Round Rock in Williamson County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Confederate Chaplains
Rev. Edward Hudson Rev. John Hudson
Photographed by Keith Peterson
1. Confederate Chaplains Rev. Edward Hudson-Rd. John Hudson Marker
Brothers, teachers, Presbyterian ministers. Came to Texas from Arkansas, 1856. Worked and lived in this county. Both are buried in Round Rock Cemetery.
In the Civil War, Rev. Edward Hudson in March 1862 joined Co. G, 6th Regiment, Confederate army. Wounded Oct. 1862 in battle of Corinth, was made chaplain afterwards, to succeed man killed in that same battle. In Aug. 1864, on duty in Georgia, was shot and critically wounded. Though crippled, preached and taught in various Texas counties until shortly before his death, Aug. 17, 1877.
Rev. John Hudson enlisted in April 1862 in Co. H 19th Texas Cavalry. Commissioned in March 1863, he served as chaplain for the rest of the war. After preaching here for many years, died Feb. 22, 1914.
On same pay and rations as privates, a chaplain had multiple duties: religious services, teaching men to read and write, counseling, sick visits, handling the mail, writing letters and reading to illiterates, removal of dead and wounded from the battlefield, baptisms, funerals.
The Hudsons may have been only Texas brothers enrolled in this valuable Confederate service.
Erected 1964 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 12702.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil
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Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 30° 31.474′ N, 97° 38.016′ W. Marker was in Round Rock, Texas, in Williamson County. It was on East Palm Valley Boulevard (U.S. 79). Just west of the entrane to Old Settlers Park. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Round Rock TX 78664, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker was in Central Texas and in the Austin Metropolitan Area. It was also in the American South. Globally, it was in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Cabin from Gabriel Mills Area (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of Kenney's Fort (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Double File Trail (approx. 0.7 miles away); Palm Valley Lutheran Church (approx. Ύ mile away); Anti-Slaveholding Union Baptist Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Site of Stony Point School (approx. 1.9 miles away); Trinity Lutheran College (approx. 2.3 miles away); Olson House (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Round Rock.
Additional commentary.
1. This marker has been removed
The Confederate Chaplains marker has been removed; I believe the Old Settlers Association is keeping it somewhere.
— Submitted December 22, 2025, by Texas Historical Reclamation Project of Austin, Texas.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2007, by Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas. This page has been viewed 2,100 times since then and 16 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on October 5, 2007, by Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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