Colonel A.M. Hobby / Hobby's 8th Texas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.
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N 28° 18.586 W 097° 16.481
14R E 669164 N 3132725
This pink granite "gravestone" marker stands with Refugio's other war memorials, next to the Volunteer Fire Department on N. Alamo Street in Refugio.
Waymark Code: WM15M1N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2022
Views: 4
Marker erected by the State of Texas
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry Hobby, Colonel A.M.; Hobby's 8th Texas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.
Address Commerce & Empresario
City Refugio
County Refugio
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 669120
UTM Northing 3131231
Subject Codes cowboys; military topics
Marker Year 1963
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Private Property No
Marker Location Courthouse lawn, corner of Commerce and Empresario, Refugio. [correction sent to THC 2022-01-19]
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Civil War Memorials - (pink granite)
Marker Number: 955
Marker Text:
Obverse:
Home county of Texas Confederate
Colonel A.M. Hobby
1831 - 1881
Georgian. Ardent supporter of states rights and secession. Served Texas Legislature 1859 until resignation in 1862 to organize battalion for war. Commanded Hobby's 8th Texas Infantry Regiment. In charge of area coastal defenses between Indianola and Corpus Christi, keeping the Federals on their ships, preventing invasion. In 1864-65 with Galveston coastal defenses. Noted author, poet of patriotic works.
A memorial to Texans
who served the Confederacy
Erected by the State of Texas 1963
Reverse:
Hobby's 8th Texas Infantry Regiment C.S.A.: Refugio County was represented in all four companies of Hobby's Infantry Battalion organized in this county May 1862. Unit successfully withstood Union bombardment of Corpus Christi August 1862. Organized into 8th Texas Infantry February 1863. Regiment staved off another attack on Corpus Christi November 1863 while covering the Confederate withdrawal from Lower Rio Grande. Most of the 8th were in Red River Campaign 1864 to prevent invasion of Texas. Again defended Texas Coast 1865. Texas coastal defense is a brilliant chapter in South's history.
Composed of: Maj. A.M. Hobby's 8th Bn Tex Inf, Maj. Daniel D. Shea's 4th Tex Arty Bn, Capt. B.F. Neal's Btry, Capt. John Ireland's Tex Inf Co, Capt. Jose M. Penazola's Tex Inf Co, Capt. Angel Navarro's Cav Co.
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