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John H. Reagan

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3rd and Plaza Streets, Big Lake, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 9' 4.30056", -101° 27' 1.0443399984"
 
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     Delegate Texas Secession Convention. While member 1st Confederate Congress, made postmaster general C.S.A. 1861. Difficult job begun by raid on U.S. Postal Dept. for southern personnel asking them to get maps, forms. Despite seizure mail by enemy, army draft of clerks and carriers and split of South, department carried on. At war's end imprisoned Boston. Later U.S. Senator, first chairman Railroad Commission. A Memorial to Texas who served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas 1963.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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