“A sergeants’ guard received us and escorted us into the fort, outside which I saw strong picket defenses had been thrown up and I made sure we were in for a fight. Lieutenant Hill, the officer in command, received us very stiffly and said that he meant to hold his post to the last. He had received orders to retire, as we afterwards learned, but put on a better face to gain better terms. … When [Captain] Paul offered to let all officers and men march out with their horses, arms and personal property, which was what he had been fighting for, Hill at once agreed and the terms were forthwith settled. Hill was to march out next day and report himself and his command at San Antonio. So at two o’clock that day, he marched out and we took possession of the fort, the stores, ammunition, twelve mules, eighty camels, and two Egyptian camel drivers, for all of which I had to give a receipt.”
The Confederate States of America didn't know what to do with the camels. Many camels escaped and roamed freely around Kerr and Bandera counties. The camels that Confederates managed to corral were used to haul cotton to Mexico. An overland route was necessary because of the federal sea blockade. Each camel carried two bales, one on each side, to Matamoros, Mexico and returned with a load of salt. The camels were obnoxious, especially when they were in town. In Brownsville, the camels were known for smelling awful and scaring horses. They were also renowned for spitting and kicking dirt on townspeople. Local officials passed an ordinance during the war making it illegal to walk a camel on city streets.
Some 600 Union soldiers captured leaving Texas early in the Civil War were confined in “Prison Canyon” immediately southwest of the camp. Some accounts say the Camp Verde soldiers were taken to this stockade. This prisoner of war camp featured 3 cliffs, described as "very difficult to ascend" surrounding the confinement area. Prisoners, held from Aug. 1861 until sometime in 1862, were allowed to build shacks and get adequate exercise with little risk of escape.
A second Camp Verde, two miles below old Camp Verde in Kerr County, was established on March 31, 1862, by James M. Norris as a ranger station for the Frontier Regiment. The Regiment was established on December 21, 1861, by the Texas legislature, to replace the (Confederate) First Regiment, Texas Mounted Riflemen. It was staffed by members of Charles S. DeMontel's company and served as a frontier outpost, probably until the consolidation of the regiment in March 1864. Camp Verde, C.S.A. , the Texas Frontier Regiment outpost, was established southeast and near old U.S. Post Camp Verde. Part of Red River-Rio Grande line of posts, these camps were a day's horseback ride apart. The troops furnished their own guns and horses, but often lacked food, clothing, and supplies. Still, scouting parties and patrols effectively held down the Indian raids until war's end.