Las Sabinas, Volume 14, Number 1, January 1988 Page: 16
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Texas Historical Marker
Riverwalk Park along the Sabine River, Orange
ORANGE COUNTY AND THE CIVIL WAR
Shortly after the voters of Orange County and
Texas approved secession in 1861, three military
companies were raised in the county for
Confederate service--The Orange Light Guard,
The Orange Greys, and Hannah's Company.
Additional forces including the Orange County
Coast Guard and several companies of state
troops were later raised for local defense.
Orange County, ten miles south of the Niblett's
Bluff location of C.S.A. Camp Pleasant in
Louisiana, was part of an important route for
Confederate forces and supplies. A C.S.A. post
office was located at Orange in 1861. The
Texas and New Orleans Railroad was opened
through the county, though various problems
rendered it unserviceable through much of the
war.
Rumors of a Federal attack on the coast in
1863 prompted stepped-up defense preparations.
A primary supply depot was established in July
to serve nearby Camp Pleasant, and a Confederate
hospital opened in Orange. Local prepardness
provided an additional deterrent to U.S. troops
at the Battle of Sabine Pass in September.
After the Confederate surrender in 1865,
occupation forces led by the 37th Illinois
Volunteers arrived in Orange County and
Reconstruction soon followed.
Narrated by Dr. Howard Williams at dedication16
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 14, Number 1, January 1988, periodical, January 1988; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth312864/m1/26/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Orange County Historical Society.