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Home Texas Fannin County Bonham Military Headquarters Northern Sub-District of Texas, C.S.A.
     

Military Headquarters Northern Sub-District of Texas, C.S.A.

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Bonham, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 34' 47.20208999988", -96° 11' 40.1352"
 
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    Established at this site as a key part of Civil War defense of Texas by General Henry E. McCulloch, frontier fighter and Ranger of long experience. With supervision of 7 brigades fighting in Texas, Indian Territory and Arkansas, McCulloch had here only 2 cavalry and 4 infantry units to patrol and defend 600 miles along the Red River and western frontier against hostile indians, bands of armed deserters, Federals attempting invasion and disloyal citizens encouraging invasion. Food and arms were also furnished from here for armed forces and for friendly Indian families. Colonel William C. Quantrill, C.S.A., and his notorious guerrilla raiders, including future members of the James and Younger gangs, attached themselves in 1863-64 to this command. Though the guerrillas were credited with stopping cattle thefts along the Red River, Quantrill had to be arrested for killing draft evaders and deserters and shooting up towns. However, he soon escaped. Lines of communication and supply were kept open and lives of hundreds of settlers were saved through the operations of this command.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Military Headquarters Northern Sub-District of Texas, C.S.A. Historical Marker Location Map, Bonham, Texas

 
   
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