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  Matagorda County

Battle Island

• Here in 1826, a company of volunteers commanded by Captain Aylett C. Buckner almost exterminated a band of Karankawa Indians who had murdered several families on Lower Caney.

• Address

• Directions

  from Matagorda take Wightman Road north approximately 3 miles

• Marker #

  318

• Dedicated:

  1936

• Size, Type:

  1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)

• Code:

  military topics; Native Americans

• Latitude

  -95.91564718

• Longitude

  FALSE