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"Cherry Hill" Home of Thomas N. Waul

Neylandville, Hunt County

Marker Text

1813-1903 Native South Carolinian, Texas plantation owner and lawyer, member first Confederate Congress, Colonel commanding Waul's Texas Legion at Vicksburg, upon exchange in 1863 appointed Brigadier-General, led his brigade in battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in Louisiana, and Battle of Jenkins' Ferry in Arkansas. Member Texas first Reconstruction convention. A memorial to Texans who served in the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas 1963

Marker Details

Address CR 4105
Location Description CR 4105, 0.5 mi. E of CR 4201
Marker # 15191
Dedicated 1963
Size, Type Civil War Centennial
Code Civil War, military topics
Latitude, Longitude 33.170936, -96.011101

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