Granbury Texas Brigade

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While this forum is primarily for regimental histories, there a few brigade history threads and I felt Granbury's Texas Brigade deserved one.

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https://repository.tcu.edu/bitstream/handle/116099117/4003/Lundberg.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Granbury's Texas Brigade, C.S.A.

The Color Brigade of the Army

By John Richard Lindbergh

 

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https://www.tsl.texas.gov/historicflags/4038granbury.html

"Granbury's Texas Brigade - 17th and 18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted), Consolidated[/center][/H1]
This is the finest Hardee pattern battle flag still in existence (see TSLAC 306-4035 for another example). Like the 6th Infantry and 15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted), the 17th and 18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) were allowed to retain this flag even after the adoption of the well-known Confederate battle flag, as a mark of respect. The units were organized in East Texas in early 1862 and deployed to Arkansas in summer 1862. On January 11, 1863, they were taken prisoner at Arkansas Post and held for three months in prison camps in Illinois. After being exchanged, the 17th and 18th were consolidated along with two other units as Smith's Brigade, under the command of Brigadier General Preston Smith, and placed in Cleburne's division.

They fought with distinction at Chickamauga and suffered over 200 casualties. Following Smith's death in battle, the units became part of the command of Hiram Granbury and shared the credit for saving the Army of Tennessee from destruction at Chattanooga. In November of 1863, the 17th and 18th Texas received this flannel Hardee flag inscribed with the battle honors of the previous campaigns: "Arkansas Post," "Chickamauga," "Tunnel Hill," and "Ringgold Gap." On July 22, 1864 at the Battle of Atlanta, the 17th and 18th Texas were cut off by Federal troops of the 15th Michigan Regiment under the command of General William T. Clark. A large number of men were taken prisoner, and the flag was captured. In 1914, the flag was returned to the state of Texas by the widow of General Clark."

 

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Dont ignore "A Force to be Reckoned With"- a two volume history of Granbury's Texas Infantry Brigade by Danny Sessums.

Attached is a photo of Granbury's grave in Granbury, Tx, about 20 minutes from where I live.

 

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William Samuel Crowson (1814-1863) - Find a Grave...

William Samuel Crowson served in the Mexican War for the State of Texas. On the Muster Rolls of Texas Military Units he is listed with his brother, John Jasper Crowson, as having served as a private in Middleton T. Johnson's Company; composed primarily of personnel recruited from Shelby County...

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McCamey A “Mack” Harris (1829-1900) - Find a...

Born in Talbot County, Georgia on December 1, 1829, McCamey A. Harris was one of several children born to James Harris (1795-1868) and his wife Lucretia Jones Harris (1795-1878). Nothing could be found on Harris's childhood or education, so it is presumed that he recieved his schooling in either...

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PVT Thomas L. Napier (1841-1864) - Find a Grave...

Thomas L. Napier Thomas was born to Leroy Wiley and Sharlotte (Eveline) Ann Lane Napier in November of 1841, in Walker (presently Catoosa County) County, Georgia. His family moved from Georgia to Hunt County, Texas around 1852. When war began with the firing on Ft. Sumter in Charleston...

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Just fyi, in the cover of vol 1, Danny is sitting front row, on the left with hand on sword. Can you spot him on vol 2?

 

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Granbury himself was an outlier in the brigade, as his regiment was the only unit that had not originally been captured at Arkansas Post. Granbury was the former colonel of the Seventh Texas Infantry, which had originally been captured at Fort Donelson, and then served in John Gregg's Tennessee Brigade up through Chickamauga, when it was transferred to James Argyle Smith's Texas Brigade, which later became Granbury's.