Details - Val Verde Battery, C.S.A. - Atlas Number 5161009909

Marker Number	9909
Atlas Number	5161009909
Marker Title	Val Verde Battery, C.S.A.
Index Entry	Val Verde Battery, C.S.A.
Address
City	Fairfield
County	Freestone
UTM Zone	14
UTM Easting	769103
UTM Northing	3513412
Subject Codes	Civil War; military topics
Marker Year	1964
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	No
Marker Location	Courthouse lawn, Commerce St. between Mount and Keechi St.
Private Property	No
Marker Condition	In Situ
Marker Size	18" x 28"
Marker Text	Six brass field guns taken by Lt. Joseph D. Sayers' Company in Civil War Battle of Val Verde, N. Mex., 1862, and brought back to Texas with incredible difficulty, armed a new unit of hand-picked men. Sound of the Val Verde guns in action set pace for other outfits, helped secure such victories as the recapture of Galveston, 1863. At Mansfield, La., April 1864, captured new, longer-range guns. Unwilling to lose their guns when the war ended, the men buried four. The last commander, T. D. Nettles, brought this one home to Freestone County.