Life span: 12/06/1816 to 03/12/1895TabsLife SummaryFull name: Henry Eustace McCullochPlace of Birth: Rutherford County, TNBurial Place: Seguin, TXBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Siblings: 11No. of Children: 12Family: Alexander McCulloch (father), Frances Fisher LeNoir (mother), Benjamin McCulloch (older brother), Jane Isabella Ashby (wife, 1840)Occupation: PoliticianMilitaryFarmer or PlanterOtherOther Occupation: Surveyer, Texas RangerChurch or Religious Denomination: MethodistGovernment: Buchanan Administration (1857-61)State legislatureLocal governmentMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Confederate Army Note Cards Henry Eustace McCulloch (Lamb’s Biographical Dictionary) ReferenceMcCULLOCH, Henry Eustace, soldier, was born in Rutherford county, Tenn., Dec. 6. 1816; son of Lieut. Alexander McCulloch. He engaged in rafting on the Mississippi, and at the outbreak of the Florida war of 1836 he served as a volunteer. He removed to Texas in 1837 and engaged in land surveying. He was married, in 1810, to Jane Isabella Ashby. He was appointed tax-collector for Gonzales county in 1840. II.; was elected captain of four different volunteer companies during the war with Mexico ; raised a company of rangers in 1850, of which he was elected captain, and engaged in several skirmishes with hostile Indians. He was mustered out of service, Nov. 4, 1851, and returned to Texas, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising, He was a representative in the state legislature, 1853-55; state senator, 1855-59; and U.S. marshal for the eastern district of Texas, 1859-61. He was appointed by the secession convention a colonel with authority to recruit a regiment of volunteers, with which he captured U.S. stores at Camp Colorado and at Fort Chadburn. He was commissioned colonel by President Davis, and raised a regiment of mounted men for the Confederate army. He assumed command of the department of Texas; was elected colonel of the regiment he had raised and was subsequently appointed brigadier-general. After the war he returned to Texas. He was superintendent of the state deaf and dumb asylum, 1876-79, and agent of the state land board, 1885-87.John Howard Brown, ed., “McCulloch, Henry Eustace,” Lamb’s Biographical Dictionary of the United States (Boston: James H. Lamb Company, 1903), 5: 223. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 06/07/1863 06/07/1863 Black soldiers and naval gunfire drive off a Confederate attack on Union supply lines at Milliken's Bend 04/01/1865 04/01/1865 In central Alabama, Union cavalry push back an outnumbered General Nathan Bedford Forest at the Battle of Ebenezer Church 04/02/1865 04/02/1865 In a bloody assault, Union troops take the fortified armaments manufacturing town of Selma, Alabama Major TopicsVicksburg Campaign Documents Subject Docs Date Title 12/21/1862 William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, December 21, 1862 06/17/1863 William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, June 17, 1863 09/16/1863 William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, September 16, 1863 Images Henry Eustace McColloch Henry Eustace McColloch, detail Bibliography
Henry Eustace McCulloch (Lamb’s Biographical Dictionary) ReferenceMcCULLOCH, Henry Eustace, soldier, was born in Rutherford county, Tenn., Dec. 6. 1816; son of Lieut. Alexander McCulloch. He engaged in rafting on the Mississippi, and at the outbreak of the Florida war of 1836 he served as a volunteer. He removed to Texas in 1837 and engaged in land surveying. He was married, in 1810, to Jane Isabella Ashby. He was appointed tax-collector for Gonzales county in 1840. II.; was elected captain of four different volunteer companies during the war with Mexico ; raised a company of rangers in 1850, of which he was elected captain, and engaged in several skirmishes with hostile Indians. He was mustered out of service, Nov. 4, 1851, and returned to Texas, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising, He was a representative in the state legislature, 1853-55; state senator, 1855-59; and U.S. marshal for the eastern district of Texas, 1859-61. He was appointed by the secession convention a colonel with authority to recruit a regiment of volunteers, with which he captured U.S. stores at Camp Colorado and at Fort Chadburn. He was commissioned colonel by President Davis, and raised a regiment of mounted men for the Confederate army. He assumed command of the department of Texas; was elected colonel of the regiment he had raised and was subsequently appointed brigadier-general. After the war he returned to Texas. He was superintendent of the state deaf and dumb asylum, 1876-79, and agent of the state land board, 1885-87.John Howard Brown, ed., “McCulloch, Henry Eustace,” Lamb’s Biographical Dictionary of the United States (Boston: James H. Lamb Company, 1903), 5: 223.
