Alexander Travis Hawthorn
Marshall, Harrison County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(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
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Alexander Travis Hawthorn rose from Arkansas lawyer to Confederate brigadier general, leading troops at Shiloh and earning commendation for gallantry at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry. After the war he turned from soldiering to business and then the pulpit, spending his final decades as a Baptist minister in Texas.
Why it matters
His life traces a common arc of the postbellum South, where former Confederate officers rebuilt civilian lives as businessmen, clergy, and community leaders.
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Related people
- · Alexander Travis Hawthorn
Related events
- · Battle of Shiloh
- · Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
- · Battle of Helena
- · Battle of Fort Hindman
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