CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  The Douglas Monument - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
7 June 2002 
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, page 302 

THE DOUGLAS MONUMENT.

Hon. D. M. Reedy, in an article published in the Confed­erate Soldier 
and Daughter, pays this tribute to Major James P. Douglas:

"In war and in peace, Major Douglas built for himself an imperishable 
monument of large and enduring proportions which will last while 
Texas lasts and the Civil War is not forgotten. And while not 
forgetting and not underrating the many good and great men of Tyler, 
both living and dead, if ever Tyler had a son who deserved a monument 
at the hands of her people, that son is Major James P. Douglas. His 
name is eternal, his bivouac is among the people he loved and served 
so well."