Near Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Texas Memorial
Photographed By Duane Hall, May 25, 2015
1. Texas Memorial
remembers the valor and devotion of
her sons who served at Cheatham Hill,
Kennesaw Mountain, and in other
engagements of the Atlanta Campaign in
1864.
Texas units in the campaign were:
6th Texas Inf. & 15th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Capt. Rhoads Fisher; 7th Texas Inf., Capt. J.H. Collett; 10th Texas Inf., Col. Roger Q. Mills; 17th & 18th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Capt. George D. Manion; 24th & 25th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Col. Franklin C. Wilkes. (Brig. Gen. Hiram B. Granbury’s and Gen. J.A. Smith’s Brigade, Cleburne’s Division)
9th Texas Inf., Col. William H. Young; 10th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Col. C.R. Earp; 14th Texas Cav., Dismounted, Col. John L. Camp; 32nd Texas Cav., Dismounted, Col. Julius A. Andrews. (Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector’s Brigade, French’s Division)
Reverse:
3rd Texas Cav., Lt. Col. Jiles S. Boggess; 6th Texas Cav., Lt. Col. Peter F. Ross; 9th Texas Cav., Col. Dudley W. Jones; 27th Texas Cav., Col. Edwin R. Hawkins. (Brig. Gen. Lawrence S. Ross’ Brigade, Cantey’s Division)
8th Texas Cav., Lt. Col. Gustave Cook; 11th Texas Cav., Col. George R. Reeves. (Col. Thomas Harrison’s Brigade, Humes’ Division)
Douglas Texas Battery, Capt. James P. Douglas. (Courtney’s Battalion, Gen. John B. Hood’s Corps)
this page online
Erected 1964 by State of Texas.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 33° 56.477′ N, 84° 35.852′ W. Marker is near Marietta, Georgia, in Cobb County. Memorial is on Cheatham Hill Drive, 0.3 miles south of Whitlock Avenue NW (Georgia Route 120), on the right when traveling south. State Route 120 is also known as the Dallas Highway in this area. Marker is located at the Cheatham Hill section of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marietta GA 30064, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A Humanitarian Act (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Interlocking Defenses (approx. 0.2 miles away); They Who Fell Here (approx. 0.3 miles away); Climax at Cheatham Hill (approx. 0.3 miles away); Camouflaged Cannons (approx. 0.4 miles away); Field Fortifications (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Dead Angle (approx. half a mile away); The Assault Falters (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marietta.
Additional commentary.
1. Texas Civil War Monuments
This marker is one of 19 monuments placed by the State of Texas on battlefields across the nation,
Photographed By Duane Hall, May 25, 2015
2. Texas Memorial
In 1961 the Texas Civil War Centennial Commission and the Texas State Historical Survey Committee initiated this commemorative series of granite monuments by dedicating the first and largest of the original Centennial monuments at Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Over the next three years monuments were also placed in the towns of Pea Ridge, Arkansas and Anthony, Texas (for the Arizona-New Mexico campaign) and at the following battlefields: Chickamauga, Georgia; Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia; Mansfield, Louisiana; Antietam, Maryland; Bentonville, North Carolina; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Fort Donelson, Tennessee; Shiloh, Tennessee; and The Wilderness
Photographed By Duane Hall, May 25, 2015
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Starting in 1998, the Texas Historical Commission continued the work begun in 1961 by the Centennial Commission and the Historical Survey Committee by placing granite monuments at other Civil War battlefields. As of 2017, monuments have been placed at the battlefields of Galveston, Texas (1998); Raymond, Mississippi (2002); Rowlett's Station, Kentucky (2008); Richmond, Kentucky (2009); Corinth, Mississippi (2010); Gaines Mill, Virginia(2012); and Second Manassas, Virginia (2012).
The Texas Historical Commission plans to place a monument at the battlefield of Glorieta Pass, New Mexico.
(Source: Texas Historical Commission, 2015)
NOTE: The links above will take you the HMdb record for the Texas monument/memorial for that battle or campaign.
— Submitted July 24, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
Photographed By Duane Hall, May 25, 2015
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Credits. This page was last revised on May 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 821 times since then and 23 times this year. Last updated on July 23, 2015, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 16, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
