Marker Inscription
(Star and Wreath) Confederate supply point and frontier outpost on great military road from San Antonio to El Paso 1861-62. After surrendered by U. S. Army, occupied by detachment 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles. Apaches ambushed patrol from fort under Lt. Mays in Big Bend area August 1861. Used by Texas Confederate troops en route to and from New Mexico-Arizona campaign to stop flow of Gold to North and gain access to Pacific. Two cannons buried nearby on return have never been found. Occupied briefly California Union Cavalry, August 1862. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas 1963
About this site
Old Fort Davis, C.S.A. is a historical marker in Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 22 historical markers documented in Jeff Davis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 31 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.5888, -103.8948 near Fort Davis. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jeff Davis County Courthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Jeff Davis County Courthouse, and Hotel Limpia.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5243010482. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
