Waul's Texas Legion
Monument located on Confederate Avenue south of the Texas
Memorial (Park Tour Stop #13). The monument for Waul's Texas
Legion was constructed at a cost of $300 of which $200 was
contributed by Pvt. Henry E. Losey, Company A, 77th
Illinois Infantry (Major, U.S.C.T.). The Legion, with the
exception of the Cavalry Battalion commanded by Lt. Col.
L. Willis, was attached to Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson's
Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg,
and was commanded by Col. Thomas N. Waul, who raised and
equipped it and consisted of the following units: |
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1st Battalion Infantry Commanded by Maj. Eugene S.
Bolling.
2nd Battalion Infantry Commanded by Lt. Col. James Wrigley.
Artillery Company Commanded by Capt. J. Q. Wall.
Cavalry Detachment Commanded by Lt. Thomas
J. Cleveland.
[Refer to
Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 594 and Volume III, pages
780, 782, 872 & 965.] |
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Last update:
Sunday, October 12, 2003
http://www.nps.gov/vick/tx/waul.htm
Editor: R. C. Smith |
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