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Site of Battle of Fredonia

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San Augustine, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 31' 38.07522999984", -94° 4' 42.36974000004"
 
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     Climax of first Anglo-American rebellion in East Texas. In 1826 colonizer Hayden Edwards defied expulsion orders of Mexico and founded of Fredonia-- raising flag of Independence, Liberty and Justice. When Ayish Bayou settlers refused to join, he ordered their banishment. Fredonians, from log fort at this site, were ordered to take Ayish Bayou on Jan. 21, 1827. That day, however, without a shot, Stephen Prather's 9 white men and 60 Indians took the fort and 200 soldiers. At news of this, Edwards fled to the U. S., ending the Fredonian Rebellion.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Battle of Fredonia Historical Marker Location Map, San Augustine, Texas