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Alexander Travis Hawthorn

Marshall, Harrison County

Marker Text

(January 10, 1825 - May 31, 1899) Native of Alabama, Arkansas lawyer, colonel commanding 6th Arkansas Confederate Infantry Regiment at Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee, commended for action at Helena and Fort Hindman in Arkansas, brigadier-general in Confederate Army, commended for gallantry while leading brigade in Battle of Jenkins' Ferry in Arkansas, postwar Georgia businessman, Baptist minister in Texas from 1880 to 1899. Erected by the State of Texas, 1963

Marker Details

Address Herndon Street
Location Description Greenwood Cemetery, W end of East Avenue
Marker # 10178
Dedicated 1963
Size, Type grave marker
Code Civil War; local law enforcement officer; military topics
Latitude, Longitude 32.554011, -94.37588

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