Texas History - Pendleton Murrah
When:The 10th Governor of Texas was Pendleton Murrah.
Accomplishments: During his administration, military and financial difficulties pushed the state and the Confederacy into contests over conscription, frontier defense, and the impressment of cotton, cattle, and slaves. In addition, Murrah was dying of tuberculosis. In May 1865, Governor Murrah fled to Mexico.
He was born in 1826, in South Carolina and died on August 04, 1865, in Monterrey, Mexico.
Accomplishments: During his administration, military and financial difficulties pushed the state and the Confederacy into contests over conscription, frontier defense, and the impressment of cotton, cattle, and slaves. In addition, Murrah was dying of tuberculosis. In May 1865, Governor Murrah fled to Mexico.
He was born in 1826, in South Carolina and died on August 04, 1865, in Monterrey, Mexico.