Site of Confederate Prison Compound

Before 1861, site of warehouse serving Buffalo Bayou shipping. At times during 1861-65, the building here housed prisoners of war. In Jan. 1863 it held 350 Federals captured by Houston-based Confederate army of Gen. John B. Magruder. The city also had two other compounds where prisoners of war were held. Among many Houston enterprises vital to the Confederacy were troop training fields, military hospitals, an ammunition depot, two foundries, five railroads. City was headquarters for the Military District of Texas, which included Arizona and New Mexico.

Site of Confederate Prison Compound is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7667, -95.3597 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Merchants and Manufacturers Building (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include University of Houston–Downtown, Allen's Landing, and Willow Street Pump Station.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010635. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.