Three Hundred SixtySixth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Gen. Joseph O. Shelby
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Shelby Expedition Through
Van Zandt County
Texas State Historical Marker
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SH 243, 8 mi. E of Canton, Van Zandt County, TX, USA
Latitude & Longitude: 32.550583, -95.993367 |
Gen. Joseph O. Shelby's command refused to surrender at the close of the Civil War. Shelby's men, the First Missouri Cavalry of the Confederate States of America, marched via Clarksville to Van Zandt County, proceeding through Grand Saline to Canton and on to Stone Point soon after learning of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender. From about April 22 to May 29, 1865, Shelby's troops camped at Stone Point while their leader attended a Confederate conference at Marshall, Texas.
Determined to continue the war, Shelby's men journeyed to Mexico, stopping where they were needed to enforce the peace in a ravaged postwar Texas.
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