Captain Richard Andrews | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1800 Sandersville, Georgia |
| Died | October 28, 1835 (aged 35) Mission Concepción, San Antonio de Béxar, Mexico |
| Nickname | Big Dick |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Texian Militia Texian Army |
| Years of service | 1827-1835 |
| Battles/wars | |
Richard Andrews (1800-1835) was a Texian merchant and soldier who was the first killed in action casualty of the Texas Revolution during the Battle of Concepción on October 28, 1835. He is a folk hero (the "Nathan Hale of Texas") for his purported final words "I am a dead man, but don't let the other boys know it. Tell them to conquer or die."[1][2]
He is purportedly also the first wounded in action casualty of the war at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. However, Samuel McCulloch Jr. is considered by some historians to be the first at the Battle of Goliad on October 10, 1835.[3]
- ^ Hazlewood, Claudia (June 9, 2010). "ANDREWS, RICHARD". TSHA.
- ^ Anna J. Hardwicke Pennybacker, A History of Texas for Schools. rev. ed. Austin, TX: Author, 1908.
- ^ Thompson, Nolan (June 15, 2010). "MCCULLOCH, SAMUEL, JR". TSHA.