On Jan. 1, 1863, Galveston was captured by the Southern Confederacy in a battle remembered on its fiftieth anniversary in 1914. Gen. Arthur P. Bagby commanded the Neptune. Those honored in connection with the battle include Capt. J. T. Whitfield, Lieut. J. W. Carson, Private Jno. Buchanan, Capt. Jas. Walker, Sergeant W. H. Turk, Capt. J. W. Whitfield, Capt. James Walker, Gen. John B. Magruder, Col. Tom Green, Col. Arthur P. Bagby, Com. Leon Smith, and Co. G. W. H. H. Brazier. The remembrance also honors Lavaca Co. men who fought in the Civil War and the heroes who wore the gray at the Battle of Galveston.