"Cherry Hill" Home of Thomas N. Waul
Neylandville, Hunt County, Texas
Marker Inscription
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
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This marker honors Thomas N. Waul (1813–1903), a South Carolina–born Texas planter and lawyer who sat in the first Confederate Congress before taking the field. He raised and commanded Waul's Texas Legion, was captured at Vicksburg, and after exchange was made a brigadier general, leading his brigade at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry, then serving in Texas's first Reconstruction convention. The State of Texas erected the memorial in 1963 to Texans who served the Confederacy.
Why it matters
Waul's career links the battlefields of the Civil War's Trans-Mississippi theater to the wrenching politics of Reconstruction that followed defeat.
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Related people
- · Thomas N. Waul
Related events
- · Siege of Vicksburg
- · Battle of Mansfield
- · Battle of Pleasant Hill
- · Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
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