William Augustus Bowles
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William Augustus Bowles was an American-born military officer and adventurer. Born in Frederick County, Maryland, Bowles was commissioned into the Maryland Loyalists Battalion at the rank of ensign, s
Portrait by Thomas Bush Hardy, 1790
The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, also known as Castillo del Morro, is a fortress guarding the entrance to the Havana harbor. The design is by the Italian engineer Battista Antonelli. Original
William Augustus Bowles
…an alliance with the Muscogee and founded the State of Muskogee. In 1803, Bowles was betrayed and handed over to the Spanish, who imprisoned him in Morro Castle, where he died two years later. Some sources give his date of birth as 1764. Bowles was born in Frederick County, Maryland, and joined the Maryland…
Aerial view of Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, 1909
The British Fleet Entering Havana, 21 August 1762, a 1775 painting by Dominic Serres
A depiction of an episode from the last major operation of the Seven Years War, 1756-63, by Dominic Serres
Bombardment of the Morro Castle, Havana, 1 July 1762 by Richard Paton