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At this site. Housed some of the more than 3,000 Federals captured at Mansfield, LA., on April 8, 1864, in Red River Campaign to prevent Federal invasion of Texas. Camp Ford, at Tyler, was largest P.O.W. camp west of the Mississippi. Texas had two others, at Hempstead, Waller County, and Camp Verde, Kerr County. (1965)
C.S.A. Prisoner of War Compound is a historical marker in Cherokee County, Texas, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 112 historical markers documented in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 245 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7660, -95.1415. The nearest cataloged historic site is Salem (cemetery), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Cook's Fort, New Birmingham, and Cedar Hill Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5073006867. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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