Arthur Pendleton Bagby
(May 17, 1833 - February 21, 1921) Star and Wreath Native Alabamian, last surviving member of West Point class of 1852, lawyer, colonel in 7th Texas Confederate Cavalry, participant in Sibley's New Mexico campaign, commanded volunteer land troops on board Confederate ship Neptune during Battle of Galveston, wounded and commended for role in engagement near Berwick Bay in Louisiana, led brigade at battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in Louisiana, major-general in Confederate Army. Buried in city cemetery, Hallettsville. 1963
29.4422° N, 96.9376° W
Where to Find It
315 South Dowling Street, Hallettsville
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi N Captain Leiper Willoughby Hallettsville
- <0.1 mi N General John W. Whitfield Hallettsville
- <0.1 mi N Joseph Kent Hallettsville
- <0.1 mi N Paul Scarborough Hallettsville
- <0.1 mi N Pioneers Settlers Killed by the Indians Comanches and Tonkahues Hallettsville
- <0.1 mi N Stephen Tucker Foley Hallettsville