R Clayton McKee | Photo Galleries | 2011 San Jacinto Festival and Battle Re-Enactment | Mexican Cavalry Skirmisher

During the day before the actual battle, bands of Mexican and Texian skirmishers probed enemy lines and scouted enemy camps, trying to get information useful for the fight. These were largely tactical encounters, not serious attempts to damage the enemy. A few on both sides came home damaged, however.

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