Details for Members of Confederate Congresses

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5387010871

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Marker Number 10871
Atlas Number 5387010871
Marker Title Members of Confederate Congresses
Index Entry Confederate Congresses
Address Town Square, Main St.
City Clarksville
County Red River
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 309774
UTM Northing 3720955
Subject Codes Civil War
Marker Year 1965
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Town square on US 82
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 27" x 42"
Marker Text (Texas in the Civil War) During the 4 years, 4 months after secession, Texas sent 18 lawmakers to the Confederate capitols. Her delegates to the Provisional Congress, Feb. 1861 to Feb. 1862, were John R. Gregg, Freestone County; John Hemphill, Travis County; Wm. B. Ochiltree, Nacogdoches County; Williamson S. Oldham, Washington County; John H. Reagan, Anderson County; Thomas N. Waul, Gonzales County; and Louis T. Wigfall, Harrison County. Texans in the first Confederate States Congress, Feb. 1862-Feb. 1864, were B. H. Epperson of Red River County; M. D. Graham, Rusk County; Peter W. Gray, Harris County; Claiborne C. Herbert, Colorado County; Frank B. Sexton, San Augustine County; John A. Wilcox, Bexar County; and Wm. B. Wright, Lamar County. Oldham and Wigfall served as senators, 1862-1865. Herbert and Sexton were re-elected to the Second Confederate Congress, in 1864. Their colleagues were Gen. John R. Baylor, Parker County; Anthony M. Branch, Walker County; Stephen H. Darden, Gonzales County; and Simpson H. Morgan, Red River County. Several congressmen left the legislative branch of the government for the battlefield, two becoming generals. Others left for presidential assignments-- one, Reagan, to be postmaster-general in the cabinet.
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