Historical Marker
Colonel John S. Sutton
Historical marker location:
Water & Main St., Sonora, Texas
( Courthouse Grounds; corner of Water and Main Streets Sonora)
Marker installed: 1962
At outbreak Civil War, this veteran soldier, Ranger, Indian fighter joined 7th Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers. Elected lt. colonel, led five companies Arizona-New Mexico campaign designed to make Confederacy an ocean to ocean nation. Mortally wounded in Battle of Val Verde while leading rifle assault against enemy cannons, he refused immediate aid and motioned on his battalion which captured the battery.
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy.