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Texas
remembers the valor and devotion of her sons who served at Shiloh April 6-7, 1862
Here the Rangers upheld the fame of the name they bore, the 2nd Texas fought with gallantry and the 9th Texas responded to any demand upon its courage and endurance.
General Albert Sidney Johnston of Texas gave is life in this battle.
Texas troops at Shiloh were:
9th Texas Infantry
Colonel Wright A. Stanley (Brig. Gen. Patton Anderson's Brigade, Ruggles' Division, Bragg's Corps)
2nd Texas Infantry, Col. John C. Moore, Lieutenant Colonel William P. Rogers, Major Hal G. Runnels
(Brig. Gen. John R. Jackson's Brigade, Withers' Division, Bragg's Corps)
6th Texas Cavalry (Rangers)
Colonel John A. Wharton, (Unattached)
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy erected by State of Texas 1964. |