John Bankhead Magruder
Posted by: 
ggmorton
N 29° 17.623 W 094° 48.675
15R E 324070 N 3241888
A grave marker in this large Galveston cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM15KV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2007
Views: 16
Marker Number: 7525
Marker Text:
(August 15, 1810 - February 19, 1871)
Virginia native John Bankhead Magruder graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1830. For meritorious service in the Mexican War (1846-48) Magruder was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He later resigned from the U. S. Army to join the Confederacy in 1861. As commander of the Texas District he overcame a Federal blockade and regained control of Galveston and the Texas Gulf Coast. After the Civil War he fled to Mexico and served in Maximillian's army.
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