Colonel Richard B. Hubbard
Tyler, Smith County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(Star and Wreath) (1832-1901) School named for Texas Confederate. Georgia-born, came to Texas 1853. Tyler lawyer, politician. State legislator. Raised 5th Tex. Inf. Bn., merged 1862 in Hubbard's Regt., 22nd Tex. Inf. In 1863 campaign to stop split of South on the Mississippi River, unit helped relieve Vicksburg Siege. Interrupted supplies for Federals, gave military support to drovers pushing cattle across river to Confederates. Regt. fought in 1864 Red River campaign to stop invasion Texas. Governor R. B. Hubbard.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Georgia-born Richard B. Hubbard came to Texas in 1853 and built a career as a Tyler lawyer, legislator, and eventually governor. During the Civil War he raised the 5th Texas Infantry Battalion, which merged into his own regiment, the 22nd Texas Infantry, and served in the 1863 campaign around the Vicksburg siege and the 1864 Red River campaign that turned back a Federal invasion of Texas. A local school was later named in his honor.
Why it matters
Hubbard's wartime and political career traces the trajectory of the Confederate officer class that dominated Texas public life for a generation after the Civil War.
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Related people
- · Richard B. Hubbard
Related events
- · Siege of Vicksburg
- · Red River Campaign
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