Boyce, Robert P., 1816-1889

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Robert P. Boyce, 1816-1889, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and claimed, in his memoirs, to “come of a hard headed race.” He was a veteran of both the Texas Revolution and the U.S. Civil War. An important milestone during his military career was when he was assigned to guard Santa Anna following the Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto.

From the guide to the Robert P. Boyce Papers MSS 38., 1836-1889, 1870-1889, (Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library)

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United States
Autobiographies
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Confederate States of America
Houston (Tex.)
Memoir
Natchez (Miss.)
San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836
Texas
Texas
Texas
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Birth 1816

Death 1889

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