Robert E. Lee assigned Magruder to the command of the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. He arrived in Texas on October 10, 1862, and assumed command on November 29. His greatest success was his brilliant recapture of Galveston on January 1, 1863, and the consequent, if temporary, dispersal of the Union blockading fleet. On August 17, 1864, however, he was transferred to the command of the Department of Arkansas. After the war, he returned to Texas to make his home in Houston until his death on February 19, 1871. | Source: Cutrer, Thomas W. "Magruder, John Bankhead," Handbook of Texas Online, January 18, 2013, https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma15.Download Original File
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Cutrer, Thomas W. "Magruder, John Bankhead," Handbook of Texas Online, January 18, 2013, https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma15.
