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17th Texas Infantry

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This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Henry E. McCulloch's 1st Brigade, of Maj. Gen. John G. Walker's Division, Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor's District of Western Louisiana, in Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's Trans-Mississippi Department, and commanded by Col. Robert T. Allen. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, page 1204.]

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

President Abraham Lincoln, in speaking of Vicksburg's importance, is reputed to have stated early during the Civil War, "See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key, the war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket."