Marker Inscription
(April 21, 1816 - February 18, 1874) Native South Carolinian, Sergeant in Seminole War, lawyer, member Texas Legislature, an ardent secessionist as United States Senator from 1859 to 1861, visited Fort Sumter with surrender demand as aide to General Beauregard, member Confederate States Provisional Congress, Colonel of 1st Texas Confederate Infantry, Brigadier-General in Confederate Infantry, Brigadier-General in Confederate Army, member Confederate States Senate. Erected by the State of Texas, 1963
About this site
Louis Trezevant Wigfall is a historical marker in Galveston, Galveston County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 283 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 373 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.2932, -94.8116 near Galveston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Samuel May Williams (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Episcopal Cemetery Galveston, Joseph, Thomas, and Hitchcock, Lent Munson.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5167011593. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
