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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1567_camp-fannin-internment-camp_Tyler-TX.html
Camp Fannin was also the site of an internment camp, with the first prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany's Afrika Korps arriving in Oct. 1943. BY early 1944, the military designated the site a POW base camp that administered a number of smaller br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1566_camp-fannin_Tyler-TX.html
Numerous military bases were expanded or established throughout Texas during World War II. Originally planned as an Air Corps installation, construction of Camp Fannin began in late 1942. Named in honor of Texas revolutionary hero James Walker Fan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1565_cabin-of-lt-col-j-b-leake_Tyler-TX.html
???J.B. Leake was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 20th Iowa. Captured at the battle of Stirling Plantation near Morganza, Louisiana September 29, 1863, he arrived in the first large group of prisoners on October 23, 1863. Lt. Col. Leake, being the hig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14W5_camp-ford-early-days-as-a-prison-camp_Tyler-TX.html
???During the winter of 1863-64 the camp housed only about 170 prisoners, mostly officers. Life was generally pleasant and the men were well treated. Prison crafts and endeavors flourished. Fairly substantial log cabins were erected. Streets were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14W2_camp-ford-confederate-guards_Tyler-TX.html
???The initial guards at the camp were local militia commanded by a regular officer, Captain S.M. Warner. With the arrival of the Fordoche prisoners in October 1863, their numbers were inadequate, and an independent Cavalry company, the Walter P. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14VT_african-americans-at-camp-ford_Tyler-TX.html
???The issues of African Americans in the military became a keystone of controversy involving the politics of prisoner of war exchange. This issue did not start in the east, but in the theater of the Mississippi river, and Camp Ford became a criti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14VR_camp-ford-naval-prisoners_Tyler-TX.html
Camp Ford had the distinction of having the most naval prisoners of any camp, North or South. There was no coordination between the branches, with each responsible for arranging the exchange of their men. By the fall of 1864, the naval prisoners, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14VO_camp-ford-prisoners-from-louisiana_Tyler-TX.html
??In June 1863, CS General Richard Taylor commenced a campaign in South Louisiana that resulted in the capture of a number of Union troops in the Morgan City area. The enlisted men were paroled, but the officers were detained and sent to Shrevepor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14VN_camp-ford-establishment-of-the-camp_Tyler-TX.html
???In March 1862, the movement of the Confederate army in Northern Arkansas to the Mississippi River left the northern frontier of the Trans-Mississippi virtually defenseless. Immediate efforts in Texas were made to raise new regiments for service…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KG_camp-ford-stockade_Tyler-TX.html
The initial prisoners to arrive at Camp Ford were kept in the open with no stockade. Panic resulted with the arrival with over 600 prisoners October 23, 1863. The Camp Commander, Col. R.T.P. Allen, with only 40 guards, discovered a plot among the …