County Named for Texas Confederate John H. Reagan - Big Lake, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 11.558 W 101° 27.638
14R E 265532 N 3453559
A Memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy
Waymark Code: WM1028B
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2019
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Marker Text:
(1818-1905) Delegate Texas Secession Convention. While member 1st Confederate Congress, made Postmaster General C.S.A. 1861. Difficult job begun by raid on U.S. Postal Dept. for southern personnel asking them to get maps, forms. Despite seizure mail by enemy, Army draft of clerks and carriers and split of South, department carried on. At war's end imprisoned Boston. Later U.S. Senator, first Chairman Railroad Commission. A Memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas 1963.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1963
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: State of Texas
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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