Battle of Galveston Monument
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This pink granite monument honors the "Brave Men Who Died For The Confederacy In The Battle of Galveston". Ironically, it is located about 50 feet from monument honoring the Union Sailors who died in the same battle.
Waymark Code: WMYTTT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2018
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To The Brave Men Who Died For the Confederacy
In The Battle of Galveston 1863
Capt. A.R. Wier Co. B Cook’s Reg’t
Lt. Stoney Sherman Co. A Cook’s Reg’t
J. Cleason Co. F Cook’s Reg’t
Lt. Harvey Clark Baylor’s Reg’t
Mark McAdams Co. B 21st TX Inf
E. Klasen Co. E 21st TX Inf
“Fritz” Co. F 21st TX Inf
T.J. Hampton
S.F. Henslow
M. Bundick
Dr. A. Fisher Cook’s Reg’t
Lt. J.H. Alexander Co. I 7th Tex Cav
W.H. Wilburton Co. I 7th Tex Cav
C.D. Pease Co. I 7th Tex Cav
I.J. Dial Co. I 7th Tex Cav
J.T. Hill Co. I 7th Tex Cav
B.F. Roach Co. I 7th Tex Cav
John Hayes Co. I 7th Tex Cav
James E. Self Co. I 7th Tex Cav
John H. Williams Co. I 7th Tex Cav
H.S. Sippel, Co. B 7th Tex Cav
Nate Flowers, Co. A 7th Tex Cav
Erected By
Camp Magruder No. 105, UCV
"The CSA dead from the Battle of Galveston were buried in the potters field of this cemetery. The exact location of the individual graves is no longer known. (There have been some terrible hurricanes). With one notable exception, Union dead have been reinterred in the US National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana."
The monument was dedicated by the Magruder Camp of the United Confederate Veterans (UCV) to honor their fallen comrades in the Battle of Galveston, January 1, 1863." (source below)