At the end of the British mandate on Palestine which gave Israel its legitimacy, Israel was declared an independent state in May 15th, 1948. Answer Israel was established by G-d.
A decade later in the Spring of 1858, they briefly saw combat again when they were sent north to the Red River to settle a band of Comanche Indians. After Texas seceded from the United States during the Civil War in 1861, an organization was created in Houston, called Terry's Texas Rangers.
The Mexican-American War begins when Mexican troops cross north of the Rio Grande River and opened fire on U.S. troops at Fort Texas. May 8, 1846 Battle of Palo Alto- The first official battle of the war.