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[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]

Description: Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford taken from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River.
Date: March 4, 1865
Creator: Simmons, G. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]

Description: Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford took from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River. George Washington Simmons, pictured holding a pail, was the paymaster of the USS Clifton, captured at Sabine Pass on September 8, 18… more
Date: March 4, 1865
Creator: Simmons, G. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Location: 32.396301 -95.267229
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[A man sitting in a chair and a young girl with her arm resting on him]

Description: Tintype image of a man sitting in a chair with a young girl standing to the right of the man. Her right hand is around the man's shoulders. Her left arm is hanging by her side. His hands are in his lap. He is wearing a dark jacket, light colored pants, dark boots and a dark hat on his head. The young girl is wearing a pink dress with dark horizontal stripes and lace edging around her waist and collar. She is also wearing white stockings and dark boots. She has dark, long hair. Attached… more
Date: March 7, 1865
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A young boy wearing a vertically striped gown]

Description: Tintype image of a young boy. He is sitting on a chair with each arm resting on an arm of the chair. He is wearing a vertically striped gown with white bloomers, white stockings and dark boots. His light colored hair is slightly sticking up in the middle of his head. Part of a woman's skirt is visible in the right side of the portrait.
Date: March 7, 1865
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A man sitting in a chair and a young girl with her arm resting on him]

Description: Tintype image of a man sitting in a chair with a young girl standing to the right of the man. Her right hand is around the man's shoulders. Her left arm is hanging by her side. His hands are in his lap. He is wearing a dark jacket, light colored pants, dark boots and a dark hat on his head. The young girl is wearing a pink dress with dark horizontal stripes and lace edging around her waist and collar. She is also wearing white stockings and dark boots. She has dark, long hair. Attached… more
Date: March 7, 1865
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A man wearing a dark coat, vest, hat, and tie with a white collared shirt]

Description: Oval tintype photograph of a man. He is wearing a dark coat, vest and tie with a white collared shirt. He has a long goatee and some of his dark curly hair is sticking out on either side under the dark hat on his head. On bottom of matte, handwritten: "Willie K Jo__s". Attached to a cardboard substrate. On right edge of substrate, embossed: "POTTERS PATENT MARCH 7, 1865".
Date: March 7, 1865
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A young girl wearing a pale green sweater]

Description: Oval tintype photograph of a young girl. She is wearing a pale green sweater, unbuttoned, with black edging and a white collar. She has a pink shirt on underneath. Her long, dark hair is parted down the middle and flowing to her back. Attached to a cardboard substrate. On right edge of substrate, embossed: "POTTERS PATENT MARCH 7, 1865".
Date: March 7, 1865
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Albert Lamar George as a young boy, sitting with his legs crossed]

Description: Tintype photograph of Albert Lamar George as a young boy. He is seated in a chair with his left leg placed over his right. He appears to be holding something in his hands in his lap. He has a white, ruffled shirt on and a dark hat with a feather sticking out of the back. The photograph is enclosed in an ivory matte. Embossed on far left side of matte: " POTTERS PATENT MARCH 7 1865"
Date: March 7, 1865
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

Maverick County

Description: Map of Maverick County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. The road from Eagle Pass to Laredo, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1, 1863
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Menard County

Description: Map of Menard County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1860
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Duval County

Description: Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Duval County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 25, 1863
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Galveston County

Description: Map of the Gulf Coast region covering Galveston County, Texas. The map shows the location of Camel's House on Samuel C. Bundick's Survey, near Swan Lake. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1, 1864
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Guadalupe County

Description: Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Guadalupe County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1869
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Jack County

Description: Map of Jack County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1868
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Concho County

Description: Map of Concho County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Concho County and the German Emigration Company's Surveys are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1862
Creator: Dietz, O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office
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