George Washington Littlefield (June 21, 1842 – November 10, 1920) was a Confederate Army officer, cattleman, banker, and regent of the University of Texas.

[1][2] Littlefield's father died in 1853, and briefly in the late 1850s, young George attended Gonzales College and Baylor University, then located in Independence in Washington County, Texas.

[2] By 1860, the Littlefields had moved closer to the town of Gonzales, living in the fertile bottomlands at the confluence of the Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers.

On January 10, 1862, he was quickly elected 2nd Lieutenant by the Texas Ranger Police / Law enforcement teams a.k.a.

On December 9, 1863, at Mossy Creek in East Tennessee he was severely wounded and given a full promotion to major.

Over the next several years, he drove large herds of beef cattle from South Texas to Kansas.

With proceeds from his cattle drive, Littlefield opened a dry goods store in Gonzales in partnership with J. C. Dilworth.

At one time, his cattle, branded LFD, roamed over an area of eastern New Mexico the size of the state of Rhode Island.

He installed the first electric lighting system in the hotel, which became a gathering place for Texas politicians during much of the 20th century.

He founded the town of Littlefield on the ranch and beside the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway between Galveston, Texas, and Clovis, New Mexico.

He gave and bequeathed some $3 million to UT — more than any other individual during the first fifty years of the existence of the university.

Many Southern-themed books in circulation at university libraries today are stamped with Littlefield's name as a result.

[3] As part of the memorial Littlefield commissioned statues of Confederate generals, including Robert E. Lee and Albert Sydney Johnston.