Thomas Pliney Plaster
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Who manned one of the Twin Sisters cannon at the Battle of San Jacinto and was a veteran of the Mexican War, 1847 Born in Tennessee June 6, 1804 Died March 27, 1861 Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Thomas Pliney Plaster, born in Tennessee in 1804, helped work one of the celebrated "Twin Sisters" cannon at the Battle of San Jacinto, the artillery that pounded the Mexican line in Texas's decisive 1836 victory. He later served in the Mexican War of the 1840s. The State of Texas set this marker at his grave during the 1936 Centennial.
Why it matters
Plaster represents the ordinary soldiers whose service at San Jacinto secured Texas independence and shaped the map of the American Southwest.
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