Burleson, Edward, Jr., Papers 1821,1851-1891

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Burleson, Edward, Jr., Papers 1821,1851-1891

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Correspondence, military orders, muster rolls, circulars, broadsides, newspaperclippings, financial papers, legal documents, field notes, and deeds comprise thepapers of Edward Burleson, Jr. (1826-1877). The papers relate to Burleson’s careeras a soldier and politician.

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Burleson, Edward, 1798-1851

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Burleson, Edward, Jr., 1826-1877

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Burleson, Edward, Jr.

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Edward Burleson, Jr. was born on November 26, 1826 in Tennessee to Edward and Sarah (Owen) Burleson and moved to Texas in 1830. During his long career as a soldier, Burleson fought in the Mexican War with Benjamin McCulloch’s Texas Mounted Volunteers, served in the Texas Rangers as a lieutenant and major with John S. Ford (1856-1857), and fought as a major during the Civil War. In 1875, Burleson was a delegate from the Twenty-first District to the Constitutional Convention and sat o...