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Juan Nepomuceno Seguin was born on October 27, 1806, in San Antonio de Bexar, Province of Texas, Viceroyalty of New Spain, to Juan José María Erasmo Seguin, a second-generation Bexareño, and Maria Josefa Becerra. As the son of a postal administrator, he would help his mother in business, while his father was one of the drafting rapporteurs ...
José Gregorio Esparza (February 25, 1802 – March 6, 1836), also known as Gregorio Esparza, was the last Texan defender to enter the Alamo during the early days of March 1836 in the Siege of the Alamo [1] and was the only one that was not burned in the pyres.
Left as courier with Seguin on February 25 [61] David P. Cummings: PVT 1809 Pennsylvania fatality Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company [62] Robert Cunningham: PVT 1804 New York fatality [63] Matias Curvier — — — survivor Juan Seguin's volunteers [Note 2] Jacob C. Darst: LT 1793 Kentucky fatality Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company [64] John Davis ...
Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) was a Mexican Army officer and politician. He is best known for leading a Mexican army of 3,791 men which defeated a 5,730-strong force of French troops at the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 during the second French intervention in Mexico.
Although prominent Tejano Juan Seguín raised a militia company to assist the governor, the Béxar ayuntamiento (city council) ordered him not to interfere, [41] and Viesca was arrested before he reached Texas. [42] Public opinion in Texas was divided. [43] Editorials in the United States began advocating complete independence for Texas. [44]
An affidavit was signed by Juan Seguin on February 6, 1875, affirming that Luciano was indeed a member of Seguin's company and had entered the Alamo with Seguin himself and Jim Bowie. Luciano was sent by Seguin and William Travis to fetch a trunk from Seguin's rancho. Upon returning, he was unable to reenter the Alamo due to Mexican patrols. [64]
[17] [18] Two days later Juan Seguin's scout Blas María Herrera reported that the vanguard of the Mexican army had crossed the Rio Grande. There had been many rumors of Santa Anna's imminent arrival, but Travis ignored them. [18] [19] For several hours that night a council of war held at the Alamo argued over whether to believe the rumors. [18]
Juan Seguín and his relief forces waiting on the Cibolo Creek encounter the Goliad advance led by Francis L. DeSauque and John M. Chenoweth while near the Cibolo. They inform Seguin that Fannin was en route to relieve the Alamo defenders and should only be about two days away. February 29 Houston arrives at Washington on the Brazos.