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Historical Marker: Jackson County, C.S.A. |
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JACKSON COUNTY, C.S.A. In 1861, voted for secession 147 to 77. With its beef and cotton, helped supply south. Furnished salt from beds near Cox's Creek. Hides and tallow from a plant between Port Lavaca and Texana. Lead from Navidad Mine (now a "Lost Mine"). Homefolk molded bullets and sent to fighting men, along with clothes woven, sewed or knitted by the family. Couriers operated along a line that skirted blockaded coast from mouth of Caney Creek to Brownsville. Home Guard kept enemy ships off the shores. A Confederate gunboat, chased from Lavaca Bay, sank in the Navidad. 1965 Location: Courthouse Grounds 115 W Main St., Edna. Photograph by Sara Burt |
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