Marker Inscription
Organized in Fayette County, 1861, by Edmund Creuzbaur, a former Prussian artillery officer, and composed of around 150 men, 4 cannons, 72 horses, 39 mules. It served as both light and heavy field artillery at Fort Brown, Sabine Pass and other points in Texas and Louisiana. The unit at Calcasieu Pass, La., May 1864, attacked and captured two Union gunboats. In the 75-minute fight, one ship was hit 65 times; Wm. Kneip was killed; of the wounded, three later died. Capt. Creuzbaur soon after resigned and his brother-in-law, Capt. Charles Welhausen, assumed the command. (1965)
About this site
Creuzbaur's Battery, C.S.A. "The Big Guns of Fayette" is a historical marker in Schulenburg, Fayette County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Fayette County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 180 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7235, -96.9239 near Schulenburg. The nearest cataloged historic site is Nativity of Mary, Blessed Virgin Catholic Church (historic place), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Schulenburg Baptist Church, Upton, Col. William F., and Carl T. Morene: A Shorthorn Forever.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5149001107. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
