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Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross
Brigadier General
Ross's Brigade - CSA
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Born Sep. 27, 1838, Bentonsport, Iowa Territory
Obtained A.B. degree, Wesleyan University, 1859
Joined the Texas Rangers, Spring of 1860
Recovered Cynthia Ann Parker from Comanche raiding party, December 1860
Joined Confederate Army as a member of Waco company, 1861
Promoted to brigadier general in early 1864
Surrendered at Jackson, Miss., in May 1865
Elected McLennan County Sherrif, 1873
Helped write the Texas Constitution of 1876
Elected State Senator 1880
Elected Governor of Texas 1886
Became President of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) 1891
Elected Commander, Texas Division, United Confederate Veterans 1893
Died suddenly at his home in College Station on Jan. 3, 1898
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas.
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