tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717322201990332006.post816278572855851228..comments2024-03-27T14:52:02.904-04:00Comments on Little Bits of History Along U.S. Roadways: John Bankhead MagruderLittle Bits of Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05787708365294028181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717322201990332006.post-90408087628576221172019-08-24T19:17:15.044-04:002019-08-24T19:17:15.044-04:00I Have Been Told That My Great Grandfather Served ...I Have Been Told That My Great Grandfather Served With Gen. Magruder.<br />Is There Any Way Of Obtaining A List Of The Officers Who served With Him !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561610556999659606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717322201990332006.post-76482220881657026162012-07-23T09:07:51.962-04:002012-07-23T09:07:51.962-04:00Thanks for the additional information about Magrud...Thanks for the additional information about Magruder. When I started this blog I wanted to expand on the history of the marker, but at the same time my posts needed to be a reasonalbe length. I don't include everything I have learned about someone, generally because I have other markers, which later will add more information. At the same time as a reader of my blog you have done exactly what I had hoped you would do by adding additional historical facts to my posts that are of interest to you. So thanks.Little Bits of Historyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05787708365294028181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717322201990332006.post-62241239457412519962012-07-23T04:30:57.575-04:002012-07-23T04:30:57.575-04:00There is quite a bit missing here. For example:
O...There is quite a bit missing here. For example:<br /><br />On January 1, 1863, Magruder's forces won the Battle of Galveston, recapturing the city and port for the Confederacy. The First Confederate Congress published its official thanks:<br /><br />"... The bold, intrepid, and gallant conduct of Maj. Gen. J. Bankhead Magruder, Col. Thomas Green, Maj. Leon Smith, and other officers, and of the Texan Rangers and soldiers engaged in the attack on, and victory achieved over, the land and naval forces of the enemy at Galveston, on the 1st of January, 1863, eminently entitle them to the thanks of Congress and the country. ... This brilliant achievement, resulting, under the providence of God, in the capture of the war steamer Harriet Lane and the defeat and ignominious flight of the hostile fleet from the harbor, the recapture of the city and the raising of the blockade of the port of Galveston, signally evinces that superior force may be overcome by skillful conception and daring courage."<br /><br />From August 1864 to March 1865, Magruder commanded the Department of Arkansas, but then returned to command the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona during the last months of the war until the entire Trans-Mississippi region was surrendered by General Edmund Kirby Smith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com