Historical Marker
Captain Gustav Schleicher
Historical marker location:
US 190 & 277 intersection, Eldorado, Texas
( ON COURTHOUSE GROUNDS AT THE INTERSECTION OF US 190 AND US 277, ELDORADO)
Marker installed: 1963
CHIEF PURCHASING AGENT, ARMY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT FOR SOUTHERN ARMIES WEST MISSISSIPPI. BOUGHT DESPERATELY NEEDED INTRENCHING TOOL, IRON, STEEL, LEAD AND TURPENTINE. IMPORTED MUCH MATERIAL FROM EUROPE THROUGH MEXICO BY THE EXCHANGE OF COTTON, "LIFE BLOOD OF CONFEDERACY." ESTABLISHED TWO ENGINEER DEPOTS IN TEXAS, DESIGNED FORTIFICATIONS AND PONTOON TRAINS. REPAIRED TOOLS FROM SURRENDERED U.S. FRONTIER FORTS. A MEMORIAL TO TEXANS WHO SERVED THE CONFEDERACY ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS 1963.