Spaight's 11th Battalion

Commanded by Col. Ashley W. Spaight, the 11th Battalion of Texas Volunteers, Confederate States Army, was nicknamed the "Swamp Angels." Tracing its origins to the "Sabine Pass Guards" militia formed in 1861, the battalion served during the Civil War to defend the Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana borders from Federal incursions. Many of them lost their lives during an 1862 yellow fever epidemic at Sabine Pass. The battalion was comprised of southeast Texas residents, many of whom became community and business leaders after the war. (1990)

Spaight's 11th Battalion is a historical marker in Sabine Pass, Jefferson County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Jefferson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 137 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7349, -93.8938 near Sabine Pass. The nearest cataloged historic site is 1886 Hurricane at Sabine Pass (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include City of Sabine and Sabine Pass, Fort Sabine, and Beach Road (State Highway 87).

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5245010567. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.