Camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 36.382 W 095° 29.070
15S E 266851 N 3610375
Texas Historical Marker noting this as the vicinity of the where the Army of the Republic of Texas camped and mustered out after the Battle of the Neches in 1839. The marker is on Smith County Rd 431, just off of US 69, north of Lindale, TX.
Waymark Code: WMVYX4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Number: 7710

Marker Text:
On Burleson Lake, 3.5 Miles West of Here Was Last Cherokee War Under Gen. Kelsey H. Douglass, Gen. Thomas J. Rusk, Gen. Edward Burleson, and Col. Willis H. Landrum. Texas Secretary of War Albert Sidney Johnston ordered the army mustered out after its decisive victory in Battle of the Neches against Chief Bowles of the Cherokees and associated tribes on July 16, 1839, in Van Zandt County. From the Burleson Lake Camp, the soldiers departed for their homes on July 25, 1839. Marker is Property of the State of Texas (1975)
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