Details for General Alison Nelson
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5035002122
Data
Marker Number | 2122 |
Atlas Number | 5035002122 |
Marker Title | General Alison Nelson |
Index Entry | Nelson, General Alison |
Address | |
City | Meridian |
County | Bosque |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 626873 |
UTM Northing | 3532646 |
Subject Codes | state official; Civil War; rangers; Native Americans |
Marker Year | 1964 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | at courthouse square, SH 22, Meridian |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
Marker Text | (1822-1862) Soldier, statesman and Indian fighter. In his native Georgia, a legislator and mayor of city of Atlanta. General in Cuban liberation forces, 1850. On reaching Texas 1856, joined state troops fighting Indians. Elected 1859 to State Legislature; served as delegate to 1861 Texas Secession Convention. In the Civil War raised, trained and led 10th Regiment Texas Infantry. Sent into defense of Arkansas, repulsed Federal assault on Devall's Bluff, June 1862. Died of illness in camp near Austin, Ark., October 7, 1862. (1964) |