Camp Hudson, C.S.A.

The post was established on June 7, 1857, on San Pedro Creek and named for Lt. Walter W. Hudson, who had died in 1850 of wounds from an Indian fight. It was lonely duty: Zenas R. Bliss, there two years, recalled seeing only four or five people outside the army. Gravel-and-lime walls kept the buildings cool in summer and warm in winter. An experimental camel caravan from Camp Verde passed through in 1859. Reoccupied after the war, the camp served from 1876 as a summer post to protect new settlers and closed for good in January 1877.

What the plaque says

Camp Hudson, C.S.A. When U. S. troops were surrendered at outbreak of Civil War, camp became Confederate frontier outpost 1861-1862 to guard military road, escort supply trains, curb hostile Indians. Manned by 2nd Texas Cavalry. Texas Confederate troops used as supply base en route to and from New Mexico campaign to stop flow of gold to north and gain access to Pacific. Routine camp life prompted camp newspaper written to amuse troops who fervently desired to fight for Dixie. Located center of county on south bank Devil's River. A Memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas - 1963

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Whitehead Memorial Museum — 0.5 mi
  A village of old Del Rio buildings set along a working irrigation canal, from an 1870 store to a 1925 doctor's office, with Judge Roy Bean buried on the grounds.
• San Felipe Creek — 0.6 mi
  The spring-fed creek that made Del Rio, rising from the third largest springs in Texas and running past swimming holes and a hike-and-bike trail through town.
• Val Verde Winery — 0.9 mi
  The family winery an Italian immigrant founded on Del Rio's irrigated land in 1883, which outlasted Prohibition by selling table grapes and kept Texas wine alive into the 1970s.
• Amistad National Recreation Area — 9.2 mi
  The American side of the reservoir the United States and Mexico finished in 1969 where three rivers meet, with painted shelters still reachable by boat when the water allows.

More markers nearby

• Val Verde County Courthouse Square — steps away
• First United Methodist Church of Del Rio — steps away
• John Taini — steps away
• City of Del Rio — steps away