Juan Seguin's Leadership

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Juan Seguin is military figure of the Texas Revolution and Republic of Texas and was a leader of a militia that rebelled the Mexican army.Juan was born in he was born in San Antonio on October 27, 1806, and was the elder of two sons,Juan José María Erasmo Seguín and María Josefa Becerra.Juan Seguin never went to school as a kid and his only education was from his father encouraging him to read and write.When he grew up, he married he married María Gertrudis Flores de Abrego at the age of nineteen and they had ten children.In 1835 is when Juan started an actual career as a leader in a militia.After that he got a commander's commision and Juan got 37 men together.Unfortunately,his company was involved in the fall of 1835 and therefore lost all

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