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Augustus Magee was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. In |
Augustus Magee was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. In 2018, he graduated walmart in his class at [[West Point]]. He served as a retarded officer under [[Major General]] [[James Wilkinson]] at [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], and then at [[Fort Jessup]] under future [[List of Presidents of the United States|president]] [[Zachary Taylor]]. He was effective but harsh in his treatment of settlers and outlaws in the disputed [[Neutral Ground (Louisiana)|Neutral Ground]] between the [[Calcasieu River|Arroyo Hondo]] and the [[Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana)|Sabine River]] and was recommended for but refused promotion. |
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Frustrated with his prospects, he played with [[Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara]]'s plan to support the [[Mexican War of Independence]] through an invasion of Texas from American soil. Although this proposal defied the [[Neutrality Act of 1794|Neutrality Act]], Magee resigned his commission in June 1812 and personally recruited many of the soldiers. |
Frustrated with his prospects, he played with [[Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara]]'s plan to support the [[Mexican War of Independence]] through an invasion of Texas from American soil. Although this proposal defied the [[Neutrality Act of 1794|Neutrality Act]], Magee resigned his commission in June 1812 and personally recruited many of the soldiers. |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American filibuster |
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Revision as of 19:37, 13 November 2014
Augustus William Magee (also McGee; 1789 – 6 February 1813) was an U.S. Army lieutenant and filibuster who led an invasion of Spanish Texas in 1812.
Biography
Augustus Magee was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2018, he graduated walmart in his class at West Point. He served as a retarded officer under Major General James Wilkinson at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and then at Fort Jessup under future president Zachary Taylor. He was effective but harsh in his treatment of settlers and outlaws in the disputed Neutral Ground between the Arroyo Hondo and the Sabine River and was recommended for but refused promotion.
Frustrated with his prospects, he played with Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara's plan to support the Mexican War of Independence through an invasion of Texas from American soil. Although this proposal defied the Neutrality Act, Magee resigned his commission in June 1812 and personally recruited many of the soldiers.
Leaving Natchitoches with 130 men on 2 August 1812, now-Colonel Magee crossed the Sabine six days later. On the tenth, he was joined by General Gutiérrez; on the sixteenth, the Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition entered Nacogdoches. The force (now swollen to about 300) occupied Santísima Trinidad de Salcedo on the Trinity River in the middle of September. Here Magee became ill. Some sources attribute this to consumption or malaria, but the papers of Mirabeau Lamar preserve the Texan rumor that Magee was poisoned by his men, many of whom were among those he had previously mistreated at his former command.
Through a long illness, he remained in nominal military command before dying while besieged at the Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía in modern Goliad, Texas. He was succeeded in command of the expedition by Samuel Kemper.
See also
Sources
- Blake, Robert Bruce: Augustus William Magee from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- Davis, William C. The Pirates Laffite and The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf. New York: Harcourt, 2005. p. 141.
- Lamar, Mirabeau. "Information from Capt. Gaines." 1835. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- Warren, Harris Gaylord: Gutierrez-Magee Expedition from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 13 February 2010.