| Marker Number |
10571 |
| Atlas Number |
5245010571 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Spindle Top Hill Confederate Camp |
| Index Entry |
Spindle Top Hill Confederate Camp, Site of |
| Address |
2050 Spindletop Rd. |
| City |
Beaumont |
| County |
Jefferson |
| UTM Zone |
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| UTM Easting |
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| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
Civil War; military topics |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
NE corner Spindletop Ave. and Ohio St. Marker in storage as of Feb. 2022 pending site construction. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Storage |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
Here, from 1862 to 1864, camped Colonel A. W. Spaight's Battalion, 2nd Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army, composed of soldiers from Jefferson, Liberty, and Chambers counties. Their presence here served to prevent invasion of this part of Texas by the Federal Army. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |
