Latitude & Longitude:
28° 42' 35.3763",
-95° 54' 56.329848"
Texas State Historical Marker
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.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008
Battle Island Historical Marker Location Map, Matagorda, Texas