Daingerfield, C.S.A.

Civil War center for manufacturing, supply and travel. Place of enrollment of several Confederate army units. Local industries supporting the war effort included 3 tanyards-- sidelines of the beef slaughtering trade that helped feed troops and civilians. The tanyards made leather for soldiers' boots and shoes and for Cavalry saddles, bridles and harness. On nearby rivers or ponds were 3 sawmills, one grist (corn meal) mill and a distillery. Foundries in the area were predecessors of the 20th century Lone Star Steel Company. An "old" town before the Civil War. Founded about 1830 at a spring where Capt. London Daingerfield was killed by Indians. The square was laid off in 1841 when this was designated seat of justice for judicial county of Paschal. Courts continued to be held here, though Paschal was abolished in 1842. One noted 1842 trial was for a group that included Stephen Peters (one of the men who had platted the town square), accused of murdering Robert Potter. Potter, formerly secretary of the navy and one of the authors of the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, had been killed in the Regulator-Moderator Feud, a political power struggle in East Texas.

Daingerfield, C.S.A. is a historical marker in Daingerfield, Morris County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 21 historical markers documented in Morris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 25 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.0324, -94.7246 near Daingerfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Morris County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Chapel Hill College, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Old Morris County Courthouse.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5343007847. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.