Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan Texans 'nasara a yakin Alamo
da yakin Goliad, Rundunar sojan ruwa ta motsa ayyukanta zuwa gabar tekun zuwa Galveston. Bayan nasarar Texans a yakin San Jacinto, Hawkins ya umarci rundunar jiragen ruwa a kudu don rufe tashar jiragen ruwa na Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Daga bisani mummunan yanayin jiragen ruwa na Texan ya tilasta su duka a cikin tashar jiragen ruwa tare da "Independence" zuwa New Orleans don gyarawa a watan Satumba na 1837. A can, a watan Fabrairu