{⋆★⋆} BG McCulloch, Henry Eustace

Henry Eustace McCulloch​

Born: December 6, 1816

Birthplace: Rutherford County, Tennessee

Father: Major Alexander McCulloch 1776 – 1846

Mother: Frances Fisher LeNoir 1780 – 1866

(Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​

Wife: Jane Isabella Ashby 1822 – 1896

(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)​

Children:

Captain Benjamin Eustace McCulloch 1846 – 1916​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​

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John Alexander McCulloch 1850 – 1891​

(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)​

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Samuel Lenoir McCulloch 1853 – 1917​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​

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Euphemia Jane "Jennie" McCulloch Dibrell 1855 – 1939​

(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)​

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Sallie E. McCulloch 1857 – 1896​

(Buried: Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Texas)​

Education:

Attended School Taught by Samuel Houston in Tennessee​

Occupation before War:

Surveyor in Texas​

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1839: Served in the Battle of Creek Fight in Texas​

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Killed Reuben Ross in Duel over politics in Texas​

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1840: Participated in the Battle of Plum Creek, Wounded during battle​

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1842: Participated in the Battle of Salado Creek, Texas​

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1842 – 1843: Participated in the Somervell Expedition​

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1843 – 1844: Sheriff of Gonzales, Texas​

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1843 – 1844: Mercantile Businessman in Gonzales, Texas​

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1846 – 1847: Served in the Texas Rangers as 1st​ Lt.

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Texas State Representative and Texas State Senator​

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1857 – 1861: United States Marshal for Eastern District of Texas​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention​

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1861: Colonel of 1st​ Texas Cavalry Regiment​

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1861: Maintained line of patrol in the Red River​

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Trained using Cavalry and infantry maneuvers as well as sabre fighting​

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1861: Captured Union Troops near San Lucas Springs, Texas​

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1861 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry​

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1861: Temporary Commander of the Department of Texas​

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1861 – 1862: Commander of Western Military District in Texas​

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1862: Co Commander of Texas State Troops in Arkansas​

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1862: Commander and reorganizer of Texas Division​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana​

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1864: Participated in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana​

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1864: Participated in the Camden Expedition in Arkansas​

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1864 – 1865: Commander of Western Sub District of Texas​

Occupation after War:

1874 – 1876: Served in Governor Richard Coke's Administration​

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1876 – 1879: Texas State Superintendent of Deaf and Dumb Asylum​

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Chairman of Executive Committee of the Farmer's State Alliance​

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1879 – 1895: Speaker at 4th​ of July Celebrations in Central Texas​

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1894: Unsuccessful Candidate for Texas State Treasurer​

Died: March 12, 1895

Place of Death: Rockport, Texas

Age at time of Death: 78 years old

Burial Place: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas

Grave Location: Inside and to right of 2nd​ Entrance from West

 

[Pollaco]

Little brother to Ben, the other general in the family.

This bio says He was a Col. in the 1st. Texas Cavalry. Another bio that I've read says He was a Col. In the 1st. Texas Mounted Rifles. Was there really a difference?

The Civil War Book of Lists has a list of 6 sets of brothers who were Confederate Generals. For some reason The McCulloch Brothers , Ben and Henry, were not on that list.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Henry E. McCulloch! Salutes remembering General McCulloch on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

Was it Henry who killed the man in a rifle duel who earlier wounded his brother, Ben, the year before or is it the other way around? I forget who shot who and when?