Sunday, September 19, 2021

Texans fight at Chickamauga

Perhaps a member of
Terry's Texas Rangers

(Texas Day by Day) On this day in 1863, the two-day battle of Chickamauga began, ending in one of the last great field victories for the Confederacy.
The first day's action, fought in densely wooded terrain, became a classic "soldier's battle" in which generalship counted for little and the outcome was decided by fierce small-unit encounters.
Texas units in the Georgia battle included Hood's Texas Brigade, Ector's Brigade, Deshler's Brigade, and Terry's Texas Rangers. Continued

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