page_title: Rusk, Texas
hierarchical_section_title: Rusk, Texas
caption_attribution_description: Confederate Monument, Cherokee County Courthouse, Rusk, Texas. The inscription reads: RUSK - CHEROKEE COUNTY 1861 - 1865 IN MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE DEAD OF CHEROKEE COUNTY _______ 1907 SOME BENEATH THE SOD OF DISTANT STATES THEIR PATIENT HEARTS HAVE LAID WHERE WITH STRANGERS' HEEDLESS HASTE THEIR UNWATCHED GRAVES WERE MADE. LEST WE FORGET ROLLS IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE THEIR OWN TRUE HEARTS AND DAUNTLESS ARMS HAVE COVERED THEM WITH GLORY AND WHILE A SOUTHERNER TREADS THE SOIL THEY LIVE IN SONG AND STORY A TRIBUTE FROM THE FRANK TAYLOR CHAPTER U.D.C.
context_page_description: Rusk is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 5,551 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cherokee County.
context_section_description: Rusk is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 5,551 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cherokee County.
caption: Confederate Monument at Cherokee County Courthouse in Rusk
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