​County Named for Texas Confederate
Colonel John S. Sutton
1812-1862

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Marker Text: At outbreak Civil War, this veteran soldier, Ranger, Indian fighter joined 7th Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers. Elected lt. colonel, led five companies Arizona-New Mexico campaign designed to make Confederacy an ocean to ocean nation. Mortally wounded in Battle of Val Verde while leading rifle assault against enemy cannons, he refused immediate aid and motioned on his battalion which captured the battery.
​     A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy.
     Texas made an all-out effort for the Confederacy after a 3 to 1 vote for secession. 90,000 troops, famous for daring and mobility fought on every battlefront. A 2000 mile frontier and coastline was successfully defended from Union troops and savage Indians. State and private industry produced war goods. Cotton—lifeblood of the South—traded through Mexico for medicine and military supplies. Texas was storehouse of Western Confederacy. Citizens made sacrificesto produce food and clothing for Texas fighting men (1968) 

Marker No: 963

Pink Granite with Incised Star & Wreath 

Geographic: 30° 34.326′ N, 100° 38.649′ W

Location: 300 East Oak Street, Sonora