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Planning a road trip from Los Angeles, CA to Longview, TX next Easter break. I’m only really aware of the 1st and 2nd Battles of Galveston. Anything else we can make a visit to?
Sabine Pass was the other significant battle. There are threads about what is to be seen there. But you are going to TEXAS!! Check the mileage from Longview to Galveston and Sabine -- 350 miles, one way.Planning a road trip from Los Angeles, CA to Longview, TX next Easter break. I’m only really aware of the 1st and 2nd Battles of Galveston. Anything else we can make a visit to?
Both are a significant detour. Let’s see if we can make it happenSabine Pass was the other significant battle. There are threads about what is to be seen there. But you are going to TEXAS!! Check the mileage from Longview to Galveston and Sabine -- 350 miles, one way.
No battlefields close to Longview. As someone else mentioned, Camp Ford is in Tyler as is Oakwood Cemetery. Lotta Civil War history in Marshall, Texas which is 30 minutes from Longview. The Harrison County Historical Museum, Marshall City Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery are there. There was a powder mill and ordnance depot there during the war.Planning a road trip from Los Angeles, CA to Longview, TX next Easter break. I’m only really aware of the 1st and 2nd Battles of Galveston. Anything else we can make a visit to?
Texas CW battlefields are few and far between along the coast from the Rio Grande to the Sabine River. That's a lot of driving to see a historical marker, but that's about it. Search this website to find several threads about Palmito Ranch, Matagorda Bay, Galveston, and Sabine Pass. If you intend to visit them, my suggestion would be to do some research and print some maps to help you get a feel for the battles.Planning a road trip from Los Angeles, CA to Longview, TX next Easter break. I’m only really aware of the 1st and 2nd Battles of Galveston. Anything else we can make a visit to?
Is there anything to see at Tyler (the place where the Ordinance Works was?)No battlefields close to Longview. As someone else mentioned, Camp Ford is in Tyler as is Oakwood Cemetery. Lotta Civil War history in Marshall, Texas which is 30 minutes from Longview. The Harrison County Historical Museum, Marshall City Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery are there. There was a powder mill and ordnance depot there during the war.
The ordnance depot was in Marshall. I don't think there is even a historical marker where it was. There is a historical marker where the powder mill was and a marker where a Confederate hat factory was.Is there anything to see at Tyler (the place where the Ordinance Works was?)
As someone local to Longview area, (roughly 20 miles away) I don't think I can add much to the suggestions, other than maybe to SW Arkansas to see CW sites like Old Washington, (CW era Arkansas Confederate Capitol post Fall of Little Rock that's preserved) Prairie D'Ane, and maybe Poison Spring.Planning a road trip from Los Angeles, CA to Longview, TX next Easter break. I’m only really aware of the 1st and 2nd Battles of Galveston. Anything else we can make a visit to?
Search for a thread by JamesN about west Texas forts.
You should see where I live. Street racing on two lane streets with no sidewalks where families go for walks. General disregard for all traffic and safety measures.As someone local to Longview area, (roughly 20 miles away) I don't think I can add much to the suggestions, other than maybe to SW Arkansas to see CW sites like Old Washington, (CW era Arkansas Confederate Capitol post Fall of Little Rock that's preserved) Prairie D'Ane, and maybe Poison Spring.
Jefferson, which is close to Longview, has a small CW museum that is good to see, though I'm biased as the owner is a friend of mine:
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/mason-dixon-line-museum-jefferson-tx.173940/
Also for the record, you must be on guard when driving in Longview. Hands down the most absolute worst place to drive in the entire United States! Easily beating major cities like Dallas, Houston, Memphis, Kansas City and many other places in my experience. I cross myself before driving into Longview and I ain't even Catholic. Its like there's something in the water that compels Longview natives to slaughter half a dozen other drivers on the roads there every time they get behind the wheel!