| Marker Number |
10567 |
| Atlas Number |
5245010567 |
| Marker Title |
Spaight's 11th Battalion |
| Index Entry |
Spaight's 11th Battalion |
| Address |
Sabine Pass Lions Club Park |
| City |
Sabine Pass |
| County |
Jefferson |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
413535 |
| UTM Northing |
3289736 |
| Subject Codes |
Civil War; military topics |
| Marker Year |
1990 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Broadway, between S. 5th Ave. and S. 6th Ave. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
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 to defend the Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana borders from Federal incursions. Many of them lost their lives during an 1862 yellow fever epidemic at Sabine Pass. The battalion was comprised of southeast Texas residents, many of whom became community and business leaders after the war. (1990) |
