Marker Inscription
Enlisted 1861. Lieutenant 3rd Texas Cavalry. Fought Arkansas, Missouri and Indian territory. As colonel led 14th Texas Cavalry Kentucky invasion. Made brigadier general 1862 to command famed Ector's brigade in Tennessee and Mississippi battles. Wounded four times without leaving Chickamauga field. Under constant fire 70 days in Georgia. Lost leg in Atlanta 1864. Assigned to defense of Mobile, Alabama. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy erected by the state of Texas 1963,
About this site
Ector, General Matthew D. is a historical marker in Odessa, Ector County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Ector County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 39 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.8471, -102.3684 near Odessa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dawson Saloon, Site of (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Odessa Land & Townsite Company, Odessa Telephone Exchange, and Livery Stable & Wagon Yard.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5135002137. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
