Texas at Cheatham Hill/Kennesaw Mountain
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N 33° 56.482 W 084° 35.852
16S E 722039 N 3758255
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy; Cheatham Hill - Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta Georgia
Waymark Code: WMN5X9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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County of marker: Cobb County
Location of marker: Cheatham Hill, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park,
Marker erected by: The State of Texas
Date marker erected: 1964

A view of the Cheatham Hill battle field National Park Service

And a view of the memorial on peakery

Marker Number: -none-

Marker Text:
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)

3rd Texas Cav., Lt. Col. Jiles S. Boggess, 6th Texas Cal., 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, Cantry'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 R. Douglas (Courtney's Battalion, Gen. John B. Hood's Corps)

A Memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy Erected by the State of Texas 1964



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