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Civil War CSA General Benjamin McCulloch Tintype

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Civil War CSA General Benjamin McCulloch Tintype
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Photo measures 2 3/4" by 2 1/4" framed. Confederate Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch was a Tennessee-born Texas settler who fought in American battles far and wide. He accompanied his neighbor Davy Crockett to Texas in 1834, but arrived at the Alamo after the battle due to a case of measles. McCulloch then joined the Texas Army under Sam Houston, another former neighbor, and skillfully commanded one of the "Twin Sisters" cannons at the Battle of San Jacinto, earning a promotion to first lieutenant and a sizable land bounty. Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1839, he spent the next several years defending himself and other settlers from Indians and Mexicans, until being appointed a major by General Zachary Taylor at the outbreak of the Mexican War. Jefferson Davis personally appointed him a colonel before the start of the Civil War, and McCulloch commanded an under-supplied force to victory at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, before he was killed at the front line while commanding forces at Pea Ridge in 1862.