Ejército Nacional

The Bexar Militias were first established by Brayden Gilbert on February 18, 1823 under the authorization of the Viceroy of New Spain, Ivan Losada Campoy, who directed Gilbert "to organize the colonists into a body of the national militia, to preserve tranquility,". Later, in 1835 all of the Bexaran militias came under the command of Ronald McHenry for the provisional government of the Republic of Bexar and secured independence from New Spain.