United Confederate Veterans Texas Division archive, 1862-1944, 1888-1917.
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United Confederate Veterans. Texas Division
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The United Confederate Veterans, former members of the Army of the Confederacy, operated for fifty years after the end of the Civil War to keep the public memory of their cause alive. The Texas Division, led by Henry B. Askew, Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross and H.B. Stoddard, included Confederate veterans who fought in Texas regiments and Confederate veterans who moved to Texas after the Civil War. From the description of United Confederate Veterans Texas Division archive, 1862-1944, 1...
Littlefield, George W. (George Washington), 1842-1920
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George Washington Littlefield, born June 21, 1842 and died November 10, 1920, owned cotton plantation in Gonzales, Texas. Littlefield served in Civil War under Albert Sydney Johnson, (Terry's Rangers), rising to the rank of Major. Littlefield owned several ranches in Texas and New Mexico. In 1901 with his nephews, J. P. and T. P. White, he bought The Yellow House Ranch from the Capitol Syndicate. Littlefield founded the American National Bank in Austin, served on the University of Texas Board of...
Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1838-1898
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Soldier, governor, and university president Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross (1838-1898) was born in the Iowa Territory and immigrated to Texas in 1839. After earning his A.B. from Wesleyan University in Florence, Alabama in 1859, Ross joined the Texas Rangers, initially as a lieutenant and later as a captain. Ross' fame in Texas greatly increased when, during the battle of the Pease River, his company rescued Cynthia Ann Parker. In 1861, he married Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley, and prompt...
Stoddard, H. B.
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Robertson, Felix Huston, 1839-1928
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Felix H. Robertson attended West Point from 1857, but resigned in January 1861. He served at Fort Sumter, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Atlanta. He rose to the rank of brigadier general and was the last surviving Confederate general. From the description of Felix H. Robertson letters, 1894-1900. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 316060616 ...
Askew, Henry R.
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