Confederate Monument
Austin, Texas


CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS 
Erected beginning in 1903 by surviving comrades. 

Five bronze figures on a gray granite base represent the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Navy, headed by the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis. Etched in the base are the 13 states which withdrew from the Union and formed the Southern Confederacy, as well as the battles fought between 1861 and 1865. The bronze figures were executed by Pompeo Coppini. Monument erected by Frank Teich. 
 

Terry's Texas Rangers Monument Austin, Texas TERRY'S TEXAS RANGERS
Erected 1907 by surviving comrades. 

The bronze statue, by Pompeo Coppini, portrays one of Terry's Texas Rangers astride a spirited horse. In 1861, during the Civil War, Terry's Texas Rangers were mustered at Houston after Benjamin Terry and Thomas Lubbock's call for volunteers. Ten companies of 100 men each were formally activated as the 8th Texas Cavalry, and during the following five years participated in many engagements defending the Southern Confederacy. 
 
 

HOOD'S TEXAS BRIGADE
Erected 1910 by surviving comrades and friends. 

A gray granite shaft, with hand-carved quotes by President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and others, is topped by the bronze figure of a Confederate soldier. The monument stands as a memorial to the members of John B. Hood's Texas Brigade Army of Northern Virginia. Principal battles, during which some 4,000 soldiers in the division died defending the South throughout the Civil War, are listed on the base. The bronze figure was executed by Pompeo Coppini.