Johann Ernst Friedrich Gustav Bunsen (* 25 August 1804 in Frankfurt/Main; "† 27 February 1836 with San Patricio (Texas), the USA, fallen), Dr. med., was a German surgeon, leader Frankfurt being awake tower, late fighter in the texanischen war of independence.

Family

He was the son of the Frankfurt Johann George Bunsen (1790-1833).

Bunsen married Augusta Berchelmann, the sister of its Frankfurt friend Adolf Berchelmann in Belleville (Illinois).

Its older brother was George Bunsen, which became later in the USA an important paedagogue.

Its cousin was the chemist Robert William Bunsen (1811-1899).

Life

in Germany

Bunsen began already as a young medical student to become enthusiastic for the arising republican ideas. In the year 1831 it participated in the Polish rebellion against the Russian supremacy and in May 1832 was it participant in the Hambacher celebration. As political activist and member of the board of the "“German pressing and native country association"” he belonged to that to the small circle, on a secret Burschenschaftstag to 26. /27. December 1832 in Stuttgart revolutionary counter measures prepared. With "“Frankfurt being awake tower"” (3 April 1833) he was leader of 50 liberally gesinnten Giessener students and other hessian intellectual ones, craftsmen and Polish officers, those in Frankfurt the police headquarters and the Konstabler guard, in order to free the journalists arrested there. Despite repeated calls Bunsens did not receive the freedom fighters any support with the Frankfurt population. Thus the rebellion failed within shortest time. To the fighters also his older brother George Bunsen, Gustav of grains, Theodor angel man and Adolf Berchelmann, which fled like Bunsen afterwards into the USA, belonged around itself to their arrest extract.

in America

In America Bunsen lived first in Belleville (Illinois), where it also married, continued to pull later however after Cincinnati (Ohio). When the politician and general called SAM Houston in October 1835 to fight against the Mexican general Antonio de Santa Anna Bunsen announced itself James Tarlton in Louisville (Ohio) voluntarily at the company of Captain (captain) and pulled with it after Texas.

As its troop in December 1835 the locality San Antiono (Texas) reached, already was these in the hand of the texanischen freedom fighters. Bunsen followed 1836 the partisan corps of the Colonels (Colonel) James Grant (1793-1836) and Francis White Johnson (1799-1884) in the campaign after Matamoros in the Mexican Federal State Tamaulipas. With only 64 they reached men on 22 January 1836 the place San Patricio in Texas. Here they about one month remained and caught horses for the equipment of further soldiers, who should be still recruited. In this time Santa Anna started its Gegenoffensive south the Rio Grande. On the early morning 27 of February Bunsens department was surprised by a troop of Mexican Kavalleristen, which became most killed, the remainder became imprisoned taken and after Matamaros kidnapped.

Also Bunsen belonged to the dead ones and, where he was fallen, was buried. On the old cemetery of San Patricio stands today a monument, on which also its name is registered.

Completely 24 years after Bunsens death received its descendants to 14. March 1860 in Texas 960 acres a large piece country as thanks for the devoted service and liberty fight of the father in the texanischen army.

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