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Alexander William Terrell
Born
Alexander Watkins Terrell
Died September 9, 1912 (aged 84) Resting place Texas State Cemetery Alma mater University of Missouri Occupation(s ) Lawyer, planter, diplomat Spouses
Sarah D. Mitchell
Anne Holliday Jones
Children 8 Parent(s ) Christopher Joseph Terrell Allegiance Confederate States Service/ Confederate Army Years of service 1863–1865 Unit 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment Battles/wars American Civil War
Alexander Watkins Terrell (November 23, 1827 – September 9, 1912) was an American lawyer, judge, planter, Confederate officer, and diplomat. He served as the U. S. Envoy to the Ottoman Empire and a Confederate military officer. He helped pass influential legislation including the Terrell Election Law ,[1] Texas State Historical Association and on the board of regents for the University of Texas .
Early life [ edit ]
Alexander Watkins Terrell was born on November 23, 1827, in Patrick County, Virginia .[2] [3] Boonville , Missouri , in 1831.[2]
Terrell graduated from the University of Missouri and was admitted to the bar in 1849.[2]
Terrell practiced law in St. Joseph, Missouri .[2] Austin, Texas .[3] [4] [2] [4]
On July 4, 1861, Terrell gave a speech on the Texas State Capitol in defense of the Confederate States of America .[5] George Washington and the secession of the Confederacy.[5]
When his term as judge came to an end, Terrell joined the 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment of the Confederate States Army as major .[2] [4] Red River Campaign including the Battle of Mansfield .[6] brigadier general by General E. Kirby Smith . He was never officially appointed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis and confirmed by the Confederate Senate to that grade.
Davis was captured by Union forces on May 10, 1865, and Smith soon accepted the Appomattox surrender terms agreed to by Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner on May 26, 1865, pending Smith's approval.[7]
Terrell fled to Mexico after the war and briefly served Emperor Maximilian as a battalion commander. In 1866 he returned to Texas, where he practised the law in Houston . Subsequently, he spent time on his plantation in Robertson County, Texas .[2]
After Reconstruction, he served in both the Texas Senate and House of Representatives , serving sixteen years in the state legislature.[2] Ottoman Empire during U.S. President Grover Cleveland 's second administration.[2] [3] Texas State Historical Association .
Personal life [ edit ]
Terrell married Ann Elizabeth Boulding. They had five children. After she died in 1860, he married Sarah D. Mitchell. They had three children.[2]
Death and legacy [ edit ]
Terrell died on September 9, 1912, in Mineral Wells, Texas .[3] [4] Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. Terrell County, Texas , is named in his honor.[2]
See also [ edit ]
^ a b c d "Judge A. W. Terrell Died Suddenly At Mineral Wells" . The Houston Post . Houston, Texas. September 10, 1912. p. 1 . Retrieved December 28, 2015 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b c d "Judge Terrell Dies At Mineral Wells. Was Author of Terrell Election Law and One Time Ambassador to Turkey" . The Liberty Vindicator . Liberty, Texas. September 13, 1912. p. 4 . Retrieved December 28, 2015 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b Lang, Andrew F. (July 2010). "Memory, the Texas Revolution, and Secession: The Birth of Confederate Nationalism in the Lone Star State". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly . 114 (1 ): 20–35. JSTOR 25745919 .
^ Winters, John D. The Civil War in Louisiana . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963. ISBN 978-0-8071-0834-5 . pp. 340-347
^ Jamieson, Perry D. Spring 1865: The Closing Campaigns of the Civil War . Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8032-2581-7 . pp. 211-214.
References [ edit ]
Lone Star Junction biography
Allardice, Bruce S. Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8262-1809-4 .
Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-8071-3148-0 .
Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher , Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1 .
Jamieson, Perry D. Spring 1865: The Closing Campaigns of the Civil War . Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8032-2581-7 .
Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4 .
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9 .
Winters, John D. The Civil War in Louisiana . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963. ISBN 978-0-8071-0834-5 .
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