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Site of Camp Verde

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Kerrville, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 53' 25.15035999984", -99° 7' 11.38731999996"
 
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    Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855; headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels, sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, to be used in a system of overland communication with the west, which proved impracticable. Surrendered to the Confederate government in 1861; reoccupied in 1865 by the United States Army; abandoned April 1, 1869.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Camp Verde Historical Marker Location Map, Kerrville, Texas

 
   
Related Themes: Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy
 
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