Black plaque № 23630

Orange, TX, United States

Orange County and the Civil War. Shortly after the voters of Orange County and Texas approved secession in 1861, three military companies were raised in the county for Confederate service-- The Orange LIght Guard, The Orange Greys, and Hannah's Company. Additional forces, including the Orange County

Coast Guard and several companies of state troops, were later raised for local defense. Orange County, ten miles south of the Niblett's Bluff location of C. S. A. Camp Pleasant in Louisiana, was part

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