Campbell Taylor
Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Star and Wreath A Mina volunteer who fought for Texas Independence at San Jacinto, 1836. Erected by the State of Texas, 1962
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This marker honors Campbell Taylor, one of the Mina (present-day Bastrop) volunteers who took up arms in the Texas Revolution and fought at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto in 1836. That eighteen-minute rout of Santa Anna's army secured Texas independence. The State of Texas erected the marker in 1962 to remember him among the citizen-soldiers of the young republic.
Why it matters
Ordinary frontier volunteers like Taylor won the independence that made the Republic of Texas — and ultimately Texas statehood — possible.
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- · Campbell Taylor
Related events
- · Battle of San Jacinto
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