| Marker Number |
7183 |
| Atlas Number |
5167007183 |
| Marker Title |
General Sidney Sherman |
| Index Entry |
Sherman, Sidney |
| Address |
Broadway |
| City |
Galveston |
| County |
Galveston |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
327716 |
| UTM Northing |
3243064 |
| Subject Codes |
Texas Revolution, Texas Centennial; Republic of Texas; Civil War; military topics; railroads |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
In median of Broadway (Ave. J), W side of 7th St. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas centennial statue [pink granite and bronze] |
| Marker Text |
[back] Born in Massachusetts July 23, 1805. Came to Texas February 1836 as captain of a company of volunteers he had recruited in Kentucky and Ohio. Commanded the Second Regiment of Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto. First to sound the immortal war cry opening the battle. Remember the Alamo. Remember Goliad. Member of the Congress of the Republic 1842-1843. Major General of the Militia 1843-1846. Commandant Port of Galveston C.S.A. 1861-1862. Father of railroads in Texas, having built the first one west of the Sabine River. Died in Galveston, Texas, on the first day of August 1873. [base] Erected by the State of Texas 1936 with funds appropriated by the federal government to commemorate one hundred years of Texas Independence |
