Civil War Confederate Army Officer, CSA Congressman. A farmer in Missouri at the outbreak of the Civil War, he gathered together some of the first organized Confederate resistance against intial Federal movements north of the Missouri River. He eventually was made part of Major General Sterling Price's staff, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was elected to represent Missouri in the Confederate House of Representatives, serving from 1864 until the collapse of the Confederacy in 1865. After the war he became a prominent Texas businessman, and was involved in the surveying and building of the new Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, Texas.
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, CSA Congressman. A farmer in Missouri at the outbreak of the Civil War, he gathered together some of the first organized Confederate resistance against intial Federal movements north of the Missouri River. He eventually was made part of Major General Sterling Price's staff, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was elected to represent Missouri in the Confederate House of Representatives, serving from 1864 until the collapse of the Confederacy in 1865. After the war he became a prominent Texas businessman, and was involved in the surveying and building of the new Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, Texas.
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