Historical Marker
Texas Confederate General Lawrence "Sul" Ross
Historical marker location:
Alpine, Texas
( Adminstration Building, Sul Ross College, US 90, Alpine)
Marker installed: 1963
College named for Texas Confederate General Lawrence "Sul" Ross.
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
1838-1898
Entered Confederate service a private in 1861. Made Colonel, 6th Texas Cavalry May 1862. Commended for outstanding role in withdrawal from Corinth, Miss., October 1862. Made Brigadier General December 1863. Led famed Ross Cavalry Brigade composed chiefly of Texans in almost continual action in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee until war's end, with major battles at Lawrenceburg, Harpeth River, Murfreesboro. In 135 engagements, having 5 horses shot from under him.
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy.
Erected by the State of Texas 1963.