Old Fort Mason
Posted by: 
Markerman62
N 30° 45.905 W 099° 14.788
14R E 476413 N 3403593
On US 87 just north of junction with US 377, northwest of Mason.
Waymark Code: WMNMT3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2015
Views: 6
Marker Number: 11276
Marker Text:
Situated near a spring long used by Indians; built of stone quarried from post hill. Fort helped protect Texas frontier from Indians. Colonel Robert E. Lee, stationed in Texas 2 years, commanded Fort Mason from Feb. 1860 to Feb. 1861. Here he made his decision as to his part in the Civil War, saying: "If the Union is dissolved,...I shall return to my native state and...save in defense...draw my sword on none". He left Fort Mason February 13, 1861. In wartime he remembered "the enemy never sees the backs of Texans". (1965)
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