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Philip Dimmitt

1 battle1 war

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1801 – 1841

18051810181518201825183018351840Texas Revolution · 1835-1836Battle of Goliad — October 10, 1835 · Texian Rebels · Texas Revolution

Active service 1835 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 34.

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Philip Dimmitt (1801–1841) was an officer in the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution. Born in Kentucky, Dimmitt moved to Texas in 1823 and soon operated a series of trading posts. After learning that Mexican General Martín Perfecto de Cos was en route to Texas in 1835 to quell the unrest, Dimmitt proposed that the general be kidnapped on his arrival at Copano. The plan was shelved when fighting broke out at Gonzales, but by early October, 1835, it had been resuscitated by a group of volunteers at Matamoros. Not knowing that Cos had already departed for San Antonio de Bexar, this group decided to corner Cos at Presidio La Bahía in Goliad. Dimmitt joined them en route, and participated in the battle of Goliad.

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