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Bowie, James

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

Bowie, James (1796–1836) soldier, frontiersman, and hero of the Texas War of Independence (1836), born in Tennessee (probably), or Logan County, Kentucky. Bowie is credited with the invention of the Bowie knife. Bowie settled in Texas in 1828 and became the leader of the Americans in Texas opposing Mexican government. He fought in the battle of Nacogdoches, one of the Disturbances of 1832 that began the process of revolution in Texas, and participated in skirmishes leading up to the siege of San Antonio (1835–36). After a command dispute with William B. Travis, Bowie died at the Alamo, under attack by Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna.

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Bowie, Jim

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Bowie, Jim ( James) (1796–1836) US frontiersman. He moved to Texas from Louisiana in 1828, and married the daughter of the Mexican vice-governor. By 1832 he had joined the US colonists who opposed the Mexican government. He was appointed a colonel in the Texas Army (1835), and was killed at the Alamo (1836).

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