| In 1861 Sam Bell Maxey, a graduate
of West Point, was given authority by the War Department of the Confederate
States to raise an Infantry Regiment, the 9th Texas Infantry. It was organized
from Companies raised from Northeast Texas on November 4, 1861. With Sam
Bell Maxey as their Colonel, the 9th was mustered into Confederate Service
on December 1, 1861.
On March 4, 1862 Colonel Maxey received a promotion to Brigadier General
in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
After the war, he served two terms as a U.S. Senator.
In 1895, veterans of the 9th Texas were honored to march in his funeral
procession as were an Honor Guard of U.S. soldiers.
The funeral in Paris, Texas, is now an annual event with the procession
marching from his home to his final resting place. |