CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  W. L. CABELL - Dallas County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

W. L. CABELL.

William L. Cabell, of Dallas, was born in Danville, Vir­ginia, 
Jan. 1, 1827. He was graduated from the United State Military Academy 
at West Point in 1850, and assigned as second lieutenant of the 7th 
infantry. He became first lieutenant in 1855, and three years later 
was made captain. He was in several engagements against the Indians. In 
1861 he resigned from the U. S. army, and April 21, President Jefferson 
Davis commissioned him Major in the Confederate army. He served on the 
staffs of Gen. Joseph E. and Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. He was 
promoted Lieut-Col. and then Colonel under Gen. Earl Van Dorn. In the 
latter part of 1862 he was made a Brigadier-general of Cav­airy, and was 
in more than thirty battles, distinguishing him­self for gallantry and 
skill. After the war he worked as a civil engineer, and while thus 
engaged studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and begun 
practice in Fort Smith Arkansas. He was chairman of the Arkansas State 
delega­tion to the National Democratic Convention in 1872. In the fall 
of that year he removed to Dallas where he has resided continuously. He 
has several times been mayor of Dallas, and has held other offices of 
honor and merit in Texas. He has been, ever since the organization of 
the United Confed­erate Veterans, the commander of the Trans-Mississippi 
Department. Gen. Cabell recently celebrated his eightieth birthday at 
his home in Dallas. His son, Ben E. Cabell, has been twice mayor of 
Dallas; another son, Duvall Cabell, is a captain in the U. S. army, 
and his gifted daughter, Mrs. Kate Cabell Currie has been the National 
head of the Daugh­ters of the Confederacy.