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The Cherokee retreated several miles overnight before Colonel James Carter's spy company discovered them near the Neches headwaters in modern Van Zandt County. The Cherokee attacked after the company had been joined by Col. Edward Burleson's company, and Rusk's company soon joined them on the left. The Texians charged the Indian position across ...
Van Zandt was born on July 10, 1813, in Franklin County, Tennessee, to Jacob and Mary Isaacs Van Zandt. The Van Zandt family had migrated to America from the Netherlands prior to the American Revolutionary War .
Van Zandt County is commonly known as the Free State of Van Zandt. The title was particularly prevalent through the Reconstruction Era, but is still in use today.Many versions of the county's history may account for this moniker, and historians, even within the county and throughout its existence, do not agree how exactly it became known as the Free State.
A great-great-uncle was “Major” K.M. Van Zandt, leader of a Texas infantry unit in the Civil War and later a pioneer Fort Worth banker and school official. One of Townes’ cousins is TV and ...
The 1860 census shows that Van Zandt enslaved nine individuals. During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, Van Zandt served in the Confederate States Army. He was captured following the Battle of Fort Donelson and held as a prisoner of war. Van Zandt forced his enslaved man Jack to serve him throughout the war, even while imprisoned.
Van Zandt, a guitarist best known for playing in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, had never acted before. He auditioned for the role of Tony Soprano, but both HBO and Van Zandt himself felt that the role should go to an experienced actor, so Chase decided to create a role specifically for Van Zandt.
Van Zandt officially rejoined Springsteen’s E Street Band in 1995 and went on to enjoy success with many other ventures, like The Sopranos, Lilyhammer, his SiriusXM channel Little Steven’s ...
Van Zandt voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960, [4] [5] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [6] In 1962, he unsuccessfully challenged United States Senator Joe Clark, who won re-election to a second term by a 51 to 49 percent margin. He was a Special Representative of the Governor of Pennsylvania until 1971.