Union Casualties at the Battle of Sabine Pass, Sabine Pass, Texas
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One of the few memorials to Union casualties in Texas, the monument remembers those killed in the battle of Sabine Pass in 1863. Located at the Sabine Pass Battlefield Park, 6100 Dick Dowling Drive, Sabine Pass, TX
Waymark Code: WMQQTQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2016
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Following the destruction from Hurricane Rita in 2005, the Sabine Pass Battlefield Park was rebuilt, reorganized and renamed. A local effort from the citizens of the area, a memorial was added to recognized the Union soldiers and sailors who lost their lives in the battle in 1863 when Union boats attempted to sail up the Sabine Pass between Texas and Louisiana only to encounter bombardment from Fort Griffin along the pass.
Monument Inscription:
Union Casualties at the Battle of Sabine Pass
September 8, 1863
USS Clifton
Killed
United States Navy
Exec. Officer Robert Rhodes
Michael Driscoll, Landsman
75th Regt. New York Volunteers
Pvt. Henry Raymond, Co. A
Pvt. Luther D. Hallock, Co. B
Pvt. George T. Beardsley, Co. B
Pvt. Dor E. Parker, Co. B
Pvt. James M. Benedict, Co. D
Pvt William W. Miller, Co. G
12th Main Infantry
Pvt. William E. Pray, Signal Corps
Missing
75th Regt. New York Volunteers
Pvt. Oscar A. Brown, Co. A
Pvt. Andrew G. Borden, Co. B
Pvt. Reuben O. Canfield, Co. B
Pvt. Franklin Olford, Co. B
Pvt. Richard Tucker, Co. B
Pvt. Andrus V. Brown, Co. G
Pvt. Ichabod Bump, Co. G
USS Sachem
Killed
United States Navy
John Fraser, 2nd Asst. Engr.
John Monroe, 3rd Asst. Engr.
Henry Brown, Landsman
William Glenn, Landsman
Peter Lee, Landsman
William Robinson, Fireman
Thomas Ryan, Fireman
Thomas Sullivan, Fireman
Richar Turner, Fireman
Calvin Williams, Fireman
John Williams, Seaman
3rd Massachusetts Cavalry
Abraham E. Borden, Signal Corps
Andrew P. Coit, Signal Corps
161st Regt. New York Volunteers
Pvt. Mahlon W. Barber, Co. D
Pvt. Abram Blakesly, Co. D
Pvt. Orville C. Booram, Co. D
Pvt. Gary Dodge, Co. D
Pvt. George T. Cannon, Co. D
Pvt. Patrick Hart, Co. D
Pvt. James M. Snyder, Co. D
Pvt. Adam H. Wilcox, Co. D
Missing
United States Navy
Isaac Carter, Landsman
John Chace, Landsman
Willis Green, Landsman
John Horton, Landsman
John Rolles, Landsman
William Wilson, Landsman
Twenty-Five African-American men fought here on the behalf of the Union, but their names are unrecorded. Twenty-two fought on board of the USS Clifton and three on the USS Sachem. All were missing and presumed dead. We hereby recall their lives and remember their deaths
The monument was dedicated: September 8, 2007
Date Installed or Dedicated: 09/08/2007
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Citizens of the Area (no state or government entity)
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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