COMMANDER // 1793–1836
Stephen F. Austin
United States1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1793 – 1836
Active service 1835 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 42.
Profile
Stephen Fuller Austin was an American-born empresario, i.e. a person granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for settling the eastern areas of the Tejas region of Mexico in the early nineteenth century. Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States in 1825.
Battles (1)
1835
Siege of BéxarTexas Revolution · Texian