C.S.A. Prisoner of War Compound
At this site. Housed some of the more than 3,000 Federals captured at Mansfield, LA., on April 8, 1864, in Red River Campaign to prevent Federal invasion of Texas. Camp Ford, at Tyler, was largest P.O.W. camp west of the Mississippi. Texas had two others, at Hempstead, Waller County, and Camp Verde, Kerr County. (1965)
31.7660° N, 95.1415° W
Where to Find It
2 miles south of Rusk on FM 241, west side, north of CR 2401
Nearby Markers
- 1.1 mi SE Cook's Fort Rusk
- 1.5 mi NE Site of Tassie Belle and Star and Cresent Iron Ore Furnaces Rusk
- 1.5 mi N Cedar Hill Cemetery Rusk
- 1.6 mi N Site of Rusk College Rusk
- 1.9 mi N James Stephen Hogg and Cherokee County Rusk
- 1.9 mi NW Confederate Training Camp Rusk