Center in Shelby County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

C.S.A. Texas Muster

1864 - 1964

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 25, 2014

1. C.S.A. Texas Muster Marker

Inscription. Held on this spot April 4, 1964, to honor Texans who made up the greater part of forces fighting in the Civil War Red River Campaign of 1864–1865, that prevented a Federal invasion of Texas.

Descendants answering to roll call for soldiers of 100 years ago included 37 sons and daughters of those fighters. Grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other kinsmen represented such leaders as the Trans-Mississippi Commander, Gen. E. Kirby Smith, and Gens. A.P. Bagby, John R. Baylor, August Buchel, X.B. DeBray, Tom Green, Walter P. Lane, Henry E. McCulloch, Jas. Major, Horace Randal, Wm. R. Scurry, Wm. Steele, John G. Walker, and Thos. Waul; and Cols. Henry Gray, Philip N. Luckett and P.C. Wood.

Friends and descendants of the Valverde Battery restored one century-old gun and brought it from Freestone County to ride in the 8-mile-long parade that moved 36 miles northeastward from here to the Mansfield Battleground. There the cannon shook the earth as it did April 8, 1864, and the assemblage unveiled the first out-of-state marker of the Texas Civil War Centennial, commemorating the Battle of Mansfield.

Erected 1965 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 7699.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is April 4, 1964.

Location.

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31° 47.678′ N, 94° 10.875′ W. Marker is in Center, Texas, in Shelby County. Marker is at the intersection of Austin Street and San Augustine Street, on the left when traveling east on Austin Street. Marker is located at the southeast corner of the Shelby County Courthouse Square. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 124 Austin Street, Center TX 75935, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Shelby County (within shouting distance of this marker); Shelby County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); John Joseph Emmett Gibson (within shouting distance of this marker); First Christian Church of Center (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fairview Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Racial Terror Lynchings / The Lynching of Lige Daniels (approx. 1.1 miles away); Poultry Pioneers Plaza (approx. 1.1 miles away); Martin McCoy Middleton (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Center.

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Also see . . .
1. Twenty-eighth Texas Cavalry Regiment.
In the spring of 1864, Union forces commanded by Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, supported by a large flotilla of gunboats, began an advance up the Red River with the intention of disrupting the Confederacy's Trans-Mississippi Department, destroying its supply base

C.S.A. Texas Muster Marker (<i>wide view</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 25, 2014

2. C.S.A. Texas Muster Marker (wide view)

in Texas, establishing a loyalist state government in Louisiana, and planting the United States flag in Texas to warn the French in Mexico against meddling in the Civil War. The Twenty-eighth Texas Cavalry played a key role in opposing Banks's forces and in the process engaged in the only heavy combat that it saw during the war. At the victorious battle of Mansfield on April 8, the regiment had four killed and seventeen wounded. On the following day, at Pleasant Hill, the Twenty-eighth participated in an attack on the Federals who had taken a defensive position and lost nine dead, forty-four wounded, and two missing. Union troops held their position, but Banks soon broke off his campaign and moved down the Red River. (Submitted on December 4, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. April 8, 1964 - The Battle of Mansfield.
Though Taylor was frustrated with the outcome of the day, Mansfield was still a strategic victory for the Confederates. Taylor displayed excellent generalship, maneuvering his force to overwhelm individual parts of the larger Union army. Taylor and his Confederates also captured more pieces of Union army equipment and artillery, and sustained approximately 1,000 casualties. In comparison, the Union army sustained 2,800 casualties and was unable to seize nearly as many Confederate supplies. (Submitted on December 4, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Texas Muster Marker is located behind this unidentified building on Shelby County Courthouse Square image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 25, 2014

3. Texas Muster Marker is located behind this unidentified building on Shelby County Courthouse Square

Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2017. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 368 times since then and 72 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 4, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.