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Longs Expedition to Texas in the Year 1819
Dr James Long from Tennessee led a 75 man volunteer force to Texas in 1819 hoping to invade and Americanize Texas. The expedition grew to about 300 and established provisional government at Nacogdoches before Spanish counter forces under Colonel Perez crushed the effort. Long sought Lafitte aid at Galveston but failed and eventually retreated to Bolivar Point and New Orleans. Long was killed in Mexico in 1822 after earlier gains and setbacks.
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James Long
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Maury County
Jackson
New Orleans
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South American
Aury Perry
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Magee Walker
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Joel R. Poinsett
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