Dr. William P. Smith
Fayetteville, Fayette County, Texas
Marker Inscription
A veteran of the Texas War for Independence and regimental surgeon at San Jacinto Erected by the State of Texas 1962
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Dr. William P. Smith served in the fight for Texas independence, standing as a regimental surgeon at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto in 1836, where Sam Houston's army won the republic its freedom in a matter of minutes. Battlefield surgeons like Smith tended the wounded of a ragtag citizen army with little more than field kits and grit. The State of Texas erected this marker to him in 1962.
Why it matters
Smith represents the physicians who kept the Texas revolutionary army in the field, sharing in the campaign that birthed the Republic of Texas.
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- · William P. Smith
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- · Battle of San Jacinto
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