Seguin Texas, C.S.A.

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

Here are a few quick glimpses of what Seguin (Guadalupe County, TX) has to offer for those interested in the American Civil War.

(If anyone is having a hard time reading the inscriptions on our Texas-quarried pink granite markers, please let me know and I will go back and start transcribing them all!)

Front and center in front of the Guadalupe County Courthouse one will find the Guadalupe County, CSA marker:

While over in the Geronimo Cemetery, you will find the burial site of notable veteran of the Texas Revolution, republic-era (and later!) Texas Ranger, accomplished politician, and Confederate Brigadier General Henry Eustace McCulloch:

On the city square (and right next to the Juan N. Seguin monument!) you will find a double-sided marker placed to commemorate the hometown of notable confederate & the 18th governor of Texas - Colonel John Ireland:

A few minutes drive from the city square and you may find yourself in Riverside Cemetery - home to the burial site of Timothy Pickering Jones.

Prior to being dismissed, T.P. Jones was the West Point roommate of Edgar Allen Poe - he was also a veteran of the Texas Revolution, a Mexican War veteran, and a Colonel with the 6th Tennessee Infantry.

(As a side note: Riverside Cemetery is one of those examples of a site that has probably lost even more history than it currently has to offer, largely due to a number of floods witnessed over the last 100+ years - to include the gravesite of James Clinton Neill, who among other achievements was the man responsible for touching off the Gonzalez piece in 1835!)

I hope that you all have enjoyed this short tour of Seguin!

 

[bdtex]

Great post and pictures. That pink Texas granite is challenging even to the naked eye.

 

[JohnW.]

Thanks for the share!!! I spent 3 months in Seguin 2010 and 2011 getting the Caterpillar engine plant set up and running. I like it.