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Battle of the Knobs

  Texas Historical Markers
Old Decatur Rd., N of Decatur, Decatur, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 15' 56.65191000012", -97° 35' 37.27128999984"
 
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     On November 10, 1837, a company of eighteen soldiers led by Lt. A. B. Benthuysen engaged in a battle with approximately 150 Indians near this site. Ten Texas soldiers were killed in the battle, and the Indian casualties were estimated at fifty. The Texans killed were Alexander Bostwick, Jesse Blair, James Christian, Joseph Cooper, J. Josslin, A. H. Miles, William Nicholson, Wesley Nicholson, William Sanders, and Lewis F. Sheuster. The geologic feature known as the Knobs serves as a memorial to the soldiers who were left on the battlefield.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Battle of the Knobs Historical Marker Location Map, Decatur, Texas