Montgomery County, C. S. A.
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Texas
Marker Inscription
A wealthy farm area in 1861. In Civil War, supported Texas with goods, funds and men. 2 companies from here were in famed Hood's Texas Brigade-- one company had only 9 men in one living by 1865. Young boys, old men and the partially disabled formed 5 home guard and state companies. The county clothed its own soldiers. The Courthouse, then on this site, had a sewing room for that work. Cooperating were homefolk using looms, cotton cards. People ate sparingly, had few new clothes. By 1864, so much was given to war effort that not a store was open in Montgomery. (1965)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
A prosperous farming area in 1861, Montgomery County threw its wealth and men into the Confederate war effort, sending two companies into the famed Hood's Texas Brigade. Young boys, old men, and the partially disabled filled home guard and state units, while the courthouse hosted a sewing room where families clothed their own soldiers. By 1864 the sacrifice was so total that not a single store remained open in the town of Montgomery.
Why it matters
The marker shows how the Civil War consumed an entire rural community's resources and people, a vivid portrait of the Confederate home front's total mobilization and hardship.
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Related events
- · Civil War
- · Hood's Texas Brigade
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