Confederate Veterans Memorial of Mills County
Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas
Marker Inscription
C.S.A. 1861-1865 James Thomas Guthrie Pvt 13th TX CAV Co. E David Morris Frontier Protection Wm. D Rudd Co. D 45th Reg Inf Daniel H. Trent Co. E, 31st TX Brigade TST George W. Trent Co. E, 31st TX Brigade TST Josiah G. Trent Co. E, 31st TX Brigade TST Henry A. Atkinson Sgt Co. I, 2nd Reg Ark Inf Hiram C. Dunlap Pvt Co. G 31st Reg TX Cav C. C> Chesser Cpl Co. D 16th Inf TX
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This memorial names a roster of Mills County men who served the Confederacy between 1861 and 1865, listing their ranks and units across Texas and Arkansas regiments. Several, like the three Trent brothers, marched off together from the same company. The stone gathers ordinary local soldiers into a single act of remembrance.
Why it matters
By naming individual local men rather than a battle or general, the memorial reflects how rural communities carried the memory of the Civil War into the following century.
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Related events
- · American Civil War
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