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Santa Anna's policies lead to abortive invasion of Tampico
On this day in 1835, an armed invasion of Mexico by North Americans led by
George Fisher and José Antonio Mexía unsuccessfully assaulted the Mexican
garrison at Tampico. The Tampico Expedition, like the incipient Texas
Revolution, was launched in response to the reactionary policies of
Antonio López de Santa Anna. The expedition sailed from New Orleans on the
schooner Mary Jane on November 6. The Mary Jane ran aground
off the bar of Tampico on November 14. Mexía attacked the city on November
15 and was defeated. The rebels retreated aboard the American schooner
Halcyon, which arrived at the mouth of the Brazos on December 3.
Thirty-one prisoners were left at Tampico. All either died from wounds or
were executed.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- TAMPICO EXPEDITION
- FISHER, GEORGE
- MEXIA, JOSE ANTONIO
- TEXAS REVOLUTION
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