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Gouvernor Houston appoints militia officers amid San Antonio tensions
The Austin correspondent reports Gov. Houston on March 5 appointing G. W. Jones to brigadier general and Capt. Ed Burleson as major general and aide, sending them toward San Antonio with two agents to Camp Cooper. Waite's dispatches show efforts to concentrate U.S. troops and retake the arsenal, while Twiggs ignores such moves. The article notes hostility to McCulloch and possible civil conflict as the governor defies the Convention and hints at appealing to the people. A Marylander’s letter from San Antonio describes frontier Indians, bandits, and the need for U.S. aid, concluding that secession cannot save Texas.
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Galveston
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Austin
LaGrange Democrat
Houston
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G. W. Jones
Bastrop
Ed. Burleson
San Antonio
Camp Cooper
Col. Waite
Washington
United States
Twiggs
Gov. Houston
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Waite
McCulloch
Col. Dalrymple
Gov- Houston
Texas
Baltimore County
Rio Grande