23 Sept.
Major
Richard Dowling, the son of recent Irish immigrants, he turned back a large
Yankee invasion force in Sabine Pass in 1863 with a comparatively much smaller
force. Many places in southeast Texas were named in honor of him.
https://easttexashistory.org/items/show/164
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6813103/richard-william-dowling
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/dowling-richard-william
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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us
sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
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