| Marker Number |
653 |
| Atlas Number |
5429000653 |
| Marker Title |
Camp Breckenridge, C.S.A. |
| Index Entry |
Camp Breckenridge, C.S.A. |
| Address |
US 180 at Courthouse |
| City |
Breckenridge |
| County |
Stephens |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
508933 |
| UTM Northing |
3624184 |
| Subject Codes |
Civil War; military topics |
| Marker Year |
1963 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
SW corner Courthouse Square, US 180, Breckenridge. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
Civil War Memorials - (pink granite) |
| Marker Text |
Established near this site 1862. Part Confederate frontier defense line from Red River to Rio Grande. Occupied by company of Texas Frontier Regiment. Posts were day's horseback ride apart and area patrolled regularly. Duties included curbing Indian raids, rounding up draft evaders and renegades. Confederates were poorly fed, clothed and lacked horses, ammunition. They shared few of the glories of the war, but at the cost of the lives of not a few of them, these men gave a measure of protection to a vast frontier area. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy; Erected by the State of Texas 1963 |
