S.C.R. No. 98 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The Battle of Shiloh, fought in Southwestern 1-2 Tennessee in early April, 1862, was one of the most lethal 1-3 engagements of the American Civil War, involving over 100,000 men 1-4 on both sides and resulting in 25,000 casualties in two days; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Neither side had anticipated such slaughter or made 1-6 adequate preparations for its aftermath, and matters were 1-7 exacerbated by the undeveloped state of medicine; on the 1-8 Confederate side alone, hundreds of wounded men who had been placed 1-9 in a wagon train to Corinth died en route and were buried in 1-10 unmarked graves along the way; and 1-11 WHEREAS, Among those lost was Private Charles S. Dyer, 1-12 H Company, 9th (Young's) Texas Infantry, who was critically wounded 1-13 in the fighting on April 6th and died one week later; and 1-14 WHEREAS, He typified many young mid-19th century Southern 1-15 men; born in Georgia in the late 1820s, he moved with his family to 1-16 Arkansas, where he married and became a widower, then moved to 1-17 Fannin County, Texas, where he married Mary Ann Lackey (nee 1-18 Waldrum), farmed, and worked on the roads being built between 1-19 Bonham and Sherman; and 1-20 WHEREAS, In June, 1861, he joined a local militia unit, the 1-21 Caney Creek Mounted Infantry, and was elected second lieutenant; 1-22 late that same year, he enlisted as a private in the Confederate 1-23 Army and in January, 1862, set out on a fateful march through 1-24 Arkansas and Mississippi and into Tennessee; and 2-1 WHEREAS, Private Dyer was survived by his second wife, their 2-2 four children, his daughter from his first marriage, and a 2-3 stepdaughter; the twice-widowed Mary Ann Dyer lived until 1892 and 2-4 is buried in Belcherville; and 2-5 WHEREAS, It is the desire of Private Dyer's 2-6 great-great-grandson, Patrick M. Reilly, of Austin, to place a 2-7 marker honoring his esteemed ancestor in the State Cemetery in 2-8 Austin, which is the final resting place of Albert Sidney Johnston, 2-9 who commanded the Confederate forces at Shiloh and was himself 2-10 mortally wounded there; now, therefore, be it 2-11 RESOLVED, That the 73rd Texas Legislature hereby grant 2-12 Patrick M. Reilly permission to erect a cenotaph in the State 2-13 Cemetery in honor of his distinguished great-great-grandfather, 2-14 Private Charles Samuel Dyer, CSA; and, be it further 2-15 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-16 prepared for Mr. Reilly as an expression of the sentiment of the 2-17 Legislature of the State of Texas.