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 Texas at Chickamauga
N 34° 55.627 W 085° 15.389
16S E 659247 N 3866347
The official State of Texas monument at the Chickamauga National Battlefield in Ft Oglethorpe GA recognizing the unit that participated in the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge
Waymark Code: WMWCED
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2017
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This official state memorial of Texas Pink Granite was erected by the State of Texas in 1964 to honor the various Texas units that fought at the related battles of Chickamauga (19-20 Sep 1863) and Missionary Ridge (25 Nov 1863) during the Chattanooga Campaign of the US Civil War.
Mama Blaster's third Great Grandfather, Amasa Pratt Tourgee Perkins, and his brothers Leander F. and Thomas S. Perkins were all members of the 9th Texas Cavalry, CSA. The 9th Texas Cavalry were NOT here, but the 9th Texas Infantry WAS there.
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Remembers the valor and devotion of her sons who served at Chickamauga September 19- 20, 1863
Here in the great Confederate breakthrough, Texans vied with each other to prove themselves worthy of the fame won by their brothers on other fields.
Texas troops at Chickamauga were:
6th and 10th Texas Inf. & 15th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Col. Roger O. Mills & Lt. Col. T. Scott Anderson; 17th, 18th 24th & 15th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Col. F. C. Wilkes, Lt. Col. John T. Coit, & Maj. William A. Taylor; Douglas’ Texas Arty., Capt. James P Douglas.
(Gen. James Deshler’s Brigade,
Cleburne’s Division)
9th Texas Inf., Col. William H. Young; 10th Texas Cav., LT. Col. C. R. Earp; 14th Texas Cav., Coil. J. L. Camp; 32nd Texas Cav., Col. Julius A. Andrews (All units serving as infantry.)
(Gen. Matthew D. Ector’s Brigade,
Walker’s Division)
(See other side)
7th Texas Inf., Col. H. B. Granbury & Maj. K. M. VanZandt.
(Col. John Gregg’s Brigade,
Johnson’s Division)
1st Texas Inf., Capt. J. R. Harding; 4th Texas Inf., Lt. Col. John R. Bane & Capt. R. H. Bassett; 5th Texas Inf. Maj J. G. Rogers, Capt. J. S. Cleveland & Capt. J. T. Clay.
(Gen. Jerome B. Robertson’s Brigade,
Hood’s Division.)
8th Texas Cav., Lt. Col. Gustave Cook; 11th Texas Cav., Col. G. R. Reeves.
(Col. Thomas Harrison’s Brigade,
Wharton’s Division)
Texas troops at Missionary Ridge were:
7th Texas Inf., Col. Hiran Granbury; 6th & 10th Texas Inf. & 15th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Col. Roger O. Mills; 17th,18th, 24th, & 25th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Maj. William A. Taylor; Douglas’ Texas Batt., Capt. James T. Douglas.
(Gen. James A. Smith’s Brigade,
Cleburne’s Division)
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy
Erected by the State of Texas 1964
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