General Matthew D. Ector
Ector County
County Named for Texas Confederate
General Matthew D. Ector
1822-1879
Enlisted 1861. Lieutenant 3rd Texas Cavalry. Fought in Arkansas, Missouri and Indian territory. As colonel led 14th Texas Cavalry Kentucky invasion. Made brigadier general 1862 to command famed Ector's brigade in Tennessee and Mississippi battles. Wounded four times without leaving Chickamauga field. Under constant fire 70 days in Georgia. Lost leg in Atlanta 1864. Assigned to defense of Mobile, Alabama.
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy erected by the state of Texas 1963.
Marker is on North Grant Avenue (U.S. 385), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
