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In Memory Of Private Gregg, William Max, W. H. Kilpatrick

Spur, Dickens County

Marker Text

In Memory Of Private Gregg, William Max, W. H. Kilpatrick and other soldiers who met death in this region while serving under General R. S. MacKenzie, Fourth U.S. Cavalry, 1871-1872 and 1874-1875. with no hope of honor if victorious, no dream of mercy if they fell, and the certainty of death by torture if taken alive, they fought the savage Comanche and cleared the plains for the white men.

Marker Details

Address CR 384
Location Description Spur Cemetery, local road of Highway 70, .25 miles east of Spur city limits
Marker # 2043
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Code military topics; Native Americans
Latitude, Longitude 33.477418, -100.838095

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