Taylor Camp Site, 1846
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N 27° 29.256 W 097° 52.075
14R E 611835 N 3040953
This Texas Historical Marker is on US Bus Hwy 77 (South 6th Street), 1/4 mile south of FM 1356 (General Cavazos Boulevard) in Kingsville, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMKDDX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2014
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Marker Title: Taylor Camp Site Address: City: Kingsville County: Kleberg Subject Codes: military topics; Mexican War Year Marker Erected: 1963 Designations: na Marker Location: Business Route 77, south of Kingsville Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 5206
Marker Text: 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 first battles —— Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma —— occurred near present Brownsville. General Mariano Arista led the Mexican army.
The results of the war: the boundary of Texas was fixed at the Rio Grande; the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave the United States New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California; a notable group of men got training for later public service. Of the 251 officers camped here, many rose to national fame.
The Honor Roll
Twelve leaders in the Texas battles gave name to United States forts in Texas: Wm. G. Belknap, Jacob Brown, J. E. Blake, W. W. S. Bliss, Theodore L. Chadbourne, James Duncan, Clinton R. Gates, Zebulon P. M. Inge, George T. Mason, J. B. McIntosh, Samuel Ringgold, William Jenkins Worth.
Many who camped here became commanders of great armies in the Civil War. Among them: Angur, Bee, Bragg, Kirby Smith, Longstreet, Meade, Pemberton, Reynolds, Twiggs, Whistler.
Two of them —— Zachary Taylor and Ulysses Simpson Grant —— became President of the United States.
Kleberg County Historical Survey Committee 1964
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