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What Do the Plaques Memorialize?
TEXAS IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
FACTS & FIGURES*
There are over 319 historic Confederate Camps, Posts & Garrison sites
located in Texas.
181 battles, skirmishes & engagements, military & Naval took place in Texas or the Texas coastline
The largest battle fought in Texas during the war was the Battle of Galveston fought on January 1, 1863, a Confederate victory.
The most lopsided victory of the war was the Battle of Sabine Pass fought on September 8, 1863. Forty-Seven (47) Texas Confederate Irishmen under Lt. Richard W. "Dick" Dowling turned back an entire Yankee invasion fleet. The only medals for valor issued by the Confederate Government were issued to the defenders of Sabine Pass.
There were 12 major coastal forts on the Texas coast.
The 1860 census lists a population of 604,215.
Texas Governor Francis Richard Lubbock estimated that 90,000 Texans served the Confederate cause.
Texas soldiers served in every theater of the War Between the States.
Texas provided:
| 37 |
Generals |
| 21 |
Infantry Regiments |
| 8 |
Infantry Battalions |
| 1 |
Legion (battallion composed of Infantry, Cavalry & Artillery), Waul's |
| 40 |
Cavalry Regiments |
| 8 |
Frontier Cavalry Regiments |
| 29 |
Cavalry Battalions |
| 1 |
Regiment of Heavy Artillery (Coastal) |
| 35 |
Artillery Batteries |
| 4 |
Regiments of Partisan Rangers |
| 1 |
Battalion of Sharpshooters |
| 1 |
Engineer Corps |
| 1 |
Cavalry/Infantry Battalion |
| 7 |
Cavalry Regiments: Texas State Troops |
| 6 |
Infantry Regiments: Texas State Troops |
| 2 |
Infantry Battalions: Texas State Troops |
| 4 |
Cavalry Battalions: Texas State Troops |
*SOURCE:
TEXAS IN THE WAR by Col. Harry McCorry Henderson; San Antonio : Naylor Co. 1955
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