Monument honors Civil War Texans
Posted: July 23, 2012
The Winchester Star
Dylan Hughes of Oxford, N.C., leaps to dislodge a black veil hung up on a star atop a memorial to Confederate War dead from Texas buried in Winchester’s Mount Hebron Cemetery during a monument dedication ceremony Sunday. The monument was erected by the Texas Division of Children of the Confederacy. Looking on at left is William Racey of Strasburg. (Photo by Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star)
Kassidi Woodlock, president of the Texas Division of Children of the Confederacy (right) speaks during the dedication ceremony Sunday
Betty Arnold of Dallas, recording secretary for the Texas Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy, sprinkles Texas soil at the foot of a monument honoring Confederate War dead from the state during a dedication ceremony in Mount Hebron Cemetery on Sunday. (Photo by Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star)
WINCHESTER — Seven Confederate soldiers from Texas who died 150 years ago fighting in the Civil War and were buried in Winchester now have a monument honoring their sacrifice.
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