Downtown Austin in Travis County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Hood’s Texas Brigade Monument

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 6, 1998

1. Hood’s Texas Brigade Monument Marker

Inscription.

Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. First Texas Regiment, Fourth Texas Regiment, Fifth Texas Regiment, Eighteenth Georgia Regiment, Third Arkansas Regiment, Hampton’s South Carolina Legion. Brigade Commanders; General John B. Hood, General Jerome B. Robertson, General John Greig.

“Hood’s Texas Brigade shall retain its original formation as long as there is a man left to wave its flag.” President Jefferson Davis, C.S.A.

Erected 1910 by Surviving Comrades and Friends.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 30° 16.444′ N, 97° 44.364′ W. Marker is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It is in Downtown Austin. Memorial is on East 12th Street west of Brazos Street, on the right when traveling west. This monument is located on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Austin TX 78701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Capitol Greenhouses (within shouting distance of this marker); Artesian Well and East Drinking Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); 1928 Granite Water Fountain (within shouting distance of this

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marker); The Archive War (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Grotto and Lagoon (within shouting distance of this marker); Texas and the Civil War (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cisterns (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Austin.

Hood’s Texas Brigade Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 6, 1998

2. Hood’s Texas Brigade Monument

Texas State Capitol Building-north side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 6, 1998

3. Texas State Capitol Building-north side

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 569 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.