The History of Camp Street in La Grange – Part 2 By Carolyn Heinsohn In August 1860, Gov. Sam Houston commissioned William G. Webb, veteran of the Mexican War, legislator and an attorney in La Grange, as a Brigadier General with orders to organize the 22nd Brigade of the Militia of the State of Texas, comprising the counties of Fayette, Colorado, Wharton and Matag...