{⋆★⋆} BG McCulloch, Henry Eustace

Henry Eustace McCulloch

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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)​
John Alexander McCulloch 1850 – 1891​
(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)​
Samuel Lenoir McCulloch 1853 – 1917​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
Euphemia Jane “Jennie” McCulloch Dibrell 1855 – 1939​
(Buried: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Texas)​
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​
1839: Served in the Battle of Creek Fight in Texas​
Killed Reuben Ross in Duel over politics in Texas​
1840: Participated in the Battle of Plum Creek, Wounded during battle​
1842: Participated in the Battle of Salado Creek, Texas​
1842 – 1843: Participated in the Somervell Expedition​
1843 – 1844: Sheriff of Gonzales, Texas​
1843 – 1844: Mercantile Businessman in Gonzales, Texas​
1846 – 1847: Served in the Texas Rangers as 1st Lt.
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Texas State Representative and Texas State Senator​
1857 – 1861: United States Marshal for Eastern District of Texas​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention​
1861: Colonel of 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment​
1861: Maintained line of patrol in the Red River​
Trained using Cavalry and infantry maneuvers as well as sabre fighting​
1861: Captured Union Troops near San Lucas Springs, Texas​
1861 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry​
1861: Temporary Commander of the Department of Texas​
1861 – 1862: Commander of Western Military District in Texas​
1862: Co Commander of Texas State Troops in Arkansas​
1862: Commander and reorganizer of Texas Division​
1863: Participated in the Battle of Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana​
1864: Participated in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana​
1864: Participated in the Camden Expedition in Arkansas​
1864 – 1865: Commander of Western Sub District of Texas​

Occupation after War:

1874 – 1876: Served in Governor Richard Coke’s Administration​
1876 – 1879: Texas State Superintendent of Deaf and Dumb Asylum​
Chairman of Executive Committee of the Farmer’s State Alliance​
1879 – 1895: Speaker at 4th of July Celebrations in Central Texas​
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
 
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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.
 
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