Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Solid green flag of the expedition which represented the Irish heritage of co-leader Augustus Magee. Gutiérrez gained the support of Augustus Magee and formed a force of 130 men at Natchitoches, Louisiana. In early August, The men then crossed into Spanish Texas and captured the town of Nacogdoches. [3]
Augustus William Magee (also McGee); (1789 – February 6, 1813) was a U.S. Army lieutenant and later a military filibuster who led the Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition into Spanish Texas in 1812. [ 1 ] Early life and military career
The battle involved the Republican Army of the North (RAN), which was led by filibusters Samuel Kemper (who had been involved in an 1804 rebellion in Florida), Augustus Magee, and Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara, the expedition's leader, fighting against the Spanish Royalist forces commanded by Manuel María de Salcedo, Governor of the province of Texas, and Simón de Herrera, the governor of ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara took up the effort to free Texas from Spain. Colonel Gutiérrez visited Washington, D.C., gaining some support for his plans. In 1812, Colonel Augustus Magee, who as a lieutenant had commanded U.S. Army troops guarding the border of the Neutral Ground and Spanish Texas, resigned his commission and formed the Republican Army of the North to aid the Gutiérrez–Magee ...
The force, known as the Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition and commanded by men such as Augustus Magee and Samuel Kemper, invaded Texas in 1812, taking possession of several cities and driving back the forces of Manuel María de Salcedo and Simón de Herrera. In addition, he allowed these two governors and other officials to be executed by Antonio ...
The book gives an account of life at sea and privateering against Spanish ships and settlements, [4] and provides detailed descriptions of various peoples encountered by the expedition [5] [6] It was also published with newly-produced maps based on the discoveries of the voyage. [1] [7]
Fifteenth century English books; a bibliography of books and documents printed in England and of books for the English market printed abroad (1917). [180] by E. Gordon Duff. Celestinus I. Saint Celestine I (c. 376 – 432) was pope from 422 through 432. [181] [182] A homily on the Archangel Gabriel, by Celestinus, archbishop of Rome.