| Marker Number |
2043 |
| Atlas Number |
5125002043 |
| Marker Title |
In Memory Of Private Gregg, William Max, W. H. Kilpatrick |
| Index Entry |
Gregg, Private; Max, William; Kilpatrick, W. H., in memory of |
| Address |
CR 384 |
| City |
Spur |
| County |
Dickens |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
329212 |
| UTM Northing |
3705727 |
| Subject Codes |
military topics; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Spur Cemetery, local road of Highway 70, .25 miles east of Spur city limits |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
In Memory Of Private Gregg, William Max, W. H. Kilpatrick and other soldiers who met death in this region while serving under General R. S. MacKenzie, Fourth U.S. Cavalry, 1871-1872 and 1874-1875. with no hope of honor if victorious, no dream of mercy if they fell, and the certainty of death by torture if taken alive, they fought the savage Comanche and cleared the plains for the white men. |
