Who resigned his post in the United States army to help liberate Texas?

Augustus Magee resigned his commission in the United States Army and joined the effort to free Texas from Spanish rule. He helped lead the Gutierrez-Magee expedition. Peter Ellis Bean, John Long, and Philip Nolan were also associated with early Texas history, but Magee is the one who resigned his army post for this cause.

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