Texas Memorial

Texas Memorial. . (Front): , Texas remembers the valor and devotion of its sons which served at Corinth and its surrounding environs during the Western Campaign of 1862., Here in the days following the retreat of Southern forces from the battlefield of Shiloh, two Confederate armies combined to defend the strategic railroad crossing at Corinth. Texans from 18 different units assisted in the defense until heavily outnumbered. The Confederates were compelled to abandon the city on the 30th of May., In mid-Sept., the Confederate Army of the West under Major General Sterling Price maneuvered to prevent Union reenforcements from leaving the theater of operations. On Sept. 19 the Battle of Iuka was fought 23 miles southeast of Corinth. There, Texans of Louis Hebert's brigade made repeated charges on the Union forces. The fighting was inconclusive and Price was able to extricate his army and rendezvous with Major General Earl Van Dorn in Ripley (MS) to carry out a bold plan to drive the Union army from West Tennessee by first attacking their garrison at Corinth. , Here, the Battle of Corinth, fought on the 3rd and 4th of Oct., culminated in three charges against this site, led by Col. William P. Rogers of the 2nd Texas Infantry. The attacks failed and Rogers was killed. Texans from Brigadier General Charles Phifer's brigade advanced southeast beyond this point, briefly capturing the railroad crossroads at the heart of the city, before compelled to retire. Van Dorn's shattered army retreated west and on the following day, while attempting to cross the Hatchie River at Davis Bridge (TN), the Sons of Texas were again conspicuous in holding back attacking Union forces until a river crossing could be secured upstream. , Erected by the State of Texas 2010 , (Back): , Texas units involved during the Corinth Campaign of April - October 1862, Siege of Corinth, MS , 2nd Texas Infantry , 6th Texas Infantry , 9th Texas Infantry , Good's Battery , Teal's Battery , 1st Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 3rd Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 6th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 9th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 10th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 11th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 14th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 15th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 16th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 17th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 27th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 32nd Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , Wharton's Texas Rangers , , Battle of Iuka, MS , 1st Texas Legion , 3rd Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , , Battle of Corinth, MS , 2nd Texas Infantry , 3rd Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 6th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 9th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , , Battle of Davis Bridge, TN , 1st Texas Legion , 2nd Texas Infantry , 6th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , 9th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) , , Texas remembers and honors her sons. They sleep the sleep of the brave.