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Hood's Texas Brigade Monument
United States
The monument in 2015
For Members of John B. Hood's Texas Brigade who fought in the Army of Northern Virginia from 1861 to 1865
Established1910 (1910)
Location
Texas State Capitol

near 
Austin, Texas
Designed byPompeo Coppini

The Hood's Texas Brigade Monument is an outdoor memorial commemorating members of John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade who fought in the Army of Northern Virginia from 1861 to 1865, installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas, United States. The monument was sculptured by Pompeo Coppini and erected in 1910. It features a gray granite shaft with hand-carved quotes by leaders of the Confederacy, topped by a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hood's Texas Brigade Monument". Texas State Preservation Board. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

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