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The Hood's Texas Brigade Monument is an outdoor memorial commemorating members of John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade of the Confederate Army installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas, United States. The monument was sculptured by Pompeo Coppini and erected in 1910. It is topped by a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier.[1]

Hood's Texas Brigade Monument
The monument in 2015
Artist	Pompeo Coppini
Year	1910 (1910)
Medium	Sculpture
Location	Austin, Texas, United States
Coordinates	30°16′27″N 97°44′22″W
Owner	Texas State Preservation Board

Content

On its shaft is the Texas State Flag crossed with the "Blood-Stained Banner" version of the Confederate Flag. Below it are the initials for the Confederate States of America, CSA. The base has quotes praising the Texas Brigade from the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, Commander of the Confederate Army, Robert E. Lee and Confederate General, Stonewall Jackson.

See also

• 1910 in art
• List of Confederate monuments and memorials

References

External links

• Media related to Hood's Texas Brigade (Texas State Capitol) at Wikimedia Commons

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