Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Cooke County C.S.A. / 2nd Frontier Regiment

Cooke County, C.S.A. Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, July 21, 2016

1. Cooke County, C.S.A. Marker

Inscription.
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Cooke County
C.S.A.
Military, defense center in Civil War. Cooke voted 231 to 137 anti-secession, yet nine military units served Confederacy from here. In constant danger of Federal or Indian attack. Col. Wm. C. Young of Cooke, with 1,000 men took Indian Territory forts from Federals April-May 1861. Commissioners set up regular patrols. Forted a home as refuge for dependents. Gave $4,000 for munitions and wool cards to make cloth. Cotton gin, grist mill, gunsmiths, blacksmiths made war goods. C.S.A. was furnished epsom salts from Indian creek. Corn, beef, pork, wheat, other produce fed the military, home front. County swapped 25 steers for salt for dependent families. People worked hard, sacrificed much, protected homes of fighting men of Confederacy.

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2nd Frontier Regiment
Organized Oct. 1863 with Gainesville as headquarters, the Second Frontier Regiment, Texas Cavalry C.S.A. guarded counties along Red River, to keep down outlaws, Indians, deserters. Col. James Bourland (1803-1868) was appointed Commander and it became known as "Bourland's Border Regiment." Union invasion from north of Red River was constantly threatened. These mounted troops patrolled, maintained posts along river and in Indian Territory.

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Confederate Seminole troops served with the unit. Famous Confederate Indian Gen. Stand Watie and his Cherokee Brigade shared duty along perilous border. Bourland also worked with Frontier Regiment, state troops, that maintained line posts 100 mi. west, a day's horseback ride apart, from Red to Rio Grande rivers, and with a state militia line 30 mi. to the west.

Erected 1964 by The State of Texas. (Marker Number 1054.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 33° 37.472′ N, 97° 9.261′ W. Marker is in Gainesville, Texas, in Cooke County. Marker is on West California Street (Farm to Market Road 51) west of Frontage Interstate 35 Frontage Road, on the right when traveling west. Located in front of Moffett Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1025 West California Street, Gainesville TX 76240, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Moffett Park (here, next to this marker); Cooke County (within shouting distance of this marker); Cooke County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Gainesville, Texas Gold Star Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); American Paint Horse Association

2nd Frontier Regiment Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, July 21, 2016

2. 2nd Frontier Regiment Marker

(about 700 feet away); Gainesville Community Circus (approx. 0.2 miles away); W. T. G. Weaver (approx. 0.4 miles away); Booker T. Washington School (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gainesville.

Also see . . . Texas State Historical Association article on Cooke County. (Submitted on September 8, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Additional keywords. Cooke County C.S.A. / 2nd Frontier Regiment

View of marker looking towards Interstate Highway 35. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, July 21, 2016

3. View of marker looking towards Interstate Highway 35.

Cooke County <small> C.S.A.</small> / 2nd Frontier Regiment Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Anderson, August 11, 2018

4. Cooke County C.S.A. / 2nd Frontier Regiment Marker

Markers visible from left to right: Moffett Park, Cooke County C.S.A./2nd Frontier Regiment

Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2018. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 533 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on August 15, 2018, by Brian Anderson of Humble, Texas. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 8, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 4. submitted on August 15, 2018, by Brian Anderson of Humble, Texas. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.