Blum in Hill County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Gus Bailey
Home Town of Old Gray Mare Composer
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Texas Confederate Songs
Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2022
1. Gus Bailey side of the marker
Gus Bailey
Home Town of Old Gray Mare Composer
Leader, Hood's Texas Brigade Band His wife, Mollie, smuggled notes and quinine past enemy in her hair Baileys' post war shows still flew Confederate flag 1869 and afterwards, Gus and Mollie and nine children headquartered circus in Blum Owned show lots in 100 towns of Texas. Ex-Confederates saw their circus free Bailey wrote "Old Gray Mare Ain't What She Used to Be" on eve of second Manassas Battle, when mare spooked camp by running thru with load of tin pans
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy erected by the State of Texas, 1964
Texas Confederate Songs
"Lone Star Defenders" "Land of Texas" "Bombardment and Battle of Galveston" "Dick Dowling and the Davis Guards at Sabine Pass" "The Ranger's Farewell" "Baylor's Partisan Rangers" "Awake! to Arms in Dixie!" "Capture of 17 of Co. H, 4th Texas Cavalry" "My Texas Land" "To the Beloved Memory of Maj. Gen. Tom Green" "Lone Star Banner of the Free" "The Gallant Second Texians" "The Rum Raid at Velasco" "The Texas Rangers at the Battle of Chickamauga" "Terry's Texas Rangers" "Hood's Texas Brigade" "The Navasota Volunteers" "Song of the Fifth Texas Regiment" "The Dying Texas Soldier Boy" "Texians, to your Banner Fly" "The Horse Marines at Galveston" "O, He's Nothing But a Soldier" "The Martyrs of Texas" "The Texas Sentinel in Virginia" "An Old Texian's Appeal Texas Troops marched also to such southern favorites as "Dixie", "The Yellow Rose of Texas", "The Bonny Blue Flag" and "Mother Is the Battle Over?"
Erected 1964 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 2308.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • War, US Civil • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1869.
Location. 32° 8.543′ N,
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Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Blum Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Erected in Memory of Phillip Nolan (approx. 2.6 miles away); Grange Hall Cemetery (approx. 5.9 miles away); Rio Vista (approx. 6.4 miles away); Menefee Reunion (approx. 6½ miles away); Henry Briden Cabin (approx. 6½ miles away); Early Cattle Trade
Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2022
2. Texas Confederate Songs side of the marker
Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2022
3. Gus Bailey / Texas Confederate Songs Marker
Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2022
4. Gus Bailey / Texas Confederate Songs Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 611 times since then and 45 times this year. Last updated on October 31, 2026, by Paul Schmitz of Lewiston, Maine. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 26, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
