Texas Memorial - Shiloh National Military Park
N 35° 07.700 W 088° 19.855
16S E 378737 N 3888085
The Texas Memorial is located in the Shiloh National Military Park.
Waymark Code: WMRFX
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/26/2006
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The Texas Monument was erected by the people of the State of Texas in memory of the Texans who fought at Shiloh in 1862.
The Inscription on the Texas Monument reads:
TEXAS
REMEMBER THE VALOR AND DEVOTION OF
HER SONS WHO SERVED AT SHILOH
APRIL 6-7, 1862.
HERE THE RANGERS UPHELD THE FAME OF
THE NAME THEY BORE, THE 2nd TEXAS
FOUGHT WITH GALLANTRY AND THE 9th
TEXAS RESPONDED TO ANY DEMAND UPON
ITS COURAGE AND ENDURANCE. [cont'd]
GENERAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON OF TEXAS GAVE HIS LIFE IN THIS BATTLE. TEXAS TROOPS AT SHILOH WERE, 9th TEXAS INFANTRY, COLONEL WRIGHT A. STANLEY, (BRIG. GEN. PATTON ANDERSON'S BRIGADE, RUGGLES' DIVISION, BRAGG'S CORPS) 2nd TEXAS INFANTRY, COL. JOHN C. MOORE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM A. ROGERS, MAJOR HAL G. RUNNELS, (BRIG. GEN. JOHN K. JACKSON'S BRIGADE, WITHERS' DIVISION, BRAGG'S CORPS) 8th TEXAS CAVALRY (RANGERS), COLONEL JOHN A. WHARTON, (UNATTACHED) A MEMORIAL TO TEXANS WHO SERVED THE CONFEDERACY ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS 1964.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 04/01/1964
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: The State of Texas
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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