Camp Hudson, later Fort Hudson, was located on the west bank of the Devils River, below the Second Crossing of Devils River by the San Antonio-El Paso Road (now known as Bakers Crossing nearby to the north) and 19 miles south of Juno and 21 miles north of Comstock in Val Verde County, Texas.
It was named for Lt. Walter W. Hudson, who died of injuries he received in a fight with hostile Indians in April 1850.
[4] Abandoned by Federal troops March 17, 1861, just before the beginning of the American Civil War, it was occupied by the Confederate 2nd Texas Cavalry as a frontier outpost from 1861 to 1862.
It guarded the road to El Paso from hostile Indians, escorting supply trains for the forces of the New Mexico Campaign.
It was abandoned along with the other forts in West Texas after the failure of the New Mexico Campaign.