General Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816-1895)

Henry Eustace McCulloch, younger brother of Ben McCulloch and fifth son of Major Alexander McCulloch was born in 1816 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. In 1836 he went to Gonzales, texas to join his brother Benjamin whom he was a partner in many enterprises and served for a time as a sheriff. During the fight for the independence of Texas, he fought as a company commander in the 1st Texas Rifles, Bell's Regiment and Smith's battalion. In the inter war years he became a state legislator and a US Marshal like his brother.

At the outbreak of the American Civil war he was made a Colonel of the 1st Texas Mounted Rifles and subsequently became a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. He served mostly west of the Mississippi, holding sub-district commands. His one taste of action came in Louisiana during Grant's Siege of Vicksburg: Greely in his The American Confederacy gives this account of him:

While the Siege of Vicksburg was in progress, General grant was compelled to present a bold front to Pemberton and Johnston so he had necessarily drawn to himself nearly all the forces in his department, stripping his forts on the river above him so far as was consistent with their safety. Milliken's Bend has thus been left in charge of Brigadier General E,.S. Dennis with barely 1061 men. Against this post a rebel force from the interior of Louisiana, said to consist of six regiments under General Henry Eustace McCulloch, numbering 2000 to 3000, advanced from Richmond, Louisiana. At 3:00 am, they advanced to the assault, rushing over the entrenchments. A hand to hand battle of several minutes ensued, resulting favourably for the Rebels.

Following his department's surrender on 26 May 1865, McCulloch returned to his farm, wife and family (four sons, six daughters) in Gonzales, Texas and died 30 years later in 1895.

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