Jasper County, C. S. A.
Jasper, Jasper County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Communication, transportation, supply and military center in Civil War Texas. Voted 315 to 25 in favor of secession. Crossed by Texas troops in the 1862-64 Louisiana campaigns to prevent split of the South and invasion of Texas. Confederate Army ran Houston-to-Alexandria, La., military horseback courier route through here. In last years of the war, Abel Adams, a local 14-year-old, rode this in a high lope, for Gen. John B. Magruder, commander of the Department of Texas. Beef was driven to troops in the Old South by way of 1823 trail across the county. Had a Confederate Quartermaster Depot and 9-county headquarters, 2nd Brigade, Texas State Troops, under Gen. W. M. Neyland, local citizen. County men in service on various war fronts of the South included Co. G, 13th Texas Cavalry; Co. C, 25th Texas Cavalry, Dismounted; Co. E, 27th Texas Cavalry, in Whitfield's Legion. In 1865, as survivors were returning home, Union occupation troops bivouacked in the Jasper Town Square. Commander was Gen. George Custer, later to go down in history for his "last stand" at the Little Big Horn, 1876. Driving her beautiful horse and carriage, his young bride called on the Jasper ladies.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Far from the great battlefields, Jasper County was a vital rear-area hub for Confederate Texas — voting overwhelmingly for secession and serving as a communication, supply, and transportation center during the war. Texas troops crossed it on the 1862-64 Louisiana campaigns, a mounted courier route ran through it, and it hosted a quartermaster depot and brigade headquarters of the Texas State Troops. When the war ended, Union occupation forces under George Custer bivouacked on the town square.
Why it matters
The marker captures the logistical backbone of the Confederate war effort in Texas and the arrival of federal occupation that opened Reconstruction.
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Related people
- · George Custer
- · John B. Magruder
- · W. M. Neyland
Related events
- · American Civil War
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