Texas Soldier Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
N 34° 55.620 W 085° 15.387
16S E 659251 N 3866335
One of many Civil War memorials in this large park. This one is dedicated to the Texas Soldiers who fought in the battle here.
Waymark Code: WM6WE7
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2009
Views: 7
Texas 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 & 10th Texas Inf & 15th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Col. Roger Q Mills & Lt Col T Scott Anderson, 17th, 18th, 24th & 25th Texas Cav, Dismounted, Col. FC Wilkes, Lt Col John T Coit & Maj William A Taylor; Douglas' Texas Arty, Capt James P Douglas, Gen James Desher's Brigade, Gleburn's Division
5th Texas Inf., Col William H Young; 10th texas Cav, Lt Col CR Earp, 14th Texas Cav, Col JE Camp, 32nd Texas Cav, Col Jules A Andrews (all units serving as infantry)
Gen Matthew D Ector's Brigade, Walker's Division
(oops, it was continued other side)
Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link]
List if there are any visiting hours:
daylight?
Entrance fees (if it applies): none
Type of memorial: Monument
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