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Battle of Galveston

Battle of Galveston. Meagan Harris & Marquese Hayes. Commanders. John B. Magruder. William B. Renshaw. Commanders. William B. Renshaw

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Battle of Galveston

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  1. Battle of Galveston Meagan Harris & Marquese Hayes

  2. Commanders John B. Magruder William B. Renshaw

  3. Commanders • William B. Renshaw • William B. Renshaw, born on October 11, 1816, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was appointed midshipman in November 1831. Appointed commander on April 26,1861, he was attached to Admiral Farragut's squadron during the Civil War and was commended for the "handsome manner in which he managed his vessel", Westfield, during Mortar Flotilla operations on the Mississippi in 1862. At Galveston at the end of the year, he refused to surrender his ship on January 1, 1863 and set fire to her to keep her out of Confederate hands. • John B. Magruder • John Bankhead Magruder, soldier for the United States, the Confederate States, and Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, was born on May 1, 1807, at Port Royal, Virginia, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bankhead Magruder. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point on July 1, 1826, graduated fifteenth in the class of 1830, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Seventh Infantry on July When Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder replaced Hebert in the fall of 1862, the new district commander began to organize for the recapture of Galveston. For a naval attack he placed artillery and dismounted cavalry from Sibley's brigade, led by Thomas Green Col. 30, 1830. Magruder died February 19, 1871.

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