Colonel Lewis Given Harman, Confederate Army -- US 90 E of Marathon TX
N 30° 12.437 W 103° 11.932
13R E 673366 N 3343125
Memories of Mexican War US soldier and Confederate Army Colonel Lewis G. Harman's military service to two nations are preserved on this historic marker east of Marathon on the US 90.
Waymark Code: WMV0HA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/02/2017
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The state historic marker for CSA Col. Lewis Given Harman is located in a small roadside pullout on the US 90 about 1.5 miles east of where the US 385 leaves the 90 east of town, and reads as follows:
"COLONEL LEWIS GIVEN HARMAN
(1818-1902)
Typical of those who served the South and then moved into new counties of Western Texas. Surveyor, Indian agent, soldier, legislator, Justice of the Peace.
Born in Tennessee. Moved to Texas 1838. Fought in Mexican War. Though 43 when Civil War began, immediately joined 11th Texas Cavalry, in swift 1861 campaign to place Confederate forts in Indian Territory. Was Post Commander, Fort Arbuckle, I.T., June to August 1861.
Civic leader in Marathon after its founding in 1882. Had town's first Masonic funeral. (1965)"
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Type of memorial: Plaque
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