Hallettsvillebr/Lavaca County, Texasbr/29 26.511' N 96 56.285' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of Edna Street and Dowling Street. The marker is on the northeast corner of the intersection.br/ br/Text: (May 17, 1833 - February 21, 1921) Native Alabamian, last surviving member of West Point class of 1852, lawyer, colonel in 7th Texas Confederate Cavalry, participant in Sibley's New Mexico campaign, commanded volunteer land troops on board Confederate ship Neptune during Battle of Galveston, wounded and commended for role in engagement near Berwick Bay in Louisiana, led brigade at battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in Louisiana, major-general in Confederate Army. Buried in city cemetery, Hallettsville.