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Site of Spindle Top Hill Confederate Camp

Beaumont, Jefferson County

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

Marker Details

Address 2050 Spindletop Rd.
Location Description NE corner Spindletop Ave. and Ohio St. Marker in storage as of Feb. 2022 pending site construction.
Marker # 10571
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker (gray granite)
Code Civil War; military topics
Latitude, Longitude Exact Lat/Lon Unknown

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