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| I was watching the GPS and saw that 109 veered away from the Sabine River. I knew the camp had been on the river. I left 109 on Line Road and went to Wright Rd, correctly named. I rolled into the little community and saw a cemetery up ahead. I stopped and surveyed the graves for the expected, but not expected, red flags. I knew I had stepped down into history again. I panned and there were more. I want you to know, despite rumor, this website is not just about I. |
| This, I would find out, was the community cemetery. It was not the official fort cemetery. If I'm wrong please let me know. There had been disease here at the fort. The dead were buried in a mass grave. |
| But, I'm getting ahead of the story. |
| I worked my way toward the church. I did not visit each grave or I might know more now. |
| I suspect the 1864 date is correct and backs my theory. I think I read that no soldiers from the fort were buried here.. These signs were together next to the church. |
| If it had been open, I would have gone in. |
| Another sign. Still nothing substantial about the fort. Geeze. Sometimes I just want to slap sign writers. Out here, in the middle of the ride, I knew I'd have to get it on my own. |
| Ah, but, what is this. |
| Was this a parish or private RV park. Then it started registering, slowly. Gray and red, gray and red, gray and red. |
| Bingo |
| If this was an RV park, the owners had captured a certain familiar theme. |
| This is what you are looking at. It is rather moving. |
| I was boiling over with questions and went to the house that was marked, "Employees Only". No one had been at the entrance office. I knocked on the door and this sleepy lady opened the door rubbing her eyes. I had awakened her from her nap, no doubt. I congratulated her on the grounds, as is my usual introduction. I asked her about the fort and its actual whereabouts. She said that no one really knew. I then asked her if there were any signs of a fort around anywhere. She said, still half asleep, "Well, there are these breastworks that run all over the place. What I had thought were little levees were the fort's protective barriers. |
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| I have found a book on Banks. Very interestingr. What a nasty little man he was. |
| Info on the 13th found HERE |
| The13th Texas Cavalry were a volunteer cavalry unit that was dismounted early on, became a part of Walker's Texas Division, and fought west of the Mississippi River. |
| A little about the 12th. CLICK HERE |
| Do "on page" searches for Nibletts Bluff to find specific information on the camp. Complete readings are worth the time. |
| Explanation of Below, Click HERE |
| This site offers so much. It has been a souce of much of my research. Basically the same as above, but more. Click Here |
| Eighth Texas Cavalry Regiment, CSA
By Paul Robert Scott Follow Walker's trail. |
| And a little Forrest. A must in any discusson of the Confederacy. Walker ended up with him for a while. |
| Links to Understanding: |
| On to DeQuincy |
| Request for Pensions. Search "Nibletts Bluff" for info on page. There are some great stories here. |
| Can you see a rifle to the left? Look, there's another one! |
| The breastworks turned at the church. I don't believe the church was a factor then. |
| This was the inner perimeter. |
| Below, can you see the steamer coming up the Sabine? Go back to Page One |