"Address of Captain W.T. Hill", June 25, 1908
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection are composed of two boxes.
Box 1 is composed of Charles Lee Hill's scrapbook and photographs of the musical group "The Houstonians."
Box 2 is composed of biographical materials and photographs about Charles Lee Hill's life and music career. As well as biographical materials about his grandfather W.T. Hill's life and time spent in the American Civil War as a Confederate officer.
Dates
- June 25, 1908
Biographical / Historical
Hood's Texas Brigade was organized on October 22, 1861, in Richmond, Virginia. The Brigade was composed of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Texas Infantry regiments, the only Texas troops to fight in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
The Hood's Texas Brigade Association was organized on May 14, 1872. From 1872 to 1933, sixty-three reunions were held by the association, the last one was in Houston. Captain W.T. Hill's address was presented at a reunion in Jacksonville, Texas.
The association erected a monument in honor of the brigade's memory on the south drive of the Texas capital in Austin on October 27, 1910.
The association was reactivated at Hill Junior College, Hillsboro, Texas in the Summer of 1966 by the brigade's descendants and continues to meet in even number of years.
Extent
1 Sheets (In file 2 of folder 1 of box 2.) : Photocopy of typed address. Stapled, 3 pages.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
The address is by Captain W.T. Hill, President of Hood's Texas Brigade Association, to members of the association, those of other confederate army companies, and those present at their annual reunion.
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository