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Tejano History

1850 Gen. James Longstreet

Gen. James Longstreet was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to Gen. Robert E. Lee, who called him his “Old War Horse.”

Category: Military Photos | Photographs


1850 Gen. Persifor Smith

Gen. Persifor Frazer Smith was a U.S. Army officer during the Seminole Wars and Mexican-American War, as well as one of the last governors of California before it became a state.

Category: Military Photos | Photographs


1850 Gen. William H. C. Whiting

William Henry Chase Whiting was an United States Army officer who resigned after 16 years of service in the Army Corps of Engineers to serve in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Category: Military Photos | Photographs


1850 Handheld Compass

1850 Handheld Compass

Category: Artifacts | Surveying


1850 John ‘Coffee’ Hays

was a Texas Ranger captain and military officer of the Republic of Texas. Hays served in several armed conflicts, including the Indian and the Mexican-American War.

Category: Military Photos | Photographs


1851 Fort Inge

1851 circa, Fort Inge US Army Fort, Davis County , Texas

Category: Architecture | Photographs


1851 Map of the State of Texas Roads

1851 Map of the State of Texas Roads

Category: Maps | State


1852 Gregorio Esparza Land Grant in Travis County

1852 land grant in Travis County given to heirs of Gregorio Esparza for his service.

Category: Documents | Land Grants | Tejano History


1853 Dallas County Sketch File 12

Dallas County Sketch File 12

Category: County | Maps


1853 Map of Goliad County

1853 Map of Goliad County

Category: County | Maps