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U. S. CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS |
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TEXAS REMEMBERS THE VALOR AND DEVOTION OF HER SONS WHO SERVED AT GETTYSBURG JULY 2-3, 1863 FROM NEAR THIS SPOT THE TEXAS BRIGADE AT ABOUT 4:30 P.M. ON JULY 2 CROSSED EMMITSBURG ROAD AND ADVANCED WITH HOOD'S DIVISION ACROSS PLUM RUN TOWARD LITTLE ROUND TOP. THE TEXAS BRIGADE AFTER SEVERE FIGHTING ON THE SLOPES OF LITTLE ROUND TOP RETIRED TO A POSITION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DEVIL'S DEN. THE BRIGADE HELD THIS POSITION THE NIGHT OF JULY 2 AND DURING THE DAY OF JULY 3. THE BRIGADE THEN FELL BACK TO A POSITION NEAR THIS MEMORIAL ON THE EVENING OF JULY 3. ON THE FIELD AT GETTYSBURG THE TEXAS BRIGADE SUFFERED 597 CASUALTIES. TEXAS TROOPS AT GETTYSBURG WERE 1ST TEXAS INF.,LT.COL.P.A.WORK;4TH TEXAS INF.,COL.J.C.G.KEY,LT.COL.E.F. CARTER,MAJ.J.P.BANE;5TH TEXAS INF., COL.R.M.POWELL,LT.COL.K.BRYAN,MAJ.J.C. ROGERS. THE TEXAS BRIGADE INCLUDED THE 3RD ARKANSAS INF.,COL.VAN H.MANNING. (BRIG.GEN.J.B.ROBERTSON'S TEXAS BRIGADE, HOOD'S DIVISION, LONGSTREET'S CORPS) OF ALL THE GALLANT FIGHTS THEY MADE NONE WAS GRANDER THAN GETTYSBURG. A MEMORIAL TO TEXANS WHO SERVED THE CONFEDERACY ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS 1964 |
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