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By James Hulse, September 7, 2020
Site of a Munition Factory Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On County Highway 244 1 mile west of State Highway 90, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Of the Southern Confederacy established in 1861 · In operation until 1865 · Cannon, cannon balls, guns, pistols, swords, sabers, bayonets and gun powder were manufactured
Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m157882) HM |
| On State Highway 6 8.7 miles north of U.S. 290, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A faithful Negro slave. Came to nearby Courtney, Grimes County in 1851 with his master, John W. S. West from North Carolina. West was a prominent and wealthy pioneer planter and landowner.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, West sent Kelly "to . . . — — Map (db m119574) HM |
| On South River Street south of East Donegan Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Home Town of Texas Confederate
Colonel John Ireland
Delegate to Secession Convention 1861. Joined army as private. Won laurels in that most brilliant wartime effort - the defense of the 800-mile Texas coast in September 1862, repulse of . . . — — Map (db m128121) HM |
| On East Donegan Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Marker Front:
Two local companies of volunteers were with Ben McCulloch in San Antonio, Feb. 16, 1861 when U.S. Arsenal was surrounded by Texans and surrender demanded. An encounter in a charged atmosphere which could have become the first . . . — — Map (db m128122) HM |
| Near East Klein Street at South River Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m158353) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 621 west of Staples Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Named for Edward Clark, first Confederate governor of Texas, whose executive order June 8, 1861, created voluntary camps of instruction such as this. Food, camp facilities and guns were voluntary gifts by local people. Farmers, merchants, artisans, . . . — — Map (db m149933) HM |
| On American Legion Highway (U.S. 281) at County Route 203, on the right when traveling north on American Legion Highway. |
| | Created and organized in 1858. By 1860 had 489 people in 78 families from 15 states. Vote in 1861 was 86-1 in favor of secession. 60 farmers were organized as Hamilton County Minutemen, a unit of part-time soldiers. Others joined Confederate . . . — — Map (db m71706) HM |
| On State Highway 326, on the left when traveling east. |
| | American military leader honored in this county in name of an early town (12 mi. W). Born in North Carolina, Bragg was in Texas in 1840s with army of General Zachary Taylor, to fight in Mexican War.
Made a brigadier general of the Confederacy, . . . — — Map (db m45079) HM |
| On Evergreen Road at Bay Hill Drive, on the left when traveling east on Evergreen Road. |
| | Born in Hartford, Connecticut, this prominent physician, statesman, soldier, and educator received his degree from Yale Medical College in 1828. After a period of study in France, Smith returned to the United States to practice medicine in the . . . — — Map (db m156619) HM |
| Near Wyoming Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Established in 1866 by Texas Confederate veterans for children of deceased soldiers. Had capacity for 250. Rev. Henry F. Gillette was first superintendent. C.S.A. Col. Ashbel Smith, diplomat, soldier and statesman, was staff doctor. Trustees . . . — — Map (db m53616) HM |
| Near Wyoming Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1854, brothers Thomas and John Chubb bought land in the William Scott League on the east bank of Goose Creek at the mouth of Tabbs Bay. On this site, they established the Chubb Shipyard prior to the Civil War. At the time, Texas shipbuilding was . . . — — Map (db m53618) HM |
| Near North Main Street 0.3 miles north of West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Ashbel Smith was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1805. Recieved his M.D. degree from Yale in 1828, and came to Texas from South Carolina in 1837. He established a plantation called Headquarters on Goose Creek in 1840 and in 1847 purchased property . . . — — Map (db m61316) HM |
| Near Wyoming Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On April 27, 1861, Dr. Ashbel Smith organized a group of volunteers from Bayland (now Baytown) and Cedar Bayou in Harris County, and Barbers Hill in Chambers County. The group, known as the Bayland Guards, drilled on Smiths Evergreen Plantation and . . . — — Map (db m53617) HM |
| Near Washington Avenue at Custus Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (front)
Native of Kentucky. Came to Texas, 1831. Member Secession Convention. Commanded reinforcements of State troops sent to Rio Grande for the capture of Federal Army property at Fort Brown. Went to Virginia hoping to be in first battle . . . — — Map (db m122936) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m123012) HM |
| | Gustav (Gustaf, Gustave) August Samuelson (1832-1919) was one of 13 children born to Johannes Samuelson and Anna Petersdotter of Forserum, Sweden. At the age of 16, he emigrated from Sweden, arriving in Houston with a group of other Scandinavians on . . . — — Map (db m122988) HM |
| | South Carolina native Irvin Capers Lord (1827-1914) came to Houston with his family in 1854. A machinist by trade, he was co-owner of Lord and Richardson's Eagle Iron Works. In 1858 he was elected alderman, representing the First Ward until 1863 . . . — — Map (db m123013) HM |
| On Girard Street east of Travis Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Before 1861, site of warehouse serving Buffalo Bayou shipping. At times during 1861-65, the building here housed prisoners of war. In Jan. 1863 it held 350 Federals captured by Houston-based Confederate army of Gen. John B. Magruder. The city also . . . — — Map (db m119862) HM |
| Near Rockhill Street near Glencrest Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Texas statesman Francis Richard Lubbock (1815-1905) owned a 1300-acre ranch near this site. A native of South Carolina, Lubbock came to Houston in 1837. He soon opened a general store and was a business, political and civic leader. He served as . . . — — Map (db m50142) HM |
| On Austin Street at Rusk Street, on the left when traveling north on Austin Street. |
| | Founded 1856. Lost most of its male students to Confederate army in Civil War. In 1864-1865 building was used as an army hospital. Was site in 1867 for the lying-in-state of body of General Albert Sidney Johnston, who had lived near Houston. (A . . . — — Map (db m125722) HM |
| Near Bagby Street at Lamar Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Spirit of the Confederacy
Erected by the Robert E. LeeChapter N. 186 U.D.C.January 1908To all the heroes of the South who fought for the principles of States rights. Monument Committee Julia H Franklin, Bettie P. Mutcheson, Ella H. Sydnor, . . . — — Map (db m117428) WM |
| On Park Road 1836, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Dedicated to the memory of the men who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto and later fought in the Army of the Confederacy
Andrew Jackson Berry, Henry P. Brewster, Sion Record Bostic, Moses Austin Bryan, Rev. Anderson Buffington, Thos. . . . — — Map (db m126246) WM |
| On West Houston Street at South Wellington Street, on the left when traveling east on West Houston Street. |
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(front)
Home Town of Texas Confederate
General Elkanah Greer
(1825-1877)
Born Tennessee. Fought Mexican War. Came to Texas 1848. Commissioned colonel and raised 3rd Texas Cavalry. Attached to Ross' Texas Brigade. Fought at . . . — — Map (db m110890) HM WM |
| On West Houston Street at South Wellington Street, on the left when traveling east on West Houston Street. |
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(front)
Home Town Texas First Confederate
Governor
Edward Clark
(1815-1880)
Son of a Georgia governor. Came here in 1842. Member Annexation Convention, 1st and 2nd Texas Legislatures. Participant Mexican War. Secretary of . . . — — Map (db m110895) HM WM |
| On West Houston Street at North Wellington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Houston Street. |
| | The original inhabitants of this area were the Caddo Indians. Anglo settlers, mostly from the southern U.S., began arriving in the 1830s. Many obtained Mexican land grants in 1835, and population increased following Texas Independence in 1836.
The . . . — — Map (db m110883) HM |
| On West Houston Street at South Wellington Street, on the left when traveling east on West Houston Street. |
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(front)
Home Town of Texas Confederate
James Harper Starr
1809 - 1890
Connecticut-born. Came to Texas 1837. A doctor in Nacogdoches. Secretary of the Treasury and Army Surgeon, Republic of Texas. At start of Civil War . . . — — Map (db m124003) HM |
| On West Houston Street at North Wellington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Houston Street. |
| | Two years after Harrison County was created by The Republic of Texas Congress in 1839, landowner Peter Whetstone offered property for a courthouse, a church, and a school in an effort to persuade county officials to locate the seat of government in . . . — — Map (db m110879) HM |
| On Pine Bluff Road 1 mile north of State Highway 43, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Before the Civil War (1861-65), the stage road was the main transportation artery between Marshall and Shreveport, providing a link with New Orleans for distant markets. Extending northeast from Marshall, the stage road paralleled the later route of . . . — — Map (db m122873) HM |
| On West Grand Avenue (U.S. 80) at North Wellington Street, on the right when traveling west on West Grand Avenue. |
| | Texas had very few factories in 1861 when she joined the Confederate States of America and went to war on the issue of States Rights. Some of the manufacturing plants necessary to supply military goods were thereupon established in and around . . . — — Map (db m110899) HM |
| On Old Black Colony Road (County Route 147) west of Cole Springs Road (County Route 148), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Antioch Colony was a rural farming community formed during Reconstruction by a group of formerly enslaved African Americans. Although freed from slavery after the Civil War, African Americans still found it difficult to purchase land. In 1859, Anglo . . . — — Map (db m93045) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1826 0.2 miles west of Farm to Market Road 967, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Hays County Confederate veterans and their families gathered for a reunion in the summer of 1896 and formally organized the Camp Ben McCulloch Chapter of the United Confederate Veterans. The gathering took place near this site at the Martin Spring . . . — — Map (db m93043) HM |
| On U.S. 35 Frontage Road at milepost 211, 0.4 miles north of Yarrington Road (County Road 159), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Throughout Hays County, 1861-65, as in the rest of Texas, beef production for the Confederacy was a major patriotic service. Leading ranchers, called Government Stockraisers, had the duty of supplying the Commissary Department of the Army.
. . . — — Map (db m120737) HM |
| On East Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This is a two-sided marker
Front Side:
On the eve of secession, U.S. Senator Hemphill set forth to Senate January 1861 Texas' right to secede and again became a sovereign nation. Elected delegate provisional Confederate Congress at . . . — — Map (db m55752) HM |
| On South Palestine Street (State Highway 19) at Carey Circle, on the right when traveling south on South Palestine Street. |
| | Front:
Henderson County C. S. A.
Voted 400 – 49 for secession. Sent about 1,000 into Confederate Army, with one detachment of 150 having only 13 live to return. Caldwell's farm, three miles northeast, and Fincastle, 19 miles . . . — — Map (db m26382) HM |
| Near South Prairieville Street. |
| | North Carolina-born John Matthews McDonald (1827-1883) came to Texas in 1848 and lived first at Larissa, Cherokee Co. and then Mound Prairie, Anderson Co., where his brother Murdoch earlier settled. Two years later, he moved to the young town of . . . — — Map (db m31730) HM |
| On South Prairieville Street. |
| | Known as first white child born in Terrell; daughter of Confederate army surgeon, Dr. Homer Lee Parsons (M.D., Yale University) and wife, Margaret C. R. R. Parsons.
In role of wife and mother "Mammy La Rue" was beloved of family and . . . — — Map (db m31728) HM |
| On Corsicana Highway (State Highway 22) near Walnut Hill Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Formed in 1901, the Confederate Veterans and Old Settlers Association of Hill County acquired 73 acres of wooded land as a site for its summer reunion. The 3-5 day encampment, held annually from 1902 to 1924, was an important social and recreational . . . — — Map (db m62275) HM |
| On North Waco Street near East Elm Street (Texas Highway 22/171), on the left when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m62633) WM |
| On East Pearl Street (Business U.S. 377), on the right when traveling west. |
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(Front)
A Mississippian. Came to Texas early 1850s. Lawyer in Waco. Recruited Waco Guards, Confederate Army, 1861. Elected Major 7th Texas Infantry. Beat back Federals some miles, Fort Donelson, Tenn., Feb. 1862. Captured there, . . . — — Map (db m139044) HM |
| On East Pearl Street (Business U.S. 377), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born Kentucky. West Point graduate. Army service on Texas frontier led Hood to adopt the Lone Star State. Resigned U.S. Army 1861 to serve South. Commanded 4th Texas Infantry. Led "Hood's Texas", most renowned Confederate Brigade. Rose rapidly to . . . — — Map (db m139045) HM |
| On Texas Route 154 near County Road 4764, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In the vicinity of Old Tarrant, south of here, the Civil War refugee family of Mrs. Amanda Stone, of Louisiana, was shown great kindness when rescued by Hopkins countians after a road accident. The Stones saw the Texans share the little they had, . . . — — Map (db m119382) HM |
| Near Church Street west of Loop State Highway 313. |
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Front
Home County of Texas Confederate General W. H. King
Georgian. Moved to Texas 1861. Rose to rank of colonel, 18th Texas Infantry. Led regiment in Red River Campaign of 1863 to prevent split of South along Mississippi. . . . — — Map (db m119776) HM |
| On Connally Street east of J V Alley, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Reconstruction era which followed the Civil War (1861-65) was a time of unrest in Texas. In this area a gang of outlaws whipped and killed blacks and harassed other citizens. On August 10, 1868, Capt. T. M. Tolman brought Federal . . . — — Map (db m119744) HM |
| On South 5th Street at East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21), on the left when traveling north on South 5th Street. |
| | Founded 1837. Named for David Crockett, who had visited here on way to the Alamo, 1836.
Old fortified log courthouse was often the refuge for settlers during Indian raids.
During Civil War had camp of instruction. Telegraph and stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m120963) HM |
| On South Moss Lake Road 2.5 miles south of Interstate 20, on the right when traveling south. |
| | William Travis Roberts, son of William and Rachel Roberts, was born near Georgetown, Texas. At 13, "Bud" assumed care of the family while his father fought and died in the Civil War. In 1870, he married Mary Thompson (1855 - 1915) at Georgetown. The . . . — — Map (db m86654) HM |
| On Millican Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Site 16 miles southwest on Rio Grande on old military and stage road from San Antonio to El Paso. When U.S. posts were surrendered at outbreak of civil war, designated part confederate far western frontier defense line. Occupied by unit of Texas . . . — — Map (db m118230) HM |
| On State Highway 152 0.5 miles north of County Route 13, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Fifteen miles to the site of the
Battle of Adobe Walls
Fought on November 25, 1864
between Kiowa and Comanche Indians
and United States troops
commanded by
Colonel Christopher Carson
1809 – 1868
This was "Kit" Carson's . . . — — Map (db m93256) HM |
| On State Highway 136 5 miles from Stinnett, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Largest Indian battle in Civil War. 15 miles east, at ruins of Bent's Old Fort, on the Canadian.
3,000 Comanches and Kiowas, allies of the South, met 372 Federals under Col. Kit Carson, famous scout and mountain man. Though Carson made a . . . — — Map (db m93248) HM |
| On North Park View Street north of West Sherwood Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | (Front)
Dove Creek Battle
On January 8, 1865 eight miles east of here Confederate troops and Texas militiamen engaged a large party of Kickapoo Indians. The Indians, formerly hostile to the South, had entered Texas without authority . . . — — Map (db m126176) HM |
| On Park Road 61 0.1 miles west of South Main Street (U.S. 380), on the right when traveling west. |
| | James B. Dosher moved to Texas in 1847 and served in Cureton's Company of the Texas Rangers. Discharged in 1848, he married Velma Eddings in 1851. They settled in Jack County in early 1855 and worked their farm south of Jacksboro. Dosher also served . . . — — Map (db m127639) HM |
| On West Main Street (Business U.S. 59) east of Ed Linn Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | From 1860 population of 2,612 came more than 100 Civil War soldiers, one an infantryman on a crutch: M.K. Simons, a Mexican War amputee, Brigade Quartermaster, 2nd Texas Infantry, C.S.A.
Officers included Capt. C.L. Owen, veteran of the Texas . . . — — Map (db m120606) HM |
| On West Main Street (Business U.S. 59) east of Ed Linn Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1861, voted for secession 147 to 77. With its beef and cotton, helped supply South. Furnished salt from beds near Cox's Creek; hides and tallow from a plant between Port Lavaca and Texana; lead from Navidad mine (now a "lost mine"). Homefolk . . . — — Map (db m120605) HM |
| On North Main Street at East Houston Street (Farm to Market Road 2799), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | Communication, transportation, supply and military center in Civil War Texas. Voted 315 to 25 in favor of secession. Crossed by Texas troops in the 1862-64 Louisiana campaigns to prevent split of the South and invasion of Texas. Confederate Army ran . . . — — Map (db m128547) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 17/118) 0.1 miles north of Musquiz Drive (State Highway 118), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Friend of Texas. Visited first as officer Mexican War 1847. As U.S. Secretary of War in 1855, built up frontier forts to open West Texas to settlers. Camels imported for patrols, hauling.
His Postmaster-General and personal aide were Texans, as . . . — — Map (db m48611) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 17) at Musquiz Dr. (State Highway 118), in the median on State Street. |
| | Formed from Presidio County. Created March 15, 1887. Organized May 16, 1887. Named in honor of Jefferson Davis. 1806-1868. President of the Confederate States. Fort Davis, County Seat, Presidio County, 1875. County Seat, Jeff Davis County, . . . — — Map (db m51483) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 17/118) at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling south on State Street. |
| | Confederate supply point and frontier outpost on great military road from San Antonio to El Paso 1861-62. After surrendered by U. S. Army, occupied by detachment 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles. Apaches ambushed patrol from fort under Lt. Mays in Big Bend . . . — — Map (db m73299) HM |
| On Musquiz Drive (State Highway 118) 0.2 miles east of Jeff Davis Highway No. 3 (State Highway 17). |
| | Used from 1870s to 1914. Settlers buried here include: Mr. and Mrs. Diedrick Dutchover, immigrants from Belgium and Spain; their surname, coined by a recruiter in the Mexican War, is borne by many descendants. Dolores, who on her wedding eve . . . — — Map (db m53144) HM |
| | After Texas seceded from the Union at the onset of the Civil War, the state's ports were included in a Union blockade of the South. The proximity of Sabine Pass to Galveston made it a strategic point for both the Union and Confederacy. In January . . . — — Map (db m118789) HM |
| | Maine native Leonidas Smith (b. 1829) became a sailor as a youth and, by age 21 commanded the U.S. Mail Packet Pacific along the west coast. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he was sailing out of Galveston, Texas. He served as . . . — — Map (db m118780) HM |
| On South Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Commemorating
the feat of
Dick Dowling
and his forty two Irish patriots
Sabine Pass, Texas.
1861 C.S.A. 1865
"September the 8th 1863, an army of fifteen thousand Federals attacked the small fort at the Pass; the brave little garrison . . . — — Map (db m118815) HM WM |
| On 6100 Dick Dowling Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Civil War battle at Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863 was a victory for Lieutenant Richard W. Dowling and his troops, which numbered fewer than 50. Dowling and his Davis Guards kept Union gunboats from advancing up the pass. The U.S.S. . . . — — Map (db m118791) HM |
| On Dick Dowling Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | To protect Texas against Federal invasion during the Civil War, Confederate General John B. Magruder ordered the construction of a fort on September 4, 1863, four days before the famous Confederate victory won by Dick Dowling and his small company . . . — — Map (db m118775) HM |
| On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | During the Civil War, the Sabine Pass Channel was a strategic gateway to the interior of eastern Texas and western Louisiana, control of which was vital. Fearing a possible Union invasion, the citizens of Sabine City (later Sabine Pass) formed a . . . — — Map (db m118674) HM |
| | Center Front Panel
In memory of Lt. Richard W. Dowling and his men. Texas remembers the faithfulness and valor of her sons and commends their heroic example to future generations.
The Men Who Fought with Lt. Dowling Were:
Left Front Panel . . . — — Map (db m118792) HM WM |
| | Renowned for brilliant Civil War victory, Sept. 8, 1863. Confederates in this fort repulsed a fleet seeking to land thousands of Federal soldiers.
Lt. Richard W. Dowling (1838-1867), in civilian life a Houston businessman, commanded fort during . . . — — Map (db m118779) HM |
| On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Commanded by Col. Ashley W. Spaight, the 11th Battalion of Texas Volunteers, Confederate States Army, was nicknamed the "Swamp Angels." Tracing its origins to the "Sabine Pass Guards" militia formed in 1861, the battalion served during the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m118675) HM |
| | Union Casualties at the Battle of Sabine Pass
September 8, 1863
USS Clifton
Killed
United States Navy
Exec. Officer Robert Rhodes
Michael Driscoll, Landsman
75th Regt. New York Volunteers
Pvt. Henry Raymond, Co. A . . . — — Map (db m118812) HM WM |
| On Dick Dowling Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Federal forces in the Civil War failed in most of their early efforts to capture Texas. In the fall of 1863, after taking New Orleans and Vicksburg, their leaders attacked Western Louisiana in a renewed effort. They wished to divert valuable stocks . . . — — Map (db m118790) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 171) at Chambers Street (Business U.S. 67) when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | County named for Texas Confederate
Colonel Middleton T. Johnson
1810-1866
South Carolinian; Legislator Alabama came to Texas 1840. Member Republic of Texas Congress. Cavalryman in U.S. War with Mexico. Texas Ranger surveyor of early . . . — — Map (db m54826) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 171) at Chambers Street (Business U.S. 67), on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | City named for Confederate
General Patrick R. Cleburne
1828-1864
Born near Cork, Ireland came to U.S. 1849. Drug clerk in Ohio, became lawyer in Arkansas. Recruited 1st Arkansas Regt. for Confederacy. Elected colonel. Promoted brigadier . . . — — Map (db m54825) HM |
| Near Court Plaza (U.S. 83/277) at 12th Street. |
| |
Fort Phantom Hill
C.S.A.
Located 10 mi. east, 9 mi. south on old Butterfield stageline. Upon secession company of First Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles used it as an outpost to give protection against Indians. Stopover on way west for . . . — — Map (db m78966) HM |
| Near County Route 110 0.4 miles east of Farm to Market Road 2515. |
| | Pioneer patriot. Spikes Prairie named for him and his family.
In 1875-1876 Spikes served as an elected spokesman from this district in state convention to reestablish free government. He rode horseback to Austin with John H. Reagan, former . . . — — Map (db m96378) HM |
| On West Grove Street at North Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on West Grove Street. |
| | One of leading early citizens of Kaufman County. Represented the county in Texas Secession Convention, Jan.-March 1861. Later in 1861, he fought in Confederate cavalry of Col. Tom Green in New Mexico campaign. As Colonel of 2nd Partisan Rangers, . . . — — Map (db m97327) HM |
| On West Mulberry Street (State Highway 243) 0.1 miles from North Washington Street (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west. |
| | UCV Erected to the memory of the Confederate soldiers by the people of Kaufman County. 1861-1865 No soldiers ever fought more bravely on the field, nor suffered greater privations for their country. They went down into battle at the command of . . . — — Map (db m63755) WM |
| On Farm to Market Road 90 at Gordon Lane, on the right when traveling east on Route 90. |
| | Alabama native Edward Thomas Broughton, Jr. (b. 1834) came to Jasper, Texas, with his family in 1847. Broughton married Mary Elizabeth Douglas in 1856. He studied law in Smith County and was admitted to the bar in 1857. By 1860 the Broughtons were . . . — — Map (db m96380) HM |
| On High Street west of 4th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | [Panel 1:]
This German language monument, erected 1866, honors the memory of 68 men (mostly Germans) from this region who were loyal to the Union during the Civil War. Trying desperately to reach U.S. Federal troops by way of Mexico, about . . . — — Map (db m34985) HM |
| On State Highway 27 at Broadway, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 27. |
| | From 1845 to 1861, a number of German Freidenker ("Freethinkers") immigrated to the Texas Hill Country. Freethinkers were German intellectuals who advocated reason and democracy over religious and political authoritarianism. Many had participated . . . — — Map (db m157298) HM |
| On High Street west of 8th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | From 1845 to 1861 large numbers of German Freethinkers immigrated to the Texas Hill Country. Freethinkers were predominantly German intellectuals who advocated reason and democracy over religious and political autocracy. Many had been active in the . . . — — Map (db m111292) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 473 at Crabapple Road on Farm to Market Road 473. |
| | A molder of world opinion. His theme: Greatness of Texas. Born in New Hampshire. Learned printing and worked in New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. With Francis A. Lumsden, in 1837 founded New Orleans Picayune. Joined the Texan-Santa Fe . . . — — Map (db m47507) HM |
| On North Main Street (Texas Route 70) at East 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | On Indian-infested frontier 125 miles beyond Fort Belknap and outer settlements. Northernmost business in Confederate Texas. Established at great risk, to obtain salt, scarce during Civil War and vitally needed to cure meat, season food, cure hides . . . — — Map (db m105239) HM |
| On Camp Verde Road East (Highway 173) at Bandera Highway (State Highway 173), on the right when traveling east on Camp Verde Road East. |
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Texas frontier regiment post office was established 1862, 11 mi. southeast and near old U.S. Post Camp Verde. Part of Red River-Rio Grande line of posts a day's horseback ride apart. The troops furnished own guns, mounts, but often lacked food, . . . — — Map (db m155442) HM |
| On Verde Creek Road 1 mile west of Bandera Highway (State Highway 173), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855. Headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels, sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, to be used in a system of overland communication with the West, which proved impracticable. . . . — — Map (db m155392) HM |
| On San Antonio Street south of Kelly Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 1856, Camp Verde was established as a military post to suppress Indian attacks on settlers. As suggested by Jefferson Davis, camels were brought to the camp as an experiment in providing transportation of troops and equipment. The experiment was . . . — — Map (db m111277) HM |
| On Elm Pass Road at San Antonio Road (Farm to Market Road 480), on the left when traveling south on Elm Pass Road. |
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Lieutenant Nelson Orcelus Reynolds was a noted Texas Lawman, born in 1846 in Pennsylvania, Reynolds served in the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1874, he enlisted as a Texas Ranger in Blanco County. Reynolds captured the Horrell brothers and . . . — — Map (db m157339) HM |
| On Main Highway (State Highway 27) 0.2 miles east of Stoneleigh Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Home of Dr. Charles De Ganahl (1824-1883), a signer of the Texas Articles of Secession in 1861 and Army Surgeon for the Confederate States of America. The home was erected in 1856 and named after Dr. Ganahl's ancestral home in the Austrian Tyrol of . . . — — Map (db m157341) HM |
| On Junction Highway (State Highway 27) at Henderson Road, on the right when traveling north on Junction Highway. |
| | Howard Henderson (1842 - 1908) came to Texas in 1857. He was a survivor of the Civil War Battle of the Nueces in 1862, in which he and other Unionists were ambushed by a Confederate Force near the Nueces River. He later served as a Texas Ranger. . . . — — Map (db m159832) HM |
| Near Bandera Highway (State Highway 173) at East Verde Creek Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855. Headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to be used in a system of overland communication with the West, which proved impracticable. . . . — — Map (db m111280) HM |
| On State Highway 41 at YO Ranch Road NW, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 41. |
| | Charles Armand Schreiner (1838-1927), a native of Alsace-Lorraine, immigrated to Texas with his family in 1852. He joined the Texas Rangers at age fifteen, and in 1856 entered the cattle business at Turtle Creek in Kerr County. He left to serve in . . . — — Map (db m122870) HM |
| On U.S. 377 0.1 miles north of Smith Lane (County Highway 170), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Illinois native John James Smith came to Texas shortly before enlisting for service in the Mexican War 1846 - 48. He later served as a Texas Ranger, helping protect frontier areas from attacks by hostile Indians, During the Civil War Smith joined . . . — — Map (db m160250) HM |
| On Main Street at N. 6th Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Born in Tennessee in 1840, William Addison Spencer came to Texas with his family at the age of eight. He grew up southeast of San Antonio and served in the Civil War, attaining the rank of major. He later moved west to this area. He wed Caroline . . . — — Map (db m102797) HM |
| On South Ann Street (Farm to Market Road 674) at James Street, on the right when traveling south on South Ann Street. |
| | Located southwest edge of town. Upon secession and surrender of U.S. posts, Texas troops occupied the fort to give protection against Indians. They seized the four 24 pounders and two 8-inch Howitzers located there and sent the cannon for use in . . . — — Map (db m55427) HM |
| On Colony Row at Patton Drive, on the right when traveling south on Colony Row. |
| | These two buildings date from 1854-55, soon after the U.S. Army established Fort Clark. The antebellum fort then included officers quarters and barracks for enlisted men, as well as a two-story quartermaster storehouse, powder magazine, hospital, . . . — — Map (db m55421) HM |
| On South 6th Street (Business U.S. 77) south of Cecil Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
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In 1846 Zachary Taylor's army marched from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande. On March 10, 11, 12, 13, the four regiments in succession camped at this spot on Santa Gertrudis Creek.
War with Mexico over the boundary of Texas began soon. The . . . — — Map (db m117527) HM |
| On U.S. 82, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1850's came to Texas from Arkansas. At 16, on outbreak of Civil War, was left in charge of family mills, instructed by his father to give entire flour output to widows of Confederates.
In 1862, captured in Missouri, as he went through enemy . . . — — Map (db m105082) HM |
| Near South Collegiate Drive near Jefferson Road (County Road 1507), on the right when traveling north. |
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Estimated totals
Union Killed: 365,000 Wounded: 282,000
Confed. Killed: 290,000 Wounded: 137,000
The American Civil War was fought to determine the survival of
the United States as it defeated the . . . — — Map (db m144158) WM |
| On West Houston Street at North Main Street, on the left when traveling east on West Houston Street. |
| | On uneasy border of Indian Territory in the Civil War. A military transport center, on the Old Central National Road surveyed in 1844 by the Republic of Texas, to run from San Antonio, crossing Red River north of Paris. A rich farming area. Lamar . . . — — Map (db m97621) HM |
| On South Church Street near East Washington Street. |
| | Alabama native Henry William Lightfoot a Confederate veteran of Forrest's Cavalry, came to Paris in 1872 as a law partner of Sam Bell Maxey. Two years later, he married Maxey's adopted daughter, Dora Rowel Maxey, and soon the young couple had this . . . — — Map (db m128529) HM |
| On South Church Street near East Washington Street, on the right. |
| | Home of Sam Bell Maxey Native Kentuckian, West Point graduate, brevetted for gallantry in Mexican War, District Attorney from Lamar County, Major General C. S. A. in Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns, commander of Indian Territory . . . — — Map (db m128204) HM |
| Near 6th Street SE south of Evergreen Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | One of eight children, Travis Clack Henderson was born in Alabama on June 24, 1836 to John Henry and Minerva Bernard Henderson. In 1856, he moved to Paris, Texas, and established himself as a farmer. He joined the local militia in 1860. During the . . . — — Map (db m112218) HM |
| On East 3rd Street at North Main Street, on the left when traveling east on East 3rd Street. |
| | Jan. 1, 1863 --- Jan. 1, 1914
In commemorating the 50th anniversary of the capture of Galveston by the Southern Confederacy. Gen. Arthur P. Bagby commanding the "Neptune."
Banners may be furled but heroism lives forever.
Capt. J. T. . . . — — Map (db m128143) HM WM |
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