Richard Waterhouse
Jefferson, Marion County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(Star and Wreath) (January 12, 1833 - March 20, 1876) Native of Tennessee, participant in United States war with Mexico, Texas businessman, colonel of the 19th Texas Confederate Infantry, commended for gallantry at Milliken's Bend during Vicksburg Campaign, fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill during Red River Campaign, brigadier-general in Confederate army.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Born in Tennessee in 1833, Richard Waterhouse served in the U.S. war with Mexico before becoming a Texas businessman and, in the Civil War, colonel of the 19th Texas Confederate Infantry. He was commended for gallantry at Milliken's Bend during the Vicksburg Campaign and fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in the Red River Campaign, rising to brigadier general. He died in 1876.
Why it matters
Waterhouse's career spans two of the era's defining conflicts, illustrating how the same generation of Texans fought in the Mexican-American War and then the Civil War.
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Related people
- · Richard Waterhouse
Related events
- · Battle of Milliken's Bend
- · Battle of Mansfield
- · Battle of Pleasant Hill
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