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Centex Cemeteries

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These old and sometimes all but forgotten pieces of history are fascinating. A lot of times the wife and I will head out to explore with one in mind for a final destination. I'll try to document them here.

Down an easy to miss dirt road of of FM916 one finds these old monuments in the Bullard Cemetery. Someone has been by in relatively recent time and inked in many of the confederate tombstones so it's not completely forgotten.
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"During fall 1863 the Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers fought in the battle at Honey Springs where the Federal soldiers defeated the Texans and forced them to fall back, losing huge portions of Northeast Indian Territory. By winter, the regiment received orders to go to Texas and gather deserters. The regiment continued this duty until the spring of 1864 when it joined Gano's Brigade. While serving with Gano's Brigade, the Fifth Texas participated alongside Confederate Indians in the Second Battle of Cabin Creek and captured or destroyed 1.5 million dollars worth of Federal supplies. By February 1865 the Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers received orders to move to Hempstead, Texas. After a brief stay at Hempstead, the regiment moved to Houston and Harrisburg on the Texas coast. The regiment finally disbanded on May 15, at a camp on Sims Bayou, near Richmond, Texas, on the Brazos River." (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkf06)

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