What is Benjamin McCulloch?
{{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix= [[Brigadier general]] |name= Benjamin McCulloch |birth_date= {{birth date|1811|11|11}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1862|03|07|1811|11|11}} |image= McCullochBenjamin.jpg |caption= Benjamin McCulloch |nickname= |birth_place= [[Rutherford County, Tennessee]] |death_place= [[Benton County, Arkansas]] |placeofburial= State Cemetery in [[Austin, Texas]] |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |allegiance= {{flag|Confederate States of America|1861}} |branch= [[Republic of Texas|Texas]] [[Militia|State Militia]]<br/>{{army|CSA}} |serviceyears= 1835&ndash;1836; 1840&ndash;1845 (Texas Army)<br/>1846&ndash;1847 (Texas Militia)<br/>1861&ndash;1862 ([[Confederate States of America|CSA]]) |rank=[[File:Union army 1st lt rank insignia.jpg|35px]] [[First Lieutenant|First lieutenant]] (Texas Army)<br/>[[File:Union Army major general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Major general]] (Texas Militia)<br/>Brigadier general (CSA) |unit= |commands= |battles=[[Texas Revolution]]<br/>[[Mexican-American War]]<br/>[[American Civil War]] |awards= |relations= }} '''Benjamin McCulloch''' (November 11, 1811 – March 7, 1862) was a [[soldier]] in the [[Texas Revolution]], a [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger]], a [[Major general]] in the Texas [[militia]] and thereafter a [[major]] in the [[United States Army]] during the [[Mexican-American War]].<ref name=TRHFM>{{cite web |url=http://www.texasranger.org/halloffame/McCullochB.htm |title=Benjamin McCulloch 1811-1862 |publisher=Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=28 May 2016 |archive-date=18 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618002925/http://www.texasranger.org/halloffame/McCullochB.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was afterwards a U.S. [[wikt:marshal|marshal]], and a [[Brigadier general]] in the army of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate States]] during the [[American Civil War]].<ref name=TRHFM/> Unlike most generals in the Civil War, he was not a [[United States Military Academy at West Point|West Point