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Talk Of Texas Pirates Helped Texas Gain Independence
In a retrospective note, Texas heroes once accused of piracy formed a 174 man unit recruited in New York by Captain Edward Moorehouse. They faced piracy trials in Nassau but were helped by U.S. officials. They then joined Sam Houston at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836 and many stayed in the Republic of Texas.
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