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Juan Nepomuceno Seguín
“He saw his friends slaughtered at the Alamo.”
Dr. Donald Frazier describes Juan Seguin’s role in the battle.
HE LEAD A MILITIA COMPANY to Monclova in the Mexican state of Coahuila, which had become the official capital of Texas in 1833 after fighting between Centralist and Federalist forces had broken out. By the fall of 1835, he was performing non-combat operations for the revolutionary army.
When revolutionary forces placed General Cos under siege at San Antonio de Béxar, Juan Seguín was more than willing to participate. He was a valued Alamo defender, but when Santa Anna arrived to seal the Alamo's fate, Seguín was on a dangerous courier assignment.
Seguín was a strong supporter of the federalist principles which Santa Anna betrayed. A man more of action than words, he organized a company of Tejano soldiers that would play an invaluable role in the Texian cause. Seguín's Tejano unit fought bravely at the Battle of San Jacinto, and followed the defeated Centralists to the Rio Grande, ensuri
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Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, Painted from Life in 1838
At age 32, the Tejano revolutionary was already a military hero and Texas senator
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Juan Nepomuceno Seguín witnessed Texas history as it happened. His political career began in 1828 when he was elected as an alderman in San Antonio de Béxar (present-day San Antonio). He served in various political positions until his military career began in 1835. Although he missed the final battle at the Alamo after being sent for reinforcements, Seguín organized a Tejano (Texans of Mexican descent) company that served as a rear guard for Sam Houston's troops at the Battle of San Jacinto. Seguín went on to serve multiple terms as the only Tejano in the Republic of Texas Senate. In 1840, he became the mayor of San Antonio. This oil on canvas portrait showing Seguin in military uniform was painted by Thomas Jefferson Wright in 1838.
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Texas Originals
Juan Seguín
October 27, 1806–August 27, 1890
Texas revolutionary Juan Seguín was a politician, a soldier, a businessman, even a suspected traitor. Yet he was also a hero and an honored veteran. The contradictions of Seguín's life illustrate how complicated loyalty was during the struggle for Texas independence—especially for Tejano citizens of the Republic.
Seguín was born in San Antonio in 1806. As a young man, he formed a militia of Texians to resist President Santa Anna's oppressive rule. Seguín was a dedicated and able soldier, and he joined fellow Texians at the Alamo. He escaped death only because Colonel William Travis sent him out of the fort to seek reinforcements.
After the war, Seguín served in the Texas Senate and as mayor of San Antonio, but his unwavering defense of Tejano rights earned him political enemies. Seguín also had business dealings in Mexico that aroused suspicion, and he was labeled a traitor. Fearing for his safety, he fled to Mexico in 1842.
Santa Anna remembered Seguín's role in the Texas revolution and as punishment, compelled
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