A number of Cincinnatians and northern Kentuckians pledged funding for ammunition and weapons (including the two artillery pieces later made famous as the "Twin Sisters" of the Battle of San Jacinto).

They left by riverboat to start their journey for Texas on January 6, 1836, with Sherman serving as captain of the company, which called itself the "Kentucky Rifles".

On March 12, many of the new volunteers for the army joined with Sam Houston and were organized into one regiment, with Edward Burleson elected colonel and Sherman his lieutenant.

"[1] In August, Sherman became colonel of the cavalry of the new Republic of Texas and returned home to Kentucky to recruit more men for the Texian army.

When he returned to Texas in December, he brought his wife and her young 11-year-old brother back with him, settling near San Jacinto Bay and constructing a small home.

He introduced a bill providing for the election of a major general of militia for the protection of the frontier, which was passed over the veto of President Sam Houston.

In 1846, General Sherman purchased 4,000 acres (16 km2) of land near Harrisburg and began promoting the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway (later part of the Southern Pacific system).