| Valverde (Texas) Battery, C.S.A. |
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| Skirmish at Peralta |
| Capture of the Union gunboat Diana |
| Battle of Bisland |
| Battle of Vermillion Bayou |
| Skirmishes at Monett's Ferry and De Louch's Bluff |
| Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill |
| Skirmish at Buzzard's Prairie |
| Battle of Bayou Bourbeau |
| Battle flag in the Texas state archives used by troops in the western Louisiana theater under Gen. Richard Taylor's command, under whom the Valverde Battery served (click here for a unit history). Note the usual colors of the Confederate battle flag, a blue stripe on a red field, are reversed. |
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| This page is a recruiting site for a Civil War artillery battery, forming in the state of Texas to compete in live fire matches under the North-South Skirmish Association (east coast) and/or the Civil War Skirmish Association (west coast & central U.S.). Battery activity will center around the use of a Confederate Mountain Rifle manufactured by Steen Cannons, but members may also participate in events in morter, musket, carbine, and revolver. Interested parties should contact S.L. Short at 830/896-1688 or click here to e-mail. |
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| Artillery safety- All battery members will be required to comply with these safety protacols. |
| N-SSA artillery regulations- competition rules. |
| Description and photos of N-SSA matches at Ft. Shennandoah in Winchester, Va. |
| Webmaster: Steve Short |
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| One of the two remaining ValVerde Battery guns: a 3-inch ordnance rifle captured at Mansfield and buried after the confederate surrender. It is currently located at the Confederate Reunion Grounds near Mexia, Texas. |
| The second 3" rifle is located at the Freestone County Courthouse in Fairfield, Texas. |
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| Recapture of Galveston |
| Click here to see more photos of the Valverde guns. |
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