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Collection of the records began in 1864; no special attention was paid to Confederate records until just after the capture of Richmond, Virginia, in 1865, when with the help of Confederate Gen. Samuel Cooper, Union Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck began the task of collecting and preserving such archives of the Confederacy as had survived the war.
The 30th Arkansas Infantry (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War.This regiment was also called the 5th Arkansas Cavalry, the 5th Trans-Mississippi Regiment or 39th Regiment after April, 1863. [1]
Over 350 killed, wounded, or captured. 2 gunboats captured. None. The Second Battle of Sabine Pass (September 8, 1863) was a failed Union Army attempt to invade the Confederate state of Texas during the American Civil War. [2] The Union Navy supported the effort and lost three gunboats during the battle, two captured and one destroyed.
The 36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment was organized on June 26, 1862, as the 28th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, under the command of Colonel Dandridge McRae.The unit was intended to be mounted, but General Thomas Hindman soon ordered it dismounted, along with three other new cavalry regiments. [1]
One local resident, Willie Hudspeth, has been working to remove the memorial since 2000. [5]The monument was vandalized with the words "This Is Racist" in 2015. [6] On February 1, 2018, Denton County leaders voted 15–0 to keep the statue but add a plaque denouncing slavery and a video kiosk explaining the city's racial history and progress (which was never added or completed).
Civil War Texas: A History and a Guide. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 0-87611-171-1. Wooster Ralph A. (2015). Lone Star Blue and Gray: Essays on Texas in the Civil War. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 978-1-62511-025-1. Wooster Ralph A. (1995). Texas and Texans in the Civil War. Eakin Press. ISBN 1-57168-042-X.