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Ben McCulloch, c. 1855
« on: October 11, 2009, 11:26:11 AM »

Matthew Brady, c. 1855. Original carte-de-visite photograph. 2 1/2" x 4".

Ben McCulloch (1811-1862) followed David Crockett to Texas and fought in the Battle of San Jacinto. He became a legislator and a Texas Ranger. During the Mexican-American War, he led a company of scouts. Commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army, he was killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge.
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