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(January 10, 1825 - May 31, 1899) Native of Alabama, Arkansas lawyer, colonel commanding 6th Arkansas Confederate Infantry Regiment at Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee, commended for action at Helena and Fort Hindman in Arkansas, brigadier-general in Confederate Army, commended for gallantry while leading brigade in Battle of Jenkins' Ferry in Arkansas, postwar Georgia businessman, Baptist minister in Texas from 1880 to 1899. Erected by the State of Texas, 1963
Alexander Travis Hawthorn is a historical marker in Marshall, Harrison County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 102 historical markers documented in Harrison County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 257 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.5540, -94.3758 near Marshall. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lt. Gen. George Perry Rains (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Matthew Duncan Ector, Greenwood Cemetery, and Marshall Hebrew Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5203010178. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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