Creuzbaur's Battery, C.S.A. "The Big Guns of Fayette"

Creuzbauer's battery, Company A of the Fifth Texas Field Artillery, was mostly German immigrants. It spent 1863 guarding the Rio Grande valley before being called back to refit with larger guns. The new weapons never came, and the dispute over them and over his ability as a commander led Creuzbauer to submit his resignation on March 31, 1864. While it was still under review he was ordered to Sabine Pass, and on May 6 his guns joined the attack at Calcasieu Pass that captured the Union gunboats Granite City and Wave. He then went back to farming.

What the plaque says

Creuzbaur's Battery, C.S.A. "The Big Guns of Fayette" 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)

Where it stands

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