Gutierrez–Magee Expedition

E815158

filibustering expedition military expedition revolutionary campaign

The Gutierrez–Magee Expedition was an early 19th-century filibustering and revolutionary campaign that attempted to liberate Spanish Texas from Spanish rule during the Mexican War of Independence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition	2
Gutierrez–Magee Expedition canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9704654 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Gutierrez–Magee Expedition
Context triple: [Spanish Texas, event, Gutierrez–Magee Expedition]

A. Sullivan Expedition
The Sullivan Expedition was a 1779 Continental Army campaign during the American Revolutionary War aimed at destroying Iroquois settlements allied with the British in New York and Pennsylvania.
B. Price’s Missouri Expedition
Price’s Missouri Expedition was a major 1864 Confederate cavalry campaign into Missouri led by General Sterling Price, intended to capture the state and influence the U.S. presidential election but ultimately ending in failure.
C. Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory
The Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory was a 1861–1862 American Civil War campaign in which Confederate forces from Texas attempted, but ultimately failed, to seize control of the Southwest and its trade routes from Union forces.
D. Red River Expedition
The Red River Expedition was a Canadian military campaign in 1870 sent to the Red River Colony (in present-day Manitoba) to assert federal authority and respond to Louis Riel’s provisional government during the Red River Rebellion.
E. Quantrill's Raid
Quantrill's Raid was a brutal Confederate guerrilla attack led by William Quantrill in 1863, in which pro-slavery fighters massacred civilians and burned much of Lawrence, Kansas, during the American Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gutierrez–Magee Expedition
Target entity description: The Gutierrez–Magee Expedition was an early 19th-century filibustering and revolutionary campaign that attempted to liberate Spanish Texas from Spanish rule during the Mexican War of Independence.

A. Sullivan Expedition
The Sullivan Expedition was a 1779 Continental Army campaign during the American Revolutionary War aimed at destroying Iroquois settlements allied with the British in New York and Pennsylvania.
B. Price’s Missouri Expedition
Price’s Missouri Expedition was a major 1864 Confederate cavalry campaign into Missouri led by General Sterling Price, intended to capture the state and influence the U.S. presidential election but ultimately ending in failure.
C. Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory
The Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory was a 1861–1862 American Civil War campaign in which Confederate forces from Texas attempted, but ultimately failed, to seize control of the Southwest and its trade routes from Union forces.
D. Red River Expedition
The Red River Expedition was a Canadian military campaign in 1870 sent to the Red River Colony (in present-day Manitoba) to assert federal authority and respond to Louis Riel’s provisional government during the Red River Rebellion.
E. Quantrill's Raid
Quantrill's Raid was a brutal Confederate guerrilla attack led by William Quantrill in 1863, in which pro-slavery fighters massacred civilians and burned much of Lawrence, Kansas, during the American Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	filibustering expedition ⓘ military expedition ⓘ revolutionary campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition ⓘ linked to: Gutierrez–Magee Expedition Republican Army of the North campaign ⓘ
commander	Augustus William Magee ⓘ José Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara ⓘ
conflictType	insurgency ⓘ irregular warfare ⓘ
countryInvolved	Spain ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
endDate	1813 ⓘ
followedBy	continued Spanish control of Texas until 1821 ⓘ
formedBy	Republican Army of the North ⓘ
goal	to liberate Texas from Spanish rule ⓘ to support Mexican independence from Spain ⓘ
hasCause	Mexican independence movement ⓘ linked to: Mexican War of Independence opposition to Spanish colonial rule in Texas ⓘ
hasCommander	Samuel Kemper ⓘ
hasOutcome	heavy losses among insurgent forces at the Battle of Medina ⓘ
hasParticipant	American volunteers ⓘ Augustus William Magee ⓘ José Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara ⓘ Native American allies ⓘ Republican Army of the North ⓘ Samuel Kemper ⓘ Tejano revolutionaries ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
influenced	later movements for Texas independence ⓘ subsequent filibustering expeditions into Texas ⓘ
languageOfParticipants	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Spanish Texas ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Medina ⓘ Battle of Rosillo Creek ⓘ Siege of La Bahía ⓘ
operationalArea	Texas ⓘ
opposedBy	Spanish Empire ⓘ Spanish royalist forces in Texas ⓘ
partOf	Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
precededBy	early phases of the Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
result	Spanish royalist victory ⓘ defeat of the Republican Army of the North ⓘ
significance	first major armed challenge to Spanish rule in Texas during the Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
startDate	1812 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Texas → event → Gutierrez–Magee Expedition ⓘ

Gutierrez–Magee Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition ⓘ

linked to: Gutierrez–Magee Expedition

Battle of Medina → precededBy → Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition ⓘ