Texas State Monument

The Texas State Monument honors the 1st, 4th, and 5th Texas Regiments. It is located along South Confederate Avenue, just south of the Emmitsburg Road near the Bushman Farm. It cost $1,000.00 and was dedicated in September 1964.

The monument was constructed of red Texas granite and features the “Lone Star.” It was designed by Harold Simpson, the historian for the Texas State Civil War Centennial Commission.

Identical monuments were erected to honor Texas’s Civil War contributions at ten other battlefields: Sharpsburg, the Wilderness, Bentonville, Chickamauga, Fort Donelson, Kennesaw Mountain, Mansfield, Pea Ridge, Shiloh, and at Anthony (Texas). Only the inscriptions differ. A large scale monument to all Confederate Texans was erected at Vicksburg.

Located near the Texas State Monument on South Confederate Avenue is a small stone dedicated to Robertson’s Texas Brigade.

This was the very first Confederate monument at Gettysburg, placed here in 1913 (thus predating even the Virginia state monument) through the effort of a group of private citizens. In addition to honoring the 1st, 4th, and 5th Texas Regiments, this monument also honors the 3rd Arkansas Regiment.

(The monument is difficult to read because it is badly in need of repointing.)

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