Historical Marker

Camp Talley

Gilmer · Upshur County · THC Atlas #5459011301

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Marker Inscription

Civil War Recruiting Camp.

About this site

Camp Talley is a historical marker in Gilmer, Upshur County. It is one of 48 historical markers documented in Upshur County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 108 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.8387, -94.7557 near Gilmer. The nearest cataloged historic site is Coffeeville (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include McNairy, John Hamilton, Col., New Coffeeville Cemetery, and Tarver's Ferry.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5459011301. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

During the Civil War, Camp Talley was a Confederate recruit-training camp at old Coffeeville in northeastern Upshur County. The 10th Texas Cavalry, later dismounted, was organized here with recruits drawn from the surrounding counties before being marched north in 1862, a journey on which disease claimed many of the men.

Sources: history-sites.com

📍 32.8387, -94.7557 · Gilmer, Upshur County

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