Henry A. Crabb

Henry A. Crabb (-1857) was a member of the California State Senate during a term ending in 1854. In 1857 he led a filibustering group to the Mexican State of Sonora to aid the Liberal side in the Reform War then being fought in Mexico, specifically the leader of the Liberals in Sonora, Ygnacio Pesqueira. His forces were defeated at Caborca in what has been termed the Crabb massacre and he was then executed by Mexican soldiers.

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