How Did E. W. Moore Contribute To The Annexation Of Texas

During the time it was a Republic, Texas’ annexation by the United States, the fate of the Texas Navy, its officers and material, became a point of considerable importance and some controversy in both U.S. and Texan politics. One key figure at the helm of the Texas Navy was E.W. Moore. On July 15th 1810 naval officer, Commodore Edwin Ward Moore was born into an elite Revolutionary War family in Alexandria, Virginia. As a youth he attended the Alexandria Academy alongside classmate and future Confederate Army General, Robert E. Lee . The stocky Moore stood just about average height at around 5’ 8” with brown hair and sharp crisp blue eyes . As explained in Jordan’s Lone Star Navy, at the age of fourteen Moore entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman. Throughout his early years Moore was fully engaged mastering the tactics and harnessing the life of a seafarer such as becoming a proficient swimmer and fierce fighter. While in the US Navy, Moore would find himself in various roles and aboard numerous ships such as the USS Hornet, Fairfield and Delaware,

Treat, an expatriate who used to live in both Mexico and Central America was actively but unsuccessfully attempting to peacefully negotiate the annexation of Texas through his personal relationships. Through his travels he was able to foster relationships with various public officials. Treat knew they would never willingly accept a peaceful resolution unless they were going to receive some sort of personal gain. These personal connections are the precise reason Lamar appointed him to this position. By October 1840 the harsh realization presented itself with the Mexican government rejected the Texas proposition. Treat’s health began to fail as he suffered from tuberculosis eventually setting sail aboard the Schooner of war, San Antonio. While underway at sea, Treat died from his illness