Captain Lee Hall

Frederic Remington called Hall "a gentleman of the romantic Southern soldier type." Born Jesse Leigh Hall, he changed the spelling of his middle name after reaching Texas in 1869. As a lieutenant in McNelly's Special Force in 1876, he broke up a band of vigilantes at Goliad, then arrested five leaders of the Sutton faction at Cuero and reported, "The agony is over." Later business ventures mostly failed. In the Philippines he led the Macabebe Scouts and won a brevet to captain for gallantry at Aringay and Batangas. He is buried in the National Cemetery here.

What the plaque says

Captain Lee Hall (October 9, 1849-March 17, 1911) Heroic defender of honor of Texas and the United States. Born in Lexington, N.C., came to Texas in 1869. Gained national fame as Grayson County Marshal and Deputy Sheriff, 1871, 1876. Served with frontier battalion, Texas Rangers, 1876-1880, hunting such outlaws as Sam Bass, King Fisher, John Wesley Hardin, and feuding Taylor-Sutton gangs. In Spanish-American War (1898-1900), was cited for his gallant service in the Philippines. Recorded-1970.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• The Alamo — 1.2 mi
  Mission San Antonio de Valero before it was a fort: a church its builders never finished, a thirteen-day siege in 1836, and the Army gable of 1850-52 that became its emblem.
• La Villita Historic Arts Village — 1.3 mi
  The little village across the river from the presidio, where Cos surrendered San Antonio in 1835, rebuilt by Depression-era youth crews as a working crafts village.
• San Antonio River Walk — 1.3 mi
  A Depression-era park one level below downtown, built because San Antonio refused to pave its river after the 1921 flood, and designed by an architect the project later fired.
• San Fernando Cathedral — 1.7 mi
  The Canary Islanders' parish church on Main Plaza, where Bowie married and Santa Anna raised a red flag, rebuilt in Gothic Revival around the walls of the 1750s church.

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• James Nathaniel Fisk — steps away