Marker Inscription
Six brass field guns taken by Lt. Joseph D. Sayers' Company in Civil War Battle of Val Verde, N. Mex., 1862, and brought back to Texas with incredible difficulty, armed a new unit of hand-picked men. Sound of the Val Verde guns in action set pace for other outfits, helped secure such victories as the recapture of Galveston, 1863. At Mansfield, La., April 1864, captured new, longer-range guns. Unwilling to lose their guns when the war ended, the men buried four. The last commander, T. D. Nettles, brought this one home to Freestone County.
About this site
Val Verde Battery, C.S.A. is a historical marker in Fairfield, Freestone County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 57 historical markers documented in Freestone County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 145 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7262, -96.1600 near Fairfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Freestone County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bradley, Captain L. D., Manahan House, and Fischer, Fridolin.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5161009909. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
