Details for Colonel John S. Sutton
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5435000963
Data
| Marker Number | 963 |
| Atlas Number | 5435000963 |
| Marker Title | Colonel John S. Sutton |
| Index Entry | Sutton, Colonel John S. |
| Address | Water & Main St. |
| City | Sonora |
| County | Sutton |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 342280 |
| UTM Northing | 3383264 |
| Subject Codes | Civil War; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1962 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Courthouse Grounds; corner of Water and Main Streets Sonora |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Civil War Memorials - (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | At outbreak Civil War, this veteran soldier, Ranger, Indian fighter joined 7th Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers. Elected lt. colonel, led five companies Arizona-New Mexico campaign designed to make Confederacy an ocean to ocean nation. Mortally wounded in Battle of Val Verde while leading rifle assault against enemy cannons, he refused immediate aid and motioned on his battalion which captured the battery. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. |