CAMP SAN SABA CAMP SAN SABA. When the Civil War began, federal
troops pulled out of frontier posts, and state companies of
mounted volunteers organized to protect settlers from Indian
raids. One or more of these companies established a camp on the
San Saba River at what was probably the site of an earlier
ranger camp. Capt. W. D. McMillan's company, Capt. W. G.
O'Brien's regiment, and Lt. Decator Barton's company were among
the troops at Camp San Saba. The camp ceased to be active by the
end of the Civil War. The community of Camp San Saba grew up
near the site and took its name. Jessie Laurie Barfoot, History
of McCulloch County, Texas (M.A. thesis, University of Texas,
1937). William Curry Holden, Frontier Problems and Movements in
West Texas, 1846–1900 (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas,
1928). Wayne Spiller, comp., Handbook of McCulloch County
History (Vol. 1, Seagraves, Texas: Pioneer, 1976; vol. 2,
Canyon, Texas: Staked Plains Press, 1986). The following,
adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style,