Fort Mason (Texas)
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Fort Mason was established on July 6, 1851, in present-day Mason County, Texas. It was named in honor of George Thomson Mason, a United States Army second lieutenant killed in the Thornton Affair duri
Fort Mason Officer's Quarters
Fort Mason plan: The red dot indicates the location of the reconstructed officer's quarters.
Historical marker
Historical marker
Albert Sidney Johnston
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General Albert Sidney Johnston was a U.S. military officer who served as a general officer in three different armies: the Texas Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. He saw ex
Fort Mason (Texas)
…the Thornton Affair during the Mexican–American War near Brownsville, April 25, 1846. At various times from 1856 to 1861, this was the home fort for Albert Sidney Johnston, George H. Thomas, Earl Van Dorn, and Robert E. Lee. The fort was abandoned by the military in the 1870s, and restored by a group of local citizens in…
Johnston in uniform, c. 1861
Johnston as commander of the Department of Utah. Portrait taken by Samuel C. Mills at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, winter of 1858–59
Albert S. Johnston in Confederate Army uniform wearing Three Gold Stars and Wreath on a General's Collar
Henry Mosler's drawing of the death of General Johnston