Marker Inscription
On this site during the Civil War, a shoe factory converted leather into footgear for the Confederate Army. A harness factory nearby made bridles and saddles and also leather lines and breechings that hitched horses and mules to gun carriages, wagons and ambulances, to move armies through campaigns and battles. Leather was obtained from a local tanyard that treated over 2,000 hides a year. East Texas plants furnished the South 900 sets of harness and 300 saddles monthly during the war.
About this site
Leather Factories, C.S.A. is a historical marker in Gilmer, Upshur County, dedicated in 1964. 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 32.7286, -94.9447 near Gilmer. The nearest cataloged historic site is Upshur County, C.S.A. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cherokee Trace, Houston, Sam, and Upshur County Courthouse.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5459011324. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
