Camp Collier C.S.A.

Located 13 mi. southwest, this camp was one of a chain of Texas frontier posts a day's horseback ride apart from the Red River to the Rio Grande. Occupied by the Texas Frontier Regiment. Patrols and scouting parties frequently sent out kept Indian actions in check and rounded up draft evaders. Always needed were food, clothing, horses, ammunition. These men shared few of the glories of the war. Yet at the cost of the lives of not a few of them, these Confederate soldiers managed to bring a measure of protection to a vast frontier area. Texas Civil War Frontier Defense Texas made an all-out effort for the Confederacy after voting over 3 to 1 for secession. 90,000 troops, noted for mobility and heroic daring, fought on every battlefront. An important source of supply and gateway to foreign trade thru Mexico, Texas was the storehouse of the South. Camp Collier and other posts on this line were backed by patrols of State Rangers organized militia, and citizens' posses scouting from nearby "family forts." This was part of a 2000 mile frontier and coastline successfully defended by Texans. (1963)

Camp Collier C.S.A. is a historical marker in Brownwood, Brown County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 54 historical markers documented in Brown County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.7228, -98.9803 near Brownwood. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fisk, Greenleaf (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Brown County Courthouse, Brown County Jail, and Lovell-Dobbs House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5049000655. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.