(1980's) Enlarge Monument to Hood's Texas Brigade

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(September 30, 2008) Enlarge View-2 Monument to Terry's Texas Rangers (8th Texas Cavalry Regt.)

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(September 30, 2008) Enlarge Close-up of the monument to B.F. Terry's Texas Rangers located in front of the Texas State Capitol. The photo was taken in the afternoon on September 30, 2008.

Benjamin Franklin Terry was the first colonel of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment CSA. B.F. Terry died early in the war but the regiment remained known as Terry's Texas Rangers. B.F. Terry had a brother, David S. Terry who formed a cavalry regiment from Texas known as D.S. Terry's Cavalry Regiment. This regiment saw service in the Trans-Mississippi Dept of the Confederacy and also served with distinction, but never gained the fame of the cavalry regiment raised by B.F. Terry. The survivors of B.F. Terry's Texas Rangers paid for the monument

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(September 30, 2008) Enlarge This monument to Hood's Texas Brigade stands next to the Texas State Capitol. The monument was erected in 1910 by survivors of the brigade.
 
The regiments which comprised the Texas Brigade in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia were the following:
 
1st Texas Infantry Regiment
4th Texas Infantry Regiment
5th Texas Infantry Regiment
3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
18th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Hampton's South Carolina Legion Infantry Battalion Co. "D" 1st North Carolina Artillery Regiment/Rowan's Artillery

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(September 30, 2008) Enlarge The Base of the Monument to Hood's Texas Brigade
 
The quote at the base "Hood's Texas Brigade Shall Retain Its Original Formation As Long As There Is A Man Left To Wave Its Flag"-President Jefferson Davis CSA relates to the decimation in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and a plan to reconfigure units based on actual strength to reflect the true manpower. The quote from Jefferson Davis makes it clear the Texas Brigade was exempt. There are other quotes around the base, as well as statistics

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(September 30, 2008) Enlarge Iron artillery piece on the grounds of the Texas Capitol

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