Alpinebr/Brewster County, Texasbr/30 21.775' N 103 39.109' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of Harrison Street and Sul Ross Avenue. Go 750 feet east on Sul Ross Avenue.br/ br/Text: College named for Texas Confederate General Lawrence quot;Sulquot; Ross. Lawrence Sullivan Ross 1838-1898 Entered Confederate service a private in 1861. Made Colonel, 6th Texas Cavalry May 1862. Commended for outstanding role in withdrawal from Corinth, Miss., October 1862. Made Brigadier General December 1863. Led famed Ross Cavalry Brigade composed chiefly of Texans in almost continual action in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee until war's end, with major battles at Lawrenceburg, Harpeth River, Murfreesboro. In 135 engagements, having 5 horses shot from under him. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy.