Benjamin McCulloch
Full Name: Benjamin "Ben" McCullochDate of birth: November 11, 1811
Date of death: March 7, 1862
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | Gonzales | Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 | 1st (1) | Unknown / Gonzales | DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca |
(1) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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House District Gonzales
Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 Legislatures: 1st (1) Home City/County: Unknown / Gonzales Counties in district: DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca |
(1) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, Benjamin McCulloch, p. 129. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
- Biographical sketch, General Ben McCulloch, pp. 294-300. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- MCCULLOCH, BENJAMIN (1811-1862). Relatives - Benjamin McCulloch and Henry Eustace McCulloch, brothers. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Book in LRL collection, 328.764 M139R 1957. The Life and Services of Gen. Ben McCulloch, 1958.
- Portrait and biographical sketch. Lone Star Junction, 1995.
- McCulloch, Benjamin. Texas State Cemetery.
Military Service Notes
- Texas Army, First Lieutenant, Texas Revolution, "At the battle of San Jacinto he commanded one of the famed Twin Sisters and won from Houston a battlefield commission as first lieutenant." Texas Rangers, First Lieutenant. Texas Mounted Volunteers, Company A, Jack Hays' 1st Regiment, Mexican War. United States Army, Major of United States volunteers. Confederate States Army, Colonel; Brigadier General, appointed 3/11/1862, the "second-ranking brigadier general in the Confederate Army and the first general-grade officer to be commissioned from the civilian community." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 71-91. Ten More Texans in Gray, 1980.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 35-36. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
- Benjamin McCulloch. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Confederate States Army, Colonel, Texas State Troops; Brigadier General. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 11-12, 51, 87-88, Plate No. 20. One of the Confederate general officers from Texas killed in battle on 3/7/1862 at the Battle of Elk Horn Tavern, Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
Other Resources
- Mentioned in "Early History of Guadalupe County," p. 430. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, 1900.
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