On Burleson Lake_Camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas
On Burleson Lake, 3.5 miles west of here was last Cherokee War Camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas. Under Gen. Kelsey H. Douglass, Gen. Thomas J. Rusk, Gen. Edward Burleson, and Col. Willis H. Landrum. Texas Secretary of War Albert Sidney Johnston ordered the army mustered out after its decisive victory in Battle of the Neches against Chief Bowles of the Cherokees and associated tribes on July 16, 1839, in Van Zandt County. From the Burleson Lake Camp, the soldiers departed for their homes on July 25, 1839. (1975)
32.6064° N, 95.4845° W
Where to Find It
CR 431 (Old Mineola Road), E side 200 feet SW of US 69, 0.4 mi. S of Sabine River.
Nearby Markers
- 1.3 mi S Flewellen-Thweatt Cemetery Lindale vicinity
- 1.5 mi S In this vicinity extended the Vial-Fragoso Trail Lindale
- 2.4 mi NE Caddo Indian Communities in Wood County Mineola
- 2.8 mi W Here Was the Camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas Garden Valley
- 3.5 mi N Dr. Adolphus Leander Patten Mineola
- 3.5 mi N George C. Reeves Mineola