Established October 26, 1848, at Davis Landing by Capt. J.H. La Motte, 1st U.S. Infantry, as Ringgold Barracks ' ' Named in honor of Brevet Major David Ringgold, 4th U.S. Artillery, who died of wounds received at Palo Alto, May 8, 1846 ' Troops were withdrawn March 3, 1859 ' Reoccupied December 29, 1859 ' Abandoned in 1861 ' Reoccupied by U.S. troops in June 1865 ' General Robert E. Lee passed a few days here in 1856 and in 1860 Erected by the State of Texas, 1936
Getting there
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