As a young man, 18-years-of-age, Lucius A. Alexander emigrated to Texas, along with his parents, 2 sisters, 6 brothers, and several black slaves, from his birthplace in Maury County, Tennessee, arriving in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, about 1849, where the family lived before establishing a plantation in the "old" [to distinguish from the present community of the same name, which is on the opposite side of the county] Jamestown community, east of Tyler, Smith County, in 1852. Lucius was reputed to be well-educated [although the history of his education is not known, his older brother, Newton F, graduated 2nd in the 1852 class of West Point Military Academy].
Lucius enlisted from Smith County, Texas, in Company K, 3rd Texas Cavalry, in June 1861. He fought in the battles of Oak Hills, MO, Elk Horn Tavern, AR, Farmington, TN, and was finally killed at Iuka in the 3rd Texas Cavalry's intrepid charge upon the 11th Ohio Battery.
Lucius was buried in a mass burial trench, among 262 other fallen comrades, who had been killed in the successful (but very costly) capture of the 11th Ohio Battery at Iuka.
Lucius enlisted from Smith County, Texas, in Company K, 3rd Texas Cavalry, in June 1861. He fought in the battles of Oak Hills, MO, Elk Horn Tavern, AR, Farmington, TN, and was finally killed at Iuka in the 3rd Texas Cavalry's intrepid charge upon the 11th Ohio Battery.
Lucius was buried in a mass burial trench, among 262 other fallen comrades, who had been killed in the successful (but very costly) capture of the 11th Ohio Battery at Iuka.
As a young man, 18-years-of-age, Lucius A. Alexander emigrated to Texas, along with his parents, 2 sisters, 6 brothers, and several black slaves, from his birthplace in Maury County, Tennessee, arriving in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, about 1849, where the family lived before establishing a plantation in the "old" [to distinguish from the present community of the same name, which is on the opposite side of the county] Jamestown community, east of Tyler, Smith County, in 1852. Lucius was reputed to be well-educated [although the history of his education is not known, his older brother, Newton F, graduated 2nd in the 1852 class of West Point Military Academy].
Lucius enlisted from Smith County, Texas, in Company K, 3rd Texas Cavalry, in June 1861. He fought in the battles of Oak Hills, MO, Elk Horn Tavern, AR, Farmington, TN, and was finally killed at Iuka in the 3rd Texas Cavalry's intrepid charge upon the 11th Ohio Battery.
Lucius was buried in a mass burial trench, among 262 other fallen comrades, who had been killed in the successful (but very costly) capture of the 11th Ohio Battery at Iuka.
Lucius enlisted from Smith County, Texas, in Company K, 3rd Texas Cavalry, in June 1861. He fought in the battles of Oak Hills, MO, Elk Horn Tavern, AR, Farmington, TN, and was finally killed at Iuka in the 3rd Texas Cavalry's intrepid charge upon the 11th Ohio Battery.
Lucius was buried in a mass burial trench, among 262 other fallen comrades, who had been killed in the successful (but very costly) capture of the 11th Ohio Battery at Iuka.
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