Blackshear-Prospect Hill in Austin in Travis County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Albert Sydney Johnston

Gravesite in Texas State Cemetery

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1998

1. Albert Sydney Johnston Marker

Inscription. Born in Kentucky in 1803, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston died on April 6, 1862, from wounds suffered in the Battle of Shiloh. His remains were placed in the Texas State Cemetery in 1867. Elisabet Ney, Texas’ most prominent nineteenth-century sculptor, created this effigy of Johnston in 1904.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 30° 15.913′ N, 97° 43.597′ W. Memorial is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It is in Blackshear-Prospect Hill. It can be reached from Navasota Street north of East 7th Street, on the right when traveling north. The grave in the Texas State Cemetery is located in the Confederate Field Section 2, Row A, Number 13. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Austin TX 78702, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Texas.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds 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 walking distance of this marker: Confederate Field (here, next to this marker); John A. Wharton (a few steps from this marker); Joanna Troutman (a few steps from this marker); Capt. Jesse Billingsley (within shouting distance of this marker); Gen. Alexander Watkins Terrell (within shouting distance of this marker); Stephen F. Austin

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Jesse and Rosanna Grimes (within shouting distance of this marker); John W. McHorse (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Austin.

Albert Sydney Johnston Marker and Gravesite in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Frederick Bothwell

2. Albert Sydney Johnston Marker and Gravesite in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas

Albert Sydney Johnston Grave Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1998

3. Albert Sydney Johnston Grave Site

Bust of Albert Sydney Johnston by Elisabet Ney image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Frederick Bothwell, March 16, 2016

4. Bust of Albert Sydney Johnston by Elisabet Ney

Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, Texas

Plaster cast of Albert Sydney Johnston grave sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Frederick Bothwell, March 16, 2016

5. Plaster cast of Albert Sydney Johnston grave sculpture

Displayed in Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, Texas

Confederate Soldiers Unknown marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 61998

6. Confederate Soldiers Unknown marker

Texas State Cemetery entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1998

7. Texas State Cemetery entrance

Texas State Flag flying in the cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1998

8. Texas State Flag flying in the cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,105 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on April 4, 2019, by Frederick Bothwell of Georgetown, Texas. 3. submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 4, 5. submitted on June 21, 2017, by Frederick Bothwell of Georgetown, Texas. 6, 7, 8. submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.