MCCULLOCH, Henry Eustace

Confederate

Born: December 6, 1816, Rutherford County TN

Died: March 12, 1895, Rockport TX

Pre-War Profession: Surveyor, Battle Creek Fight against the Comanche Indians in Navarro County, Battle of Plum Creek, acting as a scout against the Comanches, House of Representatives, U.S. senate.

War Service: In September 1861, McCulloch, now a brigadier general, assumed temporary command of the Department of Texas until the arrival of Brig. Gen. Paul O. Hébert, and in December was named to command the new Western Military District, comprising that part of the state west and south of San Antonio. Early the next year, he was ordered to assume co-command of Texas State Troops being sent to Arkansas.

Post War: At the end of the war, on his return to his home in Seguin, he found it necessary to travel with an armed escort because of threats against his life by deserters. In 1874, he was active early in the administration of Gov. Richard Coke.