Near Brady in McCulloch County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Site of Camp San Saba

Photographed by Duane Hall, November 12, 2015

1. Site of Camp San Saba Marker

Inscription. Here was stationed, 1862-1864, Captain W.G. O’Brien’s company of mounted volunteers, a unit of the Frontier Regiment organized to protect the frontier against Indians. The regiment in 1864 became the Forty-Sixth Texas Cavalry in the Confederate Army.

Erected 1936 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 4747.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • Wars, US Indian. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1862.

Location. 30° 59.799′ N, 99° 15.505′ W. Marker is near Brady, Texas, in McCulloch County. It is on Wood Street east of Farm to Market Road 1955, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brady TX 76825, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Big Country.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Voca Waterwheel Mill (approx. 3 miles away); Peter's Prairie School (approx. 7.2 miles away); Wagram Cemetery (approx. 10.3 miles away); McCulloch County Courthouse (approx. 10.6 miles away); McCulloch County (approx. 10.6 miles away); General Ben McCulloch, C.S.A. (approx.

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10.6 miles away); McCulloch County Jail (approx. 10.7 miles away); Union Passenger Depot (approx. 10.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brady.

Also see . . . Early History of Camp San Saba. From J. Marvin Hunter’s Frontier Times Magazine, March, 1933 (Submitted on November 26, 2015.)

View to Northwest from Wood Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, November 12, 2015

2. View to Northwest from Wood Street

View to Southeast from Farm-to-Market Road 1955 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, November 12, 2015

3. View to Southeast from Farm-to-Market Road 1955

Marker is in the far center of this empty field next to Wood Street

San Saba River near Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, November 12, 2015

4. San Saba River near Marker

This crossing of the San Saba River is next to US 87
and 0.8 miles northwest of the marker location

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 2,336 times since then and 130 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 26, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.