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Francis White Johnson (October 3, 1799 – April 8, 1884) was a leader of the Texian Army from December 1835 through February 1836, during the Texas Revolution. Johnson arrived in Texas in 1826 and worked as a surveyor for several empresarios, including Stephen F. Austin. One of his first activities was to plot the new town of Harrisburg.
The Texian Army, also known as the Revolutionary Army and Army of the People, was the land warfare branch of the Texian armed forces during the Texas Revolution. It spontaneously formed from the Texian Militia in October 1835 following the Battle of Gonzales .
Texian Army: Rank: Captain: Battles / wars: Texas Revolution. ... Texas. Amon B. King (1807–1836) was an American military leader in the Texas Revolution. [1] [2 ...
Milam’s decisive actions made him one of the early heroes of the Texas Revolution. Benjamin Rush Milam was born in 1788 in Frankfort, then just a tiny village on the Kentucky River in what was ...
Benjamin Rush Milam (October 20, 1788 – December 7, 1835) was an American colonist of Mexican Texas and a military leader and hero of the Texas Revolution.A native of what is now Kentucky, Milam fought beside American interests during the Mexican War of Independence and later joined the Texians in their own fight for independence, for which he assumed a leadership role.
Sidney Sherman Bridge in Houston, Texas, crossing the Houston Ship Channel, is named in his honor. This Texian General Sidney Sherman (and not Union Army Major General William Tecumseh Sherman) was the namesake of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado engine the General Sherman, the first railroad locomotive in Texas
The new Texas government and army met their doom in the Battle of Medina in August 1813, 20 miles south of San Antonio, where 1,300 of the 1,400 rebel army were killed in battle or executed shortly afterwards by royalist soldiers. It was the deadliest single battle in Texas history. 300 republican government officials in San Antonio were ...
James Walker Fannin Jr. (January 1, 1804– March 27, 1836) was an American military officer, planter, and slave trader who served in the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution. After being outnumbered and surrendering to the Mexican Army at the Battle of Coleto Creek , Fannin and his fellow prisoners of war were massacred soon afterward at ...