Historical Markers in Texas

Home of Sam Bell Maxey

History·Lamar County·Texas

Native Kentuckian. West Point graduate. Brevetted for gallantry in Mexican War. District attorney from Lamar County, Major General C. S. A. in Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns, commander of Indian Territory 1863-1865 organizing three brigades of Indians which participated in Red River Campaign, Cavalry division commander, U. S. Senator 1875-1887. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris. Memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas 1963

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