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At this site was the camp of the army of the Republic of Texas under Generals Edward Burleson, Thomas J. Rusk, Albert Sidney Johnston, Hugh McLeod, Kelsey H. Douglass and Colonel Willis H. Landrum just before they engaged Chief Bowles of the Cherokees and associated tribes in the decisive battle on July 16, 1839, by which the Indians were forever driven from East Texas Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas is a historical marker in Flint, Smith County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 272 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.1595, -95.4053 near Flint. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dewberry Plantation House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dewberry, Col. John, House, Loftin-Teaselville-Old White Settlement Cemetery, and Bethlehem Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5423007711. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas” names 2 distinct records in Smith County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1936 in Flint. The others:
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