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'''Augustus William Magee''' (also '''McGee'''; 1789 – 6 February 1813) was an [[U.S. Army]] [[lieutenant]] and [[filibuster (military)|filibuster]] who led an [[Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition|invasion]] of [[Spanish Texas]] in 1812. |
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==Biography== |
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Augustus Magee was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. In 1809, he graduated third in his class at [[West Point]]. He served as an artillery 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. |
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Leaving [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|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, Texas|Nacogdoches]]. The force (now swollen to about 300) occupied [[Trinidad, Texas|Santísima Trinidad de Salcedo]] on the [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]] in the middle of September. Here Magee became ill. Some sources attribute this to [[tuberculosis|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. |
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Through a long illness, he remained in nominal military command before dying while besieged at the [[Presidio La Bahía|Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía]] in modern [[Goliad, Texas]]. He was succeeded in command of the expedition by [[Samuel Kemper]]. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Juan Bautista de las Casas#Revolt|Casas Revolt]] |
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* [[Gutierrez-Magee Expedition]] |
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==Sources== |
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* {{Handbook of Texas | id=MM/fma12 | name=Augustus William Magee| author=Blake, Robert Bruce| retrieved=13 February 2010}} |
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* Davis, William C. ''The Pirates Laffite and The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf''. New York: Harcourt, 2005. p. 141. |
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* Lamar, Mirabeau. [https://archive.org/stream/papersofmirabeau01lamarich#page/286/mode/2up "Information from Capt. Gaines."] 1835. Retrieved 13 February 2010. |
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* {{Handbook of Texas | id=GG/qyg1 | name=Gutierrez-Magee Expedition| author=Warren, Harris Gaylord| retrieved=13 February 2010}} |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Magee, Augustus |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American filibuster |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1789 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 6 February 1813 |
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}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magee, Augustus}} |
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[[Category:1789 births]] |
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[[Category:1813 deaths]] |
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[[Category:People of Spanish Texas]] |
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[[Category:American filibusters (military)]] |
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