(Star and Wreath) Voted 400-49 for secession. Sent about 1,000 into Confederate Army, with one detachment of 150 having only 13 live to return. Caldwell's farm, three miles northeast, and Fincastle, 19 miles southeast of Athens, had camps of instruction. Confederate supply depot, Fincastle, had stores of grain, mean in charge of Capt. Thomas F. Murchison, who also was county enrolling officer. Wartime manufactures included earthenware jugs and dishes. Other products for C.S.A. were cotton, corn, beef, pork, timber. Cynthia Ann Parker, delivered from Indian captivity 1860 by Sul Ross' Ranger unit, lived during war at Athens. Postmaster-general of Confederacy was John H. Reagan, who had been surveyor and the first probate judge in Henderson County.
Henderson County, C. S. A.
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Henderson County, C. S. A. is a historical marker in Athens, Henderson County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 65 historical markers documented in Henderson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 155 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.1871, -95.8515 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is Athens (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include First Factory in Athens, Machinery From, Henderson County, and Pottery Industry, Henderson County.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5213010362. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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