Site of Spindle Top Hill Confederate Camp
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Here, from 1862 to 1864, camped Colonel A. W. Spaight's Battalion, 2nd Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army, composed of soldiers from Jefferson, Liberty, and Chambers counties. Their presence here served to prevent invasion of this part of Texas by the Federal Army. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
From 1862 to 1864, Colonel A. W. Spaight's Battalion of the 2nd Texas Infantry camped on Spindle Top Hill, its ranks drawn from Jefferson, Liberty, and Chambers counties. Their presence helped guard this stretch of the Texas coast against Federal invasion during the Civil War. The state erected this marker in 1936.
Why it matters
The camp recalls the Confederate effort to defend the Texas Gulf coast — the same hill that, decades later, would launch the American oil age at Spindletop.
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Related people
- · Colonel A. W. Spaight
Related events
- · American Civil War
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