Refugio, TX, United States
Colonel A.M. Hobby; Hobby's 8th Texas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.. Home county of Texas Confederate Colonel A.M. Hobby 1831-1881: Georgian. Ardent supporter of states rights and secession. Served Texas Legislature 1859 until resignation in 1862 to organize battalion for war. Commanded Hobby's 8th Texa
s Infantry Regiment. In charge of area coastal defenses between Indianola and Corpus Christi, keeping the Federals on their ships, preventing invasion. In 1864-65 with Galveston coastal defenses. Note
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