Adrián Woll (December 2, 1795 – February 1875) was a
French Mexican general in the army of
Mexico
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during the
Texas Revolution
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and the military conflict between Mexico and the
Republic of Texas
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which followed.
Woll was
governor
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of
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities.
It is located in nor ...
from May 2, 1853, to January 28, 1855, and had a second term from April 4, 1855, to September 8, 1855.
See also
*
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876),Callcott, Wilfred H., "Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De,''Handbook of Texas Online'' Retrieved 18 April 2017. often known as Santa Anna, wa ...
*
Mexican War of Independence
The Mexican War of Independence (, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional ...
*
Republic of the Rio Grande
The Republic of the Rio Grande () was one of a series of political movements in what was then the Centralist Republic of Mexico, which sought to become independent from the authoritarian, unitary government of Antonio López de Santa Anna; t ...
Expedición de Woll
*''The Second Mexican-Texas War'', Hill Junior College Monograph, Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1972.
*His archives are kept by the French ministry of Foreign affairs (180PAA
External links
Handbook of Texas On-line
Governors of Tamaulipas
Mexican Republic combatants of the Texas Revolution
French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
Mexican military personnel of the Mexican–American War
Mexican generals
1795 births
1875 deaths
Mexican invasions of 1842
Mexican monarchists
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