Category: Siege of Bexar

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The first major campaign of the Texas Revolution. From 12 October until 11 December 1835 an army of Texian volunteers laid siege to a Mexican army in and around San Antonio de Béxar, Coahuila y Texas, Mexico

Result: Texian Victory

Begins Oct. 12 and ends on Dec. 11, 1835, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas colony
Belligerents
Texas ColonyMéxico
Commanders and leadersCommanders and leaders
Stephen F. Austin, Thomas J. Rusk, Edward Burleson, Ben Milam †KIA, Frank W. JohnsonMartín Perfecto de Cos, Domingo Ugartechea, Castañeda, Francisco de Castañeda
StrengthStrength
600 militia650-1,200 (toward the end, there were about 1,045 men)
Casualties and lossesCasualties and losses
35 dead, wounded, captured 150 dead, wounded, captured


List of the Texian Wounded During the (Storm) Siege of Bexar Between 5 to 10 Dec 1835

Mortal (2): Lt. John Cook (Died of Wounds (later)),George Alexander (Died of Wounds (later))
Dangerous (7): Capt. J.W. Peacock, Lt. Thomas W. Ward, Lt. John L. Hall, Alexander Abrahams, William Thomas, James Knowlin,John Beldin
Severe (11): Col. Grant, Edward S. Pullam, James McGee, Greenberry Logan, Samuel G. Everett, William McDermott, George W. Main, D.C. Mitchison, James M. Cass, Erastus Smith, James West
Slight (3): (1)(an) Outlaw, (2) John Cornil, (3) Boyle

The two reported mortal have since died. The rest are doing well. Albert M. Long

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1800 Texas Colony - 06 Mar 1836
16 Jun 1790 photo
1805 Kentucky, United States - Jun 1847
abt 1797 Sandersville, Georgia, USA - 28 Oct 1835 photo
abt 1809 Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States - 06 Mar 1836

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abt 1803 Nacogdoches, Texas colony - 06 Mar 1836
1795 Missouri, United States - 06 Mar 1836
1803 Brunswick county, Virginia, United States of America - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1810 Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico - 1837
15 Nov 1803 Sevier, Tennessee, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
abt 1807 Sevier, Tennessee, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1795 Ipswich, Suffolk, England - 06 Mar 1836
1810 Woodchurch, Kent, England - 06 Mar 1836 photo
10 Apr 1796 Terrapin Creek, Logan, Kentucky, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1800 Pennsylvania, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo

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1802 Pennsylvania, United States - 06 Mar 1836
1810 Sevier, Tennessee, United States - 06 Mar 1836
1806 Virginia, United States - 06 Mar 1836
1805 Missouri Territory - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1810 Mississippi Territory - 06 Mar 1836
abt 1810 Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States - 06 Mar 1836
1808 Germany - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1814 Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States - 06 Mar 1836
1810 Pennsylvania, United States - 06 Mar 1836
abt 1813 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas Colony - aft 1860
18 Oct 1804 Ontario County, New York - 06 Mar 1836 photo

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22 Dec 1793 Woodford, Kentucky, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1811 Kentucky, USA - 06 Mar 1836
1806 USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1818 Missouri, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1808 Tennessee, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1812 Ireland - 06 Mar 1836
01 Dec 1815 Rapides Parish, Louisiana - 06 Mar 1836
1812 Manhattan, New York, USA - 06 Mar 1836
aft 1810 Tennessee, USA - 06 Mar 1836
1802 Ireland - 06 Mar 1836
abt 1804 England - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1804 Ireland - 06 Mar 1836 photo

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1819 Texas Colony, New Spain (Spanish Texas) - 06 Mar 1836 photo
08 Mar 1808 Texas Colony, Nueva España - 06 Mar 1836
1812 Tennessee, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo

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abt 01 Jan 1804 Georgia, United States - 27 Mar 1836 photo
06 Mar 1804 Nash County, North Carolina, USA - 06 Mar 1836
1797 Avon, Livingston, New York, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1813 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas Colony, New Spain - 06 Mar 1836

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1813 Louisiana, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1806 Sevier, Tennessee, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo

G cont.

abt 1809 Abbeville, South Carolina, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1802 Virginia, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1809 Virginia, United States - 06 Mar 1836
30 Dec 1817 Georgia, USA - 06 Mar 1836
1810 Mexico - aft 1875
1804 England - 06 Mar 1836

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08 Aug 1815 Tennessee, United States of America - aft 06 Mar 1836 photo
1813 Kentucky, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1799 Ireland - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1805 England - 06 Mar 1836
11 Sep 1817 Missouri,United States - 20 Nov 1905 photo
abt 1810 Scioto County, Ohio, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1808 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1797 Massachusetts - 06 Mar 1836 photo

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1807 Clones, Monaghan, Ireland - 06 Mar 1836
1807 Kentucky, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
14 May 1782 Windham, Connecticut, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
abt 1805 Texas Colony, New Spain - 06 Mar 1836
03 Oct 1799 Leesburg, Virginia - 08 Apr 1884
abt 1813 Virginia, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1810 New York, New York, USA - 06 Mar 1836

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08 Sep 1812 Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States - 16 Aug 1840 photo
1814 Virginia, United States of America - 06 Mar 1836 photo
25 Dec 1791 Green Mountain, Madison, Kentucky, USA - 06 Mar 1836

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08 Sep 1805 Mercer County, Kentucky, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
12 Feb 1814 Illinois, United States - 06 Mar 1836
18 Dec 1819 Maine, United States - 06 Mar 1836
11 Apr 1808 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas - 06 Mar 1836 photo

M

1807 Virginia, United States of America - 06 Mar 1836
13 Aug 1817 Athens, Limestone County, Alabama, USA - 06 Mar 1836
1808 Tennessee, USA - 06 Mar 1836
06 Jan 1808 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
23 Jul 1803 Pendleton, South Carolina, USA - 02 Sep 1870 photo
Ireland - 06 Mar 1836
01 Dec 1797 Aberfeldy, Dull Parish, Scotland - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1798 Franklin, Georgia, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
20 Oct 1788 Frankfort, Kentucky - 07 Dec 1835 photo
abt 1795 Tennessee - 06 Mar 1836
23 Feb 1812 Caldwell, Kentucky, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1804 Tennessee, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1781 Martinsburg, Virginia - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1808 Robeson, North Carolina, United States of America - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1805 Ohio, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo

N

1810 Texas Colony - 06 Mar 1836
1788 North Carolina, USA - 29 Mar 1848 photo
1816 South Carolina, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo

N cont.

1805 South Carolina, United States, of America - 06 Mar 1836 photo
25 Oct 1804 Sussex, Virginia, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1809 England - 06 Mar 1836 photo

P

1810 Natchez, Mississippi, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1814 Mississippi Territory - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1805 Rowan County, North Carolina, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1817 Hancock, Mississippi, United States - 06 Mar 1836
29 Oct 1803 Surry, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
Jun 1799 Granville County, North Carolina, USA - 02 Mar 1842

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13 Jul 1796 Virginia, USA - 09 Aug 1871
18 Feb 1812 Davidson County, Tennessee - 06 Mar 1836
1808 Scotland - 06 Mar 1836 photo
abt 1805 Ohio, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
11 May 1785 Laferée, Ardennes, France - 1851
1810 Ireland - 06 Mar 1836
1798 Kentucky - 06 Mar 1836 photo
01 Mar 1805 St. Landry, Louisiana Territory, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo

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25 May 1809 Chatham County, North Carolina, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
abt 1807 Chatham, North Carolina, United States - 21 Jan 1885
27 Oct 1806 La Villa de San Fernando de Béxar - 27 Aug 1890 photo
1811 Georgia, USA - 06 Mar 1836
08 Jun 1815 Charleston, South Carolina - 06 Mar 1836
1806 Mt. Arundel, Benedict, Charles County, Maryland, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1811 United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
27 Jun 1815 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, at the Hermitage, USA - 04 Jan 1883 photo
1811 England - 06 Mar 1836
1817 Tennessee, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo

T

10 Apr 1820 Giles County, Tennessee, United States - 26 Dec 1906
1811 Germany - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1798 Arkansas colony - 06 Mar 1836 photo
17 Apr 1812 Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1810 Ireland - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1814 Missouri - 06 Mar 1836

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1813 Maury County, Tennessee - 06 Mar 1836
1812 Arkansas - Jun 1836
1812 England - 06 Mar 1836 photo
abt 1800 Kentucky, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1806 Marion, South Carolina, USA - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1810 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1804 Clarke, Georgia, United States - 22 Dec 1859
17 Feb 1782 Spain - 06 Mar 1836 photo
1810 North Carolina, USA - 06 Mar 1836

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1808 Randers, Denmark - 06 Mar 1836 photo




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