Aspermont, Texas.
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County Named for Confederate Hero
General "Stonewall" Jackson
1824 - 1863
Gen. Barnard E. Bee, a Texan, gave him the famous sobriquet in first Battle of Manassas. Jackson was rallying his men for a charge as other units retreated. Bee seeing him cried to his men, "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer." 🔻 In Battles of Gaines Mill and Malvern Hill, Hood's famous Texas Brigade fought under his command. After Gaines Mill when Jackson saw the strong Union fortified position which the Texans had overrun, he—not known to give praise—said, "The men that took this position were soldiers indeed."
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Texas in the Civil War
1861 - 1865
Texas made an all-out effort for the Confederacy after a 3 to 1 popular vote for secession 🔻 90,000 troops, famed for mobility and daring, fought on every battlefront. A 2,000-mile frontier and coast were successfully defended from Union troop invasion and savage Indians 🔻 Texas was the storehouse of western Confederacy. Wagon trains laden with cotton – life blood of the South – crossed the state to Mexico to trade for medical supplies, clothing, military supplies 🔻 State and private industry produced guns, ammunition, wagons, pots, kettles, leather goods, salt, hospital supplies 🔻 Wives, sons, daughters, slaves provided corn, cotton, cloth, cattle, hogs, cured meats to the army, giving much, keeping little for themselves.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
(Front Side)
County Named for Confederate Hero
General "Stonewall" Jackson
1824 - 1863
Gen. Barnard E. Bee, a Texan, gave him the famous sobriquet in first Battle of Manassas. Jackson was rallying his men for a charge as other units retreated. Bee seeing him cried to his men, "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer." 🔻 In Battles of Gaines Mill and Malvern Hill, Hood's famous Texas Brigade fought under his command. After Gaines Mill when Jackson saw the strong Union fortified position which the Texans had overrun, he—not known to give praise—said, "The men that took this position were soldiers indeed."
(Back Side)
Texas in the Civil War
1861 - 1865
Texas made an all-out effort for the Confederacy after a 3 to 1 popular vote for secession 🔻 90,000 troops, famed for mobility and daring, fought on every battlefront. A 2,000-mile frontier and coast were successfully defended from Union troop invasion and savage Indians 🔻 Texas was the storehouse of western Confederacy. Wagon trains laden with cotton – life blood of the South – crossed the state to Mexico to trade for medical supplies, clothing, military supplies 🔻 State and private industry produced guns, ammunition, wagons, pots, kettles, leather goods, salt, hospital supplies 🔻 Wives, sons, daughters, slaves provided corn, cotton, cloth, cattle, hogs, cured meats to the army, giving much, keeping little for themselves.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
“Our Lady of Justice” graced the Stonewall County Courthouse from its beginning in 1911, until she was removed from the top of the dome in 1954 and placed on a base where she stood until a new courthouse was erected in 1983.
Clover Hill, the residence of Alexander Turley, was built near here ca. 1823 on a high point of Turley's 450-acre farm. The two-story brick house featured Alexander Turley's initials incorporated into the chimney using glazed bricks. Slave cabins were located near the dwelling. The planned right-of-way for the Loudoun Branch of the Manassas Gap Railroad crossed the property. Charles W. Turley inherited Clover Hill from his father in 1853. His son, Richard Turley, served with Mosby's Rangers during the Civil War. The house, later known as Turley Hall, was lost to fire in 1995.
The Baptismal located outside and to the rear of the Church on the school side, was used from 1945 until 1988. All members presenting for baptism were baptized here during those years. Prior to 1945, members were baptized in a nearby body of water. After 1988, a donation was received to build an inside pool, and the outside baptismal was closed at the time.
