Richard Dowling - Sabine Pass, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 43.952 W 093° 52.377
15R E 415579 N 3289467
A portrait of Dick Dowling seen standing, dressed in slacks but not shirt, holding a torch at his side in his proper right hand and a pair of binoculars in his proper left hand.
Waymark Code: WMZY1Y
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2019
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Smithsonian Art Inventories "The bronze sculpture of Dick Dowling is mounted atop a pink granite base with three panels, the center die, front and back, decorated with a bronze wreath and star. The two flanking sides have commemorative carved text.
(On front center of base:)
In Memory of
Lt. Richard W. Dowling
and his menTexas remember the
faithfulness and valor
of her sons
and commend their
heroic example
to future generations
Erected by
the state of Texas
1936
(On front left side of base:)
The men who fought (list of names)
(On front right side of base:)
With Lt. Dowling were (list of names)
(On back center)
At this site
on Sept. 8th 1863
Dick Dowling
and forty-seven men
comprising company F
Texas heavy artillery
Jefferson Davis Guards
O.S.A. from a mud fort
repulsed an attack made
by four warships and
twelve hundred men
of the Federal army
thus saving Texas from
invasion by the enemy.(On back right side)
There is no parallel
in ancient or modern
warfare to the victory
of Dowling and his men
at Sabine Pass
Considering the great
odds against which they
had to contend.
Jefferson Davis(back left side)
Thus it will be seen that
we captured with forty-seven
men two gunboats mounting
Thirteen guns of the heaviest
caliber and about three
hundred and fifty prisoners
All my men behaved like
Heroes, not a man flinched
from his post. Our motto was
Victory or Death
Offical Report of
Lt. Richard W. Dowling"