Colonel C. M. Winkler
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Native North Carolina. Start of Civil War, organized and took company 150 men to join Confederate army in Virginia. Unit made part 4th Texas Infantry of famed Hood's Brigade. Rose to command regiment as lt. colonel. Fought with famous unit in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee. Distinguished himself second Manassas, wounded at Gettysburg. Surrendered with General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox. (1963)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
A North Carolina native, C. M. Winkler raised a company of 150 men at the start of the Civil War and led them to Virginia, where the unit joined the 4th Texas Infantry of Hood's famed brigade. He rose to lieutenant colonel and fought from Second Manassas to Gettysburg, where he was wounded, and on through campaigns in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee before surrendering with Lee at Appomattox. Winkler County later took his name.
Why it matters
Winkler's service with Hood's Texas Brigade, one of the war's hardest-fighting units, links a West Texas county to the great battles of the Eastern Theater.
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Related people
- · C. M. Winkler
Related events
- · Second Battle of Manassas
- · Battle of Gettysburg
- · Surrender at Appomattox
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