Texas

At Gettysburg on July 2-3, 1863, Texas troops served with notable valor and devotion. From near this spot, the Texas Brigade advanced at about 1:30 P.M. on July 2, crossing Emmitsburg Road with Hood's Division, moving across Plum Run toward Little Round Top. After severe fighting on the slopes of Little Round Top, the brigade retired to a position on the south side of Devil's Den, held that ground through the night of July 2 and during July 3, and then fell back on the evening of July 3 to a position near this memorial on the Gettysburg battlefield. The Texas Brigade suffered 597 casualties. Texas troops at Gettysburg included the 1st Texas Infantry under Lt. Col. P.A. Work, the 4th Texas Infantry under Col. J.C.G. Key, Lt. Col. H. F. Carter, and Maj. J.P. Bane, the 5th Texas Infantry under Col. B.M. Powell, Lt. Col. K. Bryan, and Maj. J.C. Rogers, and the 3rd Arkansas Infantry under Col. Van H. Manning, serving in Brig. Gen. J.B. Robertson's Texas Brigade of Hood's Division, Longstreet's Corps.

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