​Terry's Texas Rangers​

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Marker Text: "In commemoration 
of the valor 
of the 
Eighth Texas Calvary
better known as 
'Terry's Texas Rangers' 
Provisional Army 
of the 
Confederate States 
1861-1865 
Erected 1907 
by surviving comrades."


(on the proper left side:)
(on left side of plaque)
“With a little more drill
You are the equals of 
The ‘Old Guard’ of Napoleon”
General Albert Sidney Johnston
(0n right side of plaque)
“I always feel safe
When the Rangers
Are in front”
General Wm. J. Hardee

(back:)
Last Order
Headquarters Calvary Corps.
April 24, 1865
Gallant Comrades
You have fought your fight. You task is done. During four years of struggle for liberty the victors of more than 200 sternly contested fields. You have participated in more than 1000 conflicts of arms. 
You are heroes, veterans, patriots. The bones of your comrades mark the battlefields of Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. You have done all that human exertions could accomplish. In bidding you adieu I desire to tender my thanks for our gallantry in battle. Your fortitude under suffering, and devotion at all times to the holy cause you have done so much to maintain. I desire also to express my gratitude for the kind feeling you have seen fit to extend to myself and to invoke upon you the blessings of our Heavenly Father in the Cause of Freedom.

(proper right side:)
(on left side of plaque)
“There is no danger of 
A surprise
When the Rangers are between us and the enemy.”
General Braxton Bragg
(on right side of plaque)
“The Terry Rangers 
have done 
all that could be expected
or required of soldiers.”
Jefferson Davis

Marker No: 14624

Early Texas Monument

Geographic: 30.273840, -97.740494

Location: Texas capitol Grounds, Austin