Marker Inscription
(May 17, 1833 - February 21, 1921) Star and Wreath Native Alabamian, last surviving member of West Point class of 1852, lawyer, colonel in 7th Texas Confederate Cavalry, participant in Sibley's New Mexico campaign, commanded volunteer land troops on board Confederate ship Neptune during Battle of Galveston, wounded and commended for role in engagement near Berwick Bay in Louisiana, led brigade at battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in Louisiana, major-general in Confederate Army. Buried in city cemetery, Hallettsville. 1963
About this site
Arthur Pendleton Bagby is a historical marker in Hallettsville, Lavaca County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 96 historical markers documented in Lavaca County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 174 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.4421, -96.9377 near Hallettsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Whitfield, General John W. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hallettsville, Willoughby, Captain Leiper, and Whitfield, John Wilkins.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5285000217. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
