At this site was the camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas

Before the armies met in July 1839, the Cherokees had a treaty. Sam Houston and John Forbes signed it on February 23, 1836, giving them land between the Angelina and Sabine rivers, but the Texas Senate tabled it and declared it void in 1837. In May 1839 a letter found with Manuel Flores led President Lamar to decide on expulsion. The Handbook of Texas says a commission met the Cherokees on July 12; they agreed to leave but refused to sign a treaty with an armed-escort clause. On July 15 the commissioners warned the army would march at once.

What the plaque says

At this site was the camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas At this site was the camp of the army of the Republic of Texas under Generals Edward Burleson, Thomas J. Rusk, Albert Sidney Johnston, Hugh McLeod, Kelsey H. Douglass and Colonel Willis H. Landrum just before they engaged Chief Bowles of the Cherokees and associated tribes in the decisive battle on July 16, 1839, by which the Indians were forever driven from East Texas Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

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