Details for Louis Trezevant Wigfall

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5167011593

Data

Marker Number 11593
Atlas Number 5167011593
Marker Title Louis Trezevant Wigfall
Index Entry Wigfall, Louis Trezevant
Address
City Galveston
County Galveston
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 324059
UTM Northing 3241883
Subject Codes military topics
Marker Year 1963
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Episcopal Cemetery, Broadway & 40th St.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Civil War Memorials - (pink granite)
Marker Text (April 21, 1816 - February 18, 1874) Native South Carolinian, Sergeant in Seminole War, lawyer, member Texas Legislature, an ardent secessionist as United States Senator from 1859 to 1861, visited Fort Sumter with surrender demand as aide to General Beauregard, member Confederate States Provisional Congress, Colonel of 1st Texas Confederate Infantry, Brigadier-General in Confederate Infantry, Brigadier-General in Confederate Army, member Confederate States Senate. Erected by the State of Texas, 1963

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