City named for Confederate General General H.B. Granbury (1831-1864) and Granbury's Texas Brigade
Granbury, Hood County, Texas
Marker Inscription
A Mississippian. Came to Texas early 1850s. Lawyer in Waco, recruited Waco Guards, Confederate Army, 1861. Elected Major 7th Texas Infantry. Beat back Federals some miles, Fort Donelson, Tenn., Feb. 1862. Captured there, exchanged Aug. Colonel in Vicksburg campaign to prevent split of Confederacy along Mississippi River. Took 306 men into battle, lost 158. Chickamauga, Sept. 1863 severely wounded. Had brigade command Missionary Ridge. Promoted Brigadier General 1864. Led Granbury's Texas Brigade into Tennessee with Hood. Was one of 6 Confederate Generals killed at Franklin, Tenn. Buried in Granbury Cemetery. (Back of Gen. H.B. Granbury) Granbury's Texas Brigade Formed in Autumn 1863 from remnant of Deshler's Brigade. Texas units included 6th, 7th, 10th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th Infantry, with 3rd, 5th Confederate Regiments of Memphis. Nov. 1863 battles of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Granbury's men repulsed Sherman's attacks repeatedly. C.S.A. Congress thanked unit for valor at Ringgold Gap at Kennesaw Mountain, this and fellow Brigade counted 700 enemy casualties at their front after one charge. In bayonet combat, yells in the dark from Granbury's men were sufficient to rout Federals. Before troops of equal number in open field the unit was unconquerable. Fought intrenched army, Franklin, Tenn. Battle. Flags flying, drums rolling, but with no cover Granbury's men ran forth on the double. Courage inspired by the leader named it forever: Granbury's Brigade. Erected by the State of Texas 1964
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The town of Granbury bears the name of Hiram B. Granbury, a Mississippi-born lawyer who came to Texas in the early 1850s and raised the Waco Guards for the Confederacy in 1861. He rose from major to brigadier general, was captured at Fort Donelson and severely wounded at Chickamauga, and led Granbury's Texas Brigade until he was among six Confederate generals killed at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, in 1864. The state erected this marker in 1964 to the general and the brigade that carried his name.
Why it matters
Granbury and his Texas brigade embody the heavy toll the Civil War took on the men of the far Confederacy, and how those losses were memorialized in the towns they left behind.
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Related people
- · Hiram B. Granbury
Related events
- · Battle of Franklin
- · Battle of Chickamauga
- · Battle of Fort Donelson
- · Battle of Missionary Ridge
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