Grimes County, C.S.A.
NW corner of Courthouse grounds; Anderson (corner of Buffington and Main, Anderson)., Anderson, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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1861
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Grimes County, C.S.A..
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Grimes County, C.S.A.
Grimes County served as a Confederate military concentration point during the Civil War, and Anderson hosted an ordnance works producing cannon, guns, and gunpowder. In 1865 the Piedmont Springs Resort Hotel near Anderson became headquarters and hospital for a Confederate division returning from Louisiana. The county supplied cotton traded through Mexico for goods vital to the Confederacy and favored secession.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Grimes County, C.S.A.
Civil War military concentration point for troops and ordnance. Rich farm land. By 1861 densely populated. Favored secession by 907 to 9 vote. Sent 5 cavalry, 4 infantry companies to Confederate Army. Arms and ordnance works at Anderson produced cannon, cannon balls, guns, pistols, swords, sabres, bayonets, and gunpowder. Military telegraph line from Houston to Marshall crossed the county. Five men charged with treason against the Confederacy were held in 1864 in Anderson Jail, under the wartime suspension of habeas corpus, in constant peril of mob violence. People were relieved when these men were deported to Mexico by the military. Cotton, "Gold of the South", and food were produced in abundance. Cotton hauled to Mexico by local men was traded for goods vital to the Confederacy. Yet shortages occurred. For lack of paper, The Rev. George W. Baines of Anderson (great-grandfather of President Lyndon B. Johnson) suspended "The Texas Baptist", first state organ for that church. In 1865 the Piedmont Springs Resort Hotel, 7 miles to the west, became headquarters and hospital for Walker's division on its return from Louisiana where it helped prevent a Federal invasion of Texas. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5185008586
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