:
Federal District (Distrito Federal):
Batallón del Comercio de la Ciudad Federal
2 other infantry battalions
1 cavalry squadron
1 artillery brigade
Coast Guard Companies (Guardacostas: with organizations as constituted when decreed on August 22, 1823)
Costa del Norte:
Tampico: 1 company
Tuxpan: 1 company
Veracruz: 1 squadron
Alvarado: 1 squadron
Acayucan: 1 company
Tabasco: 1 squadron
Isla del Carmen: 1 company
Costa del Sur:
San Blas: 2 companies
Colima: 1 squadron
Zacatula: 1 company
Acapulco: 1 company
Ometepec: 1 squadron
Jamiltepec: 1 squadron
Tehuantepec: 1 company
CAVALRY (CABALLERÍA):
Permanent Cavalry (Caballería Permanente), Line Regiments:
Cuautla Regiment (1833)
Dolores Regiment (1833)
Iguala Regiment (1833)
Palmar Regiment (1833)
Tampico Regiment (1833)
Vera Cruz Regiment (1833)
Light Cavalry Units:
Light Regiment of Mexico (Regimento Ligero de México) (1835)
Tabasco Permanent Cavalry Squadron (Escuadron Ligero de Puebla) (1829)
Yucatan Squadron (Escuadron de Yucatán) (1826)
Active Militia (Milicia Activa)
Regimiento Activo de México (1822)
Activo de Querétaro (1835)
Activo de Sierra Gorda (1835: formerly Activo de Guanajuato; incorporated into Zacatecas Squadron July 8, 1835)
Escuadrón Activo de San Luis Potosí (1835)
Primer Escuadrón de Comercio (1835)
Segundo Escuadrón de Comercio (1835)
Escuadrón de Cuernavaca (1835)
Escuadrón de Oaxaca (1835)
Escuadrón de Zacatecas (1835)
Escuadrón Primero de Jalisco (1835)
Escuadrón Secundo de Jalisco (1835)
Escuadrón de Chiapas (1835)
Regimiento Activo de Puebla (1822)
Escuadrón de Tlaxcala (1835)
Escuadrón de Durango (1835)
Escuadrón de Michoacán (1835)
Escuadrón de Huajuapan (1835)
Escuadrón de Seguridad Pública (1826)
Compañías de Aguascalientes (1835)
Presidial Troops (Presidiales) (35 companies created by laws of March 31 [21?] and December 20, 1826, and May 8, 1828):
Chihuaha: 7 companies:
1st: Chihuahua (city of)
2nd: San Buenaventura
3rd: Janos
4th: San Elzeario
5th: Del Norte
6th: Carrizal
7th: Principe
Coahuila y Texas: (8 companies:
1st: Monclova
2nd: Aguaverde
3rd: Babia (or Bavia)
4th: Rio Grande
5th: La Bahia
6th: Bejar
7th: Alamos
8th: Lampazos
Sonora and Sinaloa: 6 companies:
1st: Frontera
2nd: Tucson
3rd: Altar
4th: Santa Cruz
5th: Buenavista
6th: Pitié
(Three additional, unnumbered companies of Indians: two of Ópatas in Bacuachi, and one of Pimas at Tubác)
Nuevo México: 3 companies:
1st: Santa Fe
2nd: Badó
3rd: Taos
Tamaulipas: 2 companies:
1a. Compañía Volante
2a. Compañía Volante
Alta California and Baja California: 6 companies:
1st: San Francisco
2nd: Monterey
3rd: Santa Barbara
4th: San Diego
5th: Fronteras
6th: Loreto
CORPS OF ARTILLERY (Cuerpo de Artillería) (1824)
As established: 2 foot brigades and 1 horse brigade; horse brigade disbanded 1833
National Militia of Artillery (Milicia Nacional de Artillería) (1823)
[According to Chartrand, this consisted of companies stationed in major ports and cities, as well As a brigade in Mexico City. No mention of it in “Noticia Historica” (1839)]
CORPS OF ENGINEERS (Cuerpo de Ingenieros) (By law of November 5, 1827, consisted of five brigades distributed in five departments throughout the republic)
Sappers (Zapadores)
1 standing battalion (according to law of November 5, 1827, there was to be one “brigade de zapadores, minadores, [y] pontoneros” [brigade of sappers, miners, and pontoniers], composed of two veteran companies and three active militia companies)
MEDICAL CORPS (Cuerpo Médico Militar) (1823)
CORPS OF INVALIDS
_____________________
Sources:
René Chartrand, Santa Anna’s Mexican Army 1821–48 (Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2004).
Faustino Reynoso, compiler, Apendice al Tomo Primero de la Recopilacion de Leyes, Decretos, Circulares, Reglamentos y Disposiciones Expedidos por la Secretaria de Guerra y Marina (México, 1921):
1) “Relación Historica de los cuerpos de caballería de la Nación Mexicana….,” December 5, 1839, pp. 21-25.
2) “Noticia Historica de los cuerpos de infantería permanente y active que actualmente existen en la República….,” December 6, 1839, pp. 26-34.
3) “Noticia Histórica de todos los cuerpos del Ejército Nacional, que desde 1821 han existido y existen actualmente,” (n.d.: c. 1845), pp. 104–140.
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Compiled by Tom Kailbourn, 2008
Note: This outline, in response to requests by several members, provides a list of units in the Mexican Army as a whole during the Texas Revolution. Subsequent documents may focus on lists of specific units that participated in the Texas Campaign, composition of different types of units, etc.
Corrections, additions, and/or specific suggestions on better ways to present this list are welcome. Thanks to Bruce Moses and Gregg Dimmick for their comments.
The dates in parentheses specify the year each unit was established, reconstituted, or renamed in the form in which it existed at the time of the Texas Revolution.
GENERAL STAFF (ESTADO MAYOR GENERAL)
INFANTRY (INFANTERÍA):
Regular Infantry (Infantería Permanente)
Batallón Permanente de Abasolo (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Aldama (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Allende (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Galeana (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Guerrero (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Hidalgo (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Jiménez (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Landero (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Matamoros (1833)
Batallón Permanente de Morelos (1833)
Active Militia (Milicia Activa)
Batallón Activo de Celaya (1823; battalion in name only after its establishment)
Batallón Activo de Chiapas (1823)
Primer Batallón Activo de México (1823)
Segundo Batallón Activo de México (1823) [Chartrand lists it as Batallón Activo de Cuautitlan; according to “Noticias Hístoricas” (1839), the Batallón de Cuautitlán was the name of the original battalion up to 1821) not listed in “Noticia Historica”]
Batallón Activo de Guadalajara (1823)
Batallón Activo de Guanajuato (1823)
Primer Batallón Activo de México (1823)
Segundo Batallón Activo de México (1823)
Batallón Activo de Mextitlán (1823)
Batallón Activo de Michoacan (1823)
[Batallón Activo de Morelia listed in Chartrand didn’t come into being until 1840]
Batallón Activo de Oaxaca (1823)
Batallón Activo de Puebla (1823)
Batallón Activo de Queretaro (1823)
Batallón Activo de San Luis Potosi (1823)
Batallón Activo del Sur (1823)
Batallón Activo de Tlaxcala (1823)
Batallón Activo de Toluca (1823)
Batallón Activo de Tres Villas (1823)
Primer Batallón Activo de Yucatán (1823)
Segundo Batallón Activo de Yucatán (1823)
Tercero Batallón Activo de Yucatán (1823)
Batallón Activo de Zacatecas (1825)
Fixed Companies (Compañías Fijas) (1826)
Acapulco (1 company)
Tampico (1 company)
San Blas (1 company)
Isla del Carmen (1 company)
Bacalar (2 companies)
Tabasco (2 companies)
Civic Militia (Milicia Civica; also referred to as Milicia Local in the legislation of December 29, 1827, specifying its organization. Transformed into the National Guard [Guardia Nacional] in 1845.) Organized by each state; comprised infantry, cavalry, and artillery units, as well as:
Federal District (Distrito Federal):
Batallón del Comercio de la Ciudad Federal
2 other infantry battalions
1 cavalry squadron
1 artillery brigade
Coast Guard Companies (Guardacostas: with organizations as constituted when decreed on August 22, 1823)
Costa del Norte:
Tampico: 1 company
Tuxpan: 1 company
Veracruz: 1 squadron
Alvarado: 1 squadron
Acayucan: 1 company
Tabasco: 1 squadron
Isla del Carmen: 1 company
Costa del Sur:
San Blas: 2 companies
Colima: 1 squadron
Zacatula: 1 company
Acapulco: 1 company
Ometepec: 1 squadron
Jamiltepec: 1 squadron
Tehuantepec: 1 company
CAVALRY (CABALLERÍA):
Permanent Cavalry (Caballería Permanente), Line Regiments:
Cuautla Regiment (1833)
Dolores Regiment (1833)
Iguala Regiment (1833)
Palmar Regiment (1833)
Tampico Regiment (1833)
Vera Cruz Regiment (1833)
Light Cavalry Units:
Light Regiment of Mexico (Regimento Ligero de México) (1835)
Tabasco Permanent Cavalry Squadron (Escuadron Ligero de Puebla) (1829)
Yucatan Squadron (Escuadron de Yucatán) (1826)
Active Militia (Milicia Activa)
Regimiento Activo de México (1822)
Activo de Querétaro (1835)
Activo de Sierra Gorda (1835: formerly Activo de Guanajuato; incorporated into Zacatecas Squadron July 8, 1835)
Escuadrón Activo de San Luis Potosí (1835)
Primer Escuadrón de Comercio (1835)
Segundo Escuadrón de Comercio (1835)
Escuadrón de Cuernavaca (1835)
Escuadrón de Oaxaca (1835)
Escuadrón de Zacatecas (1835)
Escuadrón Primero de Jalisco (1835)
Escuadrón Secundo de Jalisco (1835)
Escuadrón de Chiapas (1835)
Regimiento Activo de Puebla (1822)
Escuadrón de Tlaxcala (1835)
Escuadrón de Durango (1835)
Escuadrón de Michoacán (1835)
Escuadrón de Huajuapan (1835)
Escuadrón de Seguridad Pública (1826)
Compañías de Aguascalientes (1835)
Presidial Troops (Presidiales) (35 companies created by laws of March 31 [21?] and December 20, 1826, and May 8, 1828):
Chihuaha: 7 companies:
1st: Chihuahua (city of)
2nd: San Buenaventura
3rd: Janos
4th: San Elzeario
5th: Del Norte
6th: Carrizal
7th: Principe
Coahuila y Texas: (8 companies:
1st: Monclova
2nd: Aguaverde
3rd: Babia (or Bavia)
4th: Rio Grande
5th: La Bahia
6th: Bejar
7th: Alamos
8th: Lampazos
Sonora and Sinaloa: 6 companies:
1st: Frontera
2nd: Tucson
3rd: Altar
4th: Santa Cruz
5th: Buenavista
6th: Pitié
(Three additional, unnumbered companies of Indians: two of Ópatas in Bacuachi, and one of Pimas at Tubác)
Nuevo México: 3 companies:
1st: Santa Fe
2nd: Badó
3rd: Taos
Tamaulipas: 2 companies:
1a. Compañía Volante
2a. Compañía Volante
Alta California and Baja California: 6 companies:
1st: San Francisco
2nd: Monterey
3rd: Santa Barbara
4th: San Diego
5th: Fronteras
6th: Loreto
CORPS OF ARTILLERY (Cuerpo de Artillería) (1824)
As established: 2 foot brigades and 1 horse brigade; horse brigade disbanded 1833
National Militia of Artillery (Milicia Nacional de Artillería) (1823)
[According to Chartrand, this consisted of companies stationed in major ports and cities, as well As a brigade in Mexico City. No mention of it in “Noticia Historica” (1839)]
CORPS OF ENGINEERS (Cuerpo de Ingenieros) (By law of November 5, 1827, consisted of five brigades distributed in five departments throughout the republic)
Sappers (Zapadores)
1 standing battalion (according to law of November 5, 1827, there was to be one “brigade de zapadores, minadores, [y] pontoneros” [brigade of sappers, miners, and pontoniers], composed of two veteran companies and three active militia companies)
MEDICAL CORPS (Cuerpo Médico Militar) (1823)
CORPS OF INVALIDS
_____________________
Sources:
René Chartrand, Santa Anna’s Mexican Army 1821–48 (Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2004).
Faustino Reynoso, compiler, Apendice al Tomo Primero de la Recopilacion de Leyes, Decretos, Circulares, Reglamentos y Disposiciones Expedidos por la Secretaria de Guerra y Marina (México, 1921):
1) “Relación Historica de los cuerpos de caballería de la Nación Mexicana….,” December 5, 1839, pp. 21-25.
2) “Noticia Historica de los cuerpos de infantería permanente y active que actualmente existen en la República….,” December 6, 1839, pp. 26-34.
3) “Noticia Histórica de todos los cuerpos del Ejército Nacional, que desde 1821 han existido y existen actualmente,” (n.d.: c. 1845), pp. 104–140.
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