Fort Bliss, C.S.A.

Surrendered with property and $20,000 to Texas Confederates on March 21, 1861. From old fort, the South launched the New Mexico-Arizona campaign. Later, Confederates abandoned and destroyed most of fort and equipment, except for hospital and medical supplies left for their sick and wounded. Federals occupied fort, July 4, 1862, and later escorted the recovered patients by horseback and ambulance over 500 miles down the Rio Grande to Fort Clark. Federals held the trans-Pecos area longer than any other part of Texas. (1964)

Fort Bliss, C.S.A. is a historical marker in El Paso, El Paso County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in El Paso County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 140 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.8021, -106.4270 near El Paso. The nearest cataloged historic site is Quarters Number 1 (historic place), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Radford School, Fort Bliss at Lanoria Mesa, and Fort Bliss.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5141001962. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.