Point Isabel - Texas

Like many of the lights in the South during the Civil War, Point Isabel was just one of many put out of commission by the Confederates. November 1863, retreating rebels again tried to destroy the lighthouse to prevent its use by Federal troops, this time setting off a twenty-five-pound keg of powder inside the tower and blowing off the door, resulting in cracks to the upper part of the brick masonry and damage to the revolving mechanism for the already removed lighting apparatus.

After the war, Foreman George G. Burns and his men braved consecutive northers and wet weather as they worked on the station, finally completing their efforts in mid-February. The light was exhibited again for the first time on February 22, 1866.