Scurry, William R. (County Named For Texas Confederate)


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Marker Number: 1089 
Marker Title: County Named for Texas Confederate William R. Scurry 1821-1864 
Index Entry: Scurry, William R. (County Named For Texas Confederate) 
Address: College and 25th 
City: Snyder 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 320237 
UTM Northing: 3621494 
Subject Codes: CV; ML 
Year Marker Erected: 1963 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: North side of courthouse, Snyder. 
Marker Size: Civil War Memorials - (pink granite) 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: Member Secession Convention. As Lt. Colonel 4th Texas Cavalry Regiment,
 ably commanded forces at Val Verde and Glorieta Canyon battles in Arizona-New Mexico 
Campaign 1861-62. Promoted Brigadier General. Commanded immediate land attack recapture
 of Galveston 1863. In Red River Campaign to prevent Texas invasion, led brigade Battles 
of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, La. and Jenkins Ferry, Ark. where he bravely met death. (1963)