Saturday, October 30, 2010

Three Dearmore Brothers, Arkansas.

Here are three brothers that fight in the civil war, I have very little information on them. If you have any stories or information I would like to hear about it, I would like to add the information to this page. My address can be found in my profile.
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Edward J. Dearmore.

Birth: Jun. 1, 1835
Death: Feb. 4, 1929, Logan County, Arkansas.
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery , Paris, Logan County, Arkansas.

Edward J. Dearmore was the son of Bryant Dearmore and Sarah Slayton. He was
born June 1, 1835 in Henry Co. Tn. and he died Feb. 4, 1929. He served with the 2nd Ark Inf.in the Co. D, as a pvt, 1st sgt. and Lt.in the Civil War. Edward (known as Uncle Ned) fathered 16 children with three wives.. He 1st md. Armonda E. Chaver, three children were born to this union. He then married Sarah Barnard. She died in childbirth with their 9th child. He then married Eliza J Sisk Boyd. they parented the last 4 children. Uncle Ned, would love to discuss all these families with you. Ned was a farmer, teacher and blacksmith.
Service record: 2nd., Arkansas Infantry company D., DEARMORE, EDWARD J. - 1SGT - 10 Sep 1863 Dardanelle, AR. Yell Co, AR. Henry Co, TN - age 28.

William H. Dearmore.

Birth: 1841, Tennessee.
Death: Aug. 22, 1887, White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Burial: Cedarvale Cemetery, White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico.

Son of Bryant Dearmore and Sarah Slayton Dearmore.
Married Rebecca Moody on Feb. 9, 1860 in Franklin Co., Arkansas.
Service record: 2nd., Arkansas Infantry company D., DEARMORE, WILLIAM H. - PVT - 10 Sep 1863 Dardanelle, AR . Yell Co, AR. Henry Co, TN. age 23 .

Nathaniel Bryant Dearmore.

Birth: December 30, 1845.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Unknown.

It is recorded that he was of the 2nd., Arkansas Infantry company I, but wasn’t found on any rosters.

William C. Cox, Of Pennsylvania.

This is a Act for William H. Cox, normally I would have added other Acts and Bills, but his has so much information I felt it should stand a lone.
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AN ACT
July 16, 1868.

Directing the Commissioner of Pensions to proceed to hear evidence and determine the right of W. H. Cox, deceased, late a sergeant in company K, second regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to a pension in same manner as if he was still living, he having died of disease contracted whilst a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Georgia, and if’ found to be entitled to a pension, then same, from time. of his discharge till death, to be paid over to his father, Charles D. Cox.

Whereas W. H. Cox, a hale, hearty, young man of about twenty years of age, residing with his father Charles D. Cox, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and being a part of his family, on the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, was enrolled as a sergeant in company F, second regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to serve three years or during the war; that he was regularly mustered in as such, and at the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, on or about the second of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was taken prisoner by the rebels and sent to Andersonville, Georgia, and there confined as a prisoner of war for the period of ten months, and from exposure and lack of food became very much debilitated, and after being released he was on the eighth of August eighteen hundred and sixty-five, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by virtue of a telegram dated Adjutant General’s office, May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty—five, honorably discharged from the United States service; and whereas the said W. H. Cox, after reaching his father’s residence, made application for a pension under existing law’s, in consequence of disease contracted in line of duty, and before the ease was finally disposed of, to wit : .July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty—six, he died ol disease contracted as aforesaid, and the Commissioner then declined to proceed further in the case, being of opinion that the death of the young man suspended further proceedings ; and whereas, Charles D Cox, father of said deceased soldier is desirous of obtaining the pension justly due his said son from (late of his discharge till death, lo he applied to the purchase of a. suitable monument to be placed at his grave : Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the commissioner of pension be and is hereby, authorized and directed to proceed and receive proof of the right of said W. H. Cox to a in the same manner as if still living, and if the evidence satisfies him that he was entitled, then the pension from time of discharge till his death to be paid over to his father, Charles D. Cox, out of the pension fund, or any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Passed the House of Representatives July 15. 1868.
Attest: ED WARD McPHERSON, Clerk.

Friday, October 29, 2010

The Drownings.

The men and women on this page was either drowned or knew someone that was drowned. The people on this page drowned during some war, and a family member is asking for help from the government.
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1777, Monsr. Du Coudray, a French Officer of Artillery, who was lately made an Inspector General of Artillery and military Manufactures with the Rank of Major General. He was drowned in the Schuylkill, in a strange manner. He rode into the Ferry Boat, and road out at the other End, into the River, and was drowned. His Horse took fright. He was reputed the most learned and promising Officer in France. He was carried into the Romish Chappell, and buried in the Yard of that Church.
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1792, Robert Byers, of the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for four wagon horses, which were drowned while in the service of the United States, during the late war.
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AN ACT
April 25, 1872.

For the relief of Elizabeth Ziuhan.

Whereas Jonathan Ziuhan, late a private in the Ninety-third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, in his lifetime, established his right, under act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, to an artificial arm, by reason of the loss of the left arm in the service of the United States, and, under the provisions of section two of said act, elected, instead, the commutation in money provided in said section: and Whereas the Acting Commissioner of Pensions, on the eighth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, directed the pension-agent at Philadelphia to pay said commutation to said Ziuhan; and Whereas said Ziuhan was accidentally drowned on the sixteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and before said commutation-order was received; and Whereas said order has never been paid, and the officers of the Government refuse to pay the same: Now, therefore.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 jives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Pensions be, and he is hereby, authorized and dIrected to pay, or cause to be paid, to Elizabeth Ziuhan, widow of said Jonathan Ziuhan, the sum of fifty dollars, commutation-money as aforesaid, to which said Ziuhan was entitled in his lifetime. Passed the House of Representatives April 24, 1872. Attest: EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk,
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1802, Alexander Gardner and Thomas Pinckney, of South Carolina, praying compensation for two negroes, their property, stated to have been drowned in the public service
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1866, The petition of E. M. Gouler, widow of Charles Gouler, late a private in company F, ninth regiment New Hampshire volunteers, who was drowned in the Delaware river October 24, 1864, while absent from the hospital on leave, praying a pension
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The petition of H. Catlett, a post surgeon in the army, praying compensation for a negro boy, who was drowned in June, 1814, whilst ascending the Ohio with the United States troops.
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1816, A petition of Henry Williams, praying to be paid for two horses impressed into the military service during the late war, and which were drowned in crossing a river.
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1856, A petition of Alison Logan, mother of Henry J. Paul, late a lieutenant in the navy, who was drowned in the Gulf of Mexico, praying to be allowed a pension.
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1813, A petition of Margaret Arundel, widow of Robert Arundel, late a sailing master in the navy, stating that her late husband was severely wounded in an engagement with the enemy on the lakes, and was afterwards knocked overboard and drowned, leaving his family destitute, and praying relief.
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CHAP. XXXVII.—An .Act for the relief of Cornelius Huson.

Be it enacted, &c,, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay unto Cornelius Huson or his legal representatives, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, the value of a pair of horses impressed into the service of the United States, in February, one thousand eight hundred
and thirteen, and drowned in Lake Ontario while in said service; the same to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, April 26, 1822.
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1809, A petition of Lucy Bates, of the State of Massachusetts, praying a grant of money to support herself and family, in consequence of the death of her husband Levi Bates, who was drowned while building a public pier on Plymouth beach.
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1852, A the petition of Mary Woodward, widow of an officer of the United States revenue service, who was drowned while in the discharge of his duty, praying a pension.
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1828, A. petition of inhabitants of Harrodsburg, in the State of Kentucky, praying that provision may be made for the relief of the widow and children of Gabriel Alexander, who was drowned near that place
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1822, A petition of Robert Wright, praying that he may be allowed the expense attending the transportation of the servants and baggage of his son, Major Clinton Wright, who was drowned whilst descending the Flint river, then assistant adjutant general of the United State
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1854, A petition of Margaret Chandler, mother of Walter S. Chandler of the army, who was drowned while in the discharge of his duty, praying a pension.
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1866, A petition of Sabina Himpelman, widow of the late Julius Himpelman, private company H, 46th regiment New York volunteers, who was drowned at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 22d of March, 1864, while absent from the general hospital on a furlough, praying to be allowed a pension
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1848, A memorial of Emily Maria Pinkney, daughter of a naval officer who was drowned while in the discharge of his duty, praying to be allowed a pension
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1818, A petition of Hanson Catlett, a surgeon in the army of the United States, praying compensation for a negro slave, who was drowned while attending him as a servant, during the late war with Great Britain.
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1866, A petition of Messrs. Schley and Emery, of Baltimore, Maryland, praying that a pension may be granted to Mrs. Agnes W. Laughlin, widow of William Laughlin, late of company C, third Maryland cavalry, who was drowned by the sinking of the United States steamer North America in the month of December, 1864, while absent from his regiment on furlough, on account of sickness contracted in the service.
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1846, A memorial of Sarah Ann Hart, widow, and Monmouth B. Hart, Joel Kelly, and William Close, sureties of Benjamin F. Hart, deceased, a purser in the navy, who was drowned at sea, praying to be allowed a credit equal to the balance appearing against him on the settlement of his accounts; and that the pension to his widow may be continued.
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1834, A petition of John Hall, of the State of Georgia, praying to be paid the value of a negro man owned by him, which negro man was drowned while in the service of the United States engineer department, and while engaged in public works on the Appalachicola harbor.
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1847, A petition of Lieutenant David D. Porter, in behalf of Eliza Bache, window of the late Lieutenant G. M. Bache, praying remuneration for the property and money of her late husband, which was swept overboard from the United States brig Washington, when he was drowned.
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1850, A petition of Eliza C. Bache, widow of George M. Bache, deceased, a lieutenant in the navy, praying that a gratuity may be extended to her in consideration of the death of her husband who was drowned at sea whilst in the execution of his duty.
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1829, petition of Reeside, Robinson, & Company, contractors for carrying the mail of the United States on a route in the State of Virginia, praying payment for two horses drowned in crossing a water course while carrying the mail
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1870, Whereas on the night of Sunday, January 2, the American schooner Statesman was wrecked on Rockaway Beach, Long Island, and in a heroic and successful attempt to rescue the crew of said vessel, Frank Abrams, of Rockaway, one of the crew of the life-boat from the government life-saving station on that beach, while in the actual effort to snatch from death a sinking fellow-man, fell overboard and was himself drowned, leaving a wife and one child in straitened circumstances; and whereas similar instances of gallant self-sacrifice in the cause of humanity have heretofore occurred on the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, where these life-saving stations are located: Therefore,

Be it resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill granting a suitable pension to the widow of the said Frank Abrams during the continuance of her widowhood; and also further to consider the propriety and advisability of a general bill granting pensions to all such members of the crews of life-saving stations, on the said coasts, as shall hereafter lose their own lives in similar efforts to save the lives of others.
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1838, A petition of Jasper Strong, George Terrill, and Jackson Morton, praying remuneration for three slaves who were drowned at the navy yard near Pensacola, while in the employ of Government.
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1873, A petition of Margaret C. Bell, widow of the late Rear-Admiral H. H. Bell, drowned in Osaka Harbor, Japan, praying for relief;
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1842, A petition of citizens of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, praying that suitable provision be made for the widow of David Ross Crawford, a passed midshipman, who was drowned in attempting to save the life of a seaman.
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1834, A petition of Sherlock S. Gregory, praying an inquiry into the causes of the death of the Creek Indians who were drowned in the Mississippi river in October last by the explosion of a steamboat.
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1838, A Memorial of Opothle-yo-ho-lo a, chief of the Creek nation of Indians, praying to be indemnified for the loss of a negro, drowned in the service of the United States.
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Henry C. Fillebrown.

A BILL
December 18, 1871,

Authorizing the payment of a sum of money to , the widow of Henry C. Fillebrown, a civil engineer, who lost his life by drowning in the Coosa River, in the State of Alabama, when engaged in the service of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and llonse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed, to pay unto , the widow of the late Henry 0. Fillebrown, civil engineer, who lost his life by being drowned in the Coosa River, in the State of Alabama, when employed in the service of the United States, such sum of money as the said Henry C. Fillebrown would have been entitled to receive had he lived and continued in the service of the United States until the expiration of twelve months from the day, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, when he entered upon such service: Provided, however, That no money shall be paid in pursuance of this act except at the rate of the salary at which the said Henry C. Fillebrown was employed at the time of his death, to be shown by the certificate of the Chief Engineer of the Army; which certificate, besides stating the salary at which the said Henry C. Fillebrown was employed, shall also state the day on which, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one,- his term of service began.
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1832, The death of Charles C. Johnston, one of the Representatives of the State of Virginia, which took place at Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, on the 17th instant, by drowning.
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1837, The memorial of John Gardiner, tendering to Congress the purchase of his right to an invention to preserve persons from drowning.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Mail Carriers & Mail Guards.

Being a mail carrier could be a very dangers job, the dangers were from Indians and your plain mail robbers, then their was the weather and the dangers of floods. The men on this list faced all these dangers and some were even killed in the service.

Some of the information on these men are fairly long, while others are short and some are just a short note. If you would like to request information on any of these names, you can find my address in my profile. ( Please give the title of this page for without it I may not be able to help. You.)
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1. Josiah H. Webb, 1806..

2. John Heaps, 1819 or 1820.

3. Samuel Gordon, 1804.

4. Alan Farquhar, 1817 or 1818.

5. Patrick Green, 1822.

6. Gabriel Alexander, A petition 1828.

7. Ephraim Potter, Killed Sept. 5, 1861.

8. John L. Carr, 1863.

9. Jesse Butts, 1857.

10. Peter Nicol, 1864.

11. William P. Lowrey, 1861.

12. Greenbury Griffin, 1818.

13. Joseph Garcias, 1842.

14. Daniel Cotton, 1806.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Union Sharpshooters.

Frank Bem.

A BLL

Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue arms and equipments to Captain Frank Bern’s company of Bohemian Sharpshooters, of the Territory of Dakota.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue, as a loan, one hundred stand of Sharp’s rifled carbines and equipments to Captain Frank Bem’s company of Bohemian Sharpshooters, of Dakota Territory.
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1. Charles V. De Land, late colonel of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, to be brigadier-general by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

2. Major Edwin J. Buckbee, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

3. Major George G. Hastings, of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

4. Brevet Captain William P. Shreve, first lieutenant of the Second United States Sharpshooters, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

5. First Lieutenant William P. Shreve, of the Second United States Sharp-Shooters, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

6. William I. Driggs, late first lieutenant of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, to be second lieutenant, February 23, 1866.

7. Captain W. C. Squire, of the Seventh Ohio Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1866.

8. Brevet Major W. C. Squire, captain of the Seventh Ohio Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1866.

9. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. Squire, captain of the Seventh Ohio Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1866.

10. Brevet Major G. B. Clarke, captain of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

11. Captain G. B. Clarke, of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

12. Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Nichols, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for conspicuous gallantry in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

13. Surgeon A. F. Whelan, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

14. Captain George R. Abbott, of the First Maine Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the recent campaign terminating in the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

15. Captain Leverett Case, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

16. Captain J. S. De Land, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

17. Captain Ira L. Evans, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

18. First Lieutenant William McCory, of the Seventh Independent Company Ohio Volunteer Sharpshooters, for efficient and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

19. Captain George H. Murdock, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant services at the battle of Spottsylvania, and during the present campaign before Richmond, Virginia, to date from December 2, 1864.

20. Captain William H. Terrill, of the Forty-third New York Volunteers, for meritorious conduct while commanding the sharpshooters at the battle of Winchester, to date from September 19, 1864.

21. Captain William W. Winthrop, of the First United States Sharp-shooters, for the Department of the Susquehanna, September 19, 1864.

22. Samuel F. Murry, late captain of the Second Regiment United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

23. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Hastings, major of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

Thomas G. Prettyman.

Thomas G. Prettyman.
1787-1837.

Sharpshooter.

Born: 25 MAR 1787 Lewistown, Delaware, married Mary Petton, on 10, Oct. 1825, at Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia. They had at lest one child; Harriet Prettyman, born JAN 1838 Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia and died in 1920, at Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia. Thomas G. Prettyman, died on 11 DEC 1837 Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia.

Thomas G. Prettyman, formerly a sergeant in Captain Aisquith's company of sharpshooters, in 1836, he was asking for a pension. Then in 1837, he died, in 1838, Mary had a memorial before Congress which stated; Mary Prettyman, widow of Thomas G. Prettyman, who served, as a non-commissioned officer, in the late war with Great Britain, and died in consequence of his exposure whilst a prisoner of war, praying a pension.
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CHAP. C L III.—An Act for the relief of Mary Prettyman.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and forty-seven dollars, to Mary Prettyman, widow of Thomas U. Prettyman, deceased, who was a sergeant in Captain Aisquith’s company, third brigade of Maryland militia, in the service of the United States, and who died of disabilities incurred in said service during the last war with Great Britain.
APPROVED, August 11, 1842.

Sharpshooters of the South.

Here is a list of Sharpshooters from the south, the list is to help you find your ancestor, who you may have known or may not have known he was a sharpshooter. Many of these men are recorded more then once, by doing a name search you can follow him through the ranks. The names on this list will be officers only.
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1. Captain Frank Bern’s company of BohemIan Sharpshooters, of the Territory of Dakota.

2. Col Franklin Whitner Kilpatrick, born 1837, died 1863, killed At Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.

3. Robert H. Anderson, born 1835, died 1888, Major, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Georgia.

4. Joseph Abney, born 1819, died1870, First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

5. B. B. Smith, Second South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

6. William H. Ross, Captain, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Georgia.

7. George C. Dent, Captain, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Georgia.

8. Alfred L. Hartridge, Captain, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Georgia.

9. Alfred Chisholm, Captain, First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

10. Edmund Rhett, jr., Captain, First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

11. James Lowndes, Captain First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

12. Paul H. Waring, Captain, born unknown, died 1863, Second South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina, was shot and killed by a Federal marksman.

13. Joseph B. Allston, Captain, born 1833, died 1904, Second South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

14. Henry Buist, Captain, Second South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

15. Josiah Bedon, Frist Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

16. Horace A. Crane, Second Lieutenant, born 1841, died 1920, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

17. J. C. Clemson, Second Lieutenant, born 1841, died 1871, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

18. M. Stuart, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

19. W. C. Simmons, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

20. Abbott B. White, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

21. E. P. Carter, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

22. J. G. Guignard, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

23. Charles J. Macbeth, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

24. T. J. Dunovant, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

25. Henry Seabrook, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

26. William A. Boyle, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

27. E. W. Fraser, Second Lieutenant, born 1838, died 1911, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

28. John H. Gardner, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

29. N. Bayard Sadler, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

30. Alfred Bryan, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

31. M. Molina, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

32. Robert Wayne, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

33. Richard Cuyler King, Second Lieutenant, born 1842, died 1913, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

34. Henry Herrmann, Second Lieutenant, born 1822, died 1875, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

35. George H. Johnston, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

36. S. C. Boylston, First Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

37. William Elliott, First Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

38. B. G. Pinckney, First Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

39. E. H. Holman, First Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

40. J. G. Huguenin, First Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

41. Isaac Hayne, First Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

42. Benjamin H. Hardee, First Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

43. H. D. Twyman, Fist Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

44. J. L. Holcombe, Fist Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

45. S. W. Lawrence, Fist Lieutenant,First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

46. Peter Cheves Gaillard, born 1812, died 1889, of South Carolina, to be colonel Twenty-seventh South Carolina Regiment (formed by the consolidation of the First Infantry and First Sharpshooters battalions), to rank from October 2, 1863.

47. Capt. N. L. Hutchins, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 10, 1863.

48. Julius A. Blake, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-seventh South Carolina Regiment (formed by the consolidation of the First Infantry and First Sharpshooters battalions), to rank from October 2, 1863.

49. T. D. Caswell, of Georgia, to be major Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 4, 1863.

50. Frank Maney, of Tennessee, to be major Twenty-fourth Tennessee Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from August 15, 1863.

51. Jos. Abney, born 1819, died 1870, of South Carolina, to be major Twenty-seventh South Carolina Regiment (formed by the consolidation of the First Infantry and First Sharpshooters battalions), to rank from October 2, 1863.

52. William M. Crumley, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

53. G. McMillan, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

54. W. E. Simmons, born 1839, died 1931, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

55. J. F. Martin, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

56. John W. King, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

57. Newton N. Gober, born 1836, died 1912, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

58. James H. Williams, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

59. S. H. Ware, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

60. William R. Montgomery, born 1839, died 1906, of Georgia, to be first, lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

61. T. L. Ardis, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

62. J. Towers, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank front May 5, 1863.

63. Thomas S. Wayne, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 3, 1863.

64. C. L. Schlatter, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

65. G. P. Butler, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company C, Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 23, 1863.

66. J. B. Griffin, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company A, Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

67. J. B. Griffin, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company A, Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

68. Alf. Moore, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company A, Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

69. C. S. Patillo, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

70. W. T. Iglehart, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 21, 1863.

71. Thomas D. Guinn, of Georgia, born 1840, died 1896, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

72. E. H. Chandler, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

73. D. Bunt, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

74. C. H. Strickland, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

75. S. M. Kemmerlin, born 1836, died 1892, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 9, 1863.

76. A. M. Hartsfield, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 5, 1863.

77. J. W. Hightower, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 4, 1863.

78. J. T. Hunt, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 3, 1863.

79. J. Turpin, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

80. J. B. O'Brien, of Mississippi, to be second lieutenant, Ninth Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 28, 1863.

81. Albert Gough, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 16, 1863.

82. J. W. Barrett, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

83. J. M. Martin, of Tennessee, to be second lieutenant, Twenty-fourth Tennessee Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 15, 1863.

84. W. R. White, of Arkansas, Captain, for duty with Twelfth Arkansas Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank June 14, 1862.

85. John R. Youree, First Lieutenant, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 4, 1863.

86. James H. Williams, First Lieutenant, of Georgia, to be adjutant. Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 29, 1863.

87. John L. Blain, First Lieutenant, of Texas, to be adjutant First Texas Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 16, 1863.

88. J. B. Downing, of Mississippi, to be second lieutenant Company C, Ninth Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters

89. Thomas F. Roche, First Lieutenant, of Virginia, to be adjutant Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 5, 1862.

90. Robert Wayne, First Lieutenant, of Georgia, to be adjutant First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 18, 1862.

91. N. Stallworth, of Alabama, to be major Twenty-third Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from March 14, 1864.

92. S. P. Norris, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company B, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from April 21, 1864.

93. N. G. Robinson, Chaplain, of Virginia, for duty with Thirtieth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from October 18, 1864.

94. F. S. Spiller, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company B, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters.

95. A. D. Warwick, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company E, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

96. A. B. Samuels, to be second lieutenant Company B, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from January 11, 1863.

97. First Lieut. B. H. Hardee, of Georgia, to be captain, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters.

98. Second Lieut. H. Herrmann, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters.

99. W. G. Gray, Captain, of Georgia, for duty with First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, March 1, 1863.

100. J. T. Smith, of Mississippi, for duty with Ninth Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 14, 1862.

101. Eli J. Shelton, Captain, of Texas, for duty with Burnett's (Texas) Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 14, 1862.

102. S. Huguenin, Captain, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank April 7, 1863.

103. Capt. W. W. Humphreys, of South Carolina, to be major Palmetto Sharpshooters, vice Major Kilpatrick, appointed colonel First South Carolina Regiment, to rank from January 31, 1863.

104. S. R. Proctor, First Lieutenant, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, October 30, 1862.

105. T. B. Crooker, Second Lieutenant, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, October 18, 1862.
106. Theodore H. Coe, Second Lieutenant, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, October 13, 1862.

107. Capt. R. H. Whiteley, of Georgia, to be major Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from March 26, 1863.

108. First Lieut. H. D. Twyman, of Georgia, to be captain Company A, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters.

109. Second Lieut. H. A. Crane, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant Company A, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters.

110. Capt. A. Shaaff, to be major First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, 1863.

111. Charles P. Roberts, First Lieutenant, of Georgia, to be adjutant Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from February 19, 1864.

112. S. M. Morrison, First Lieutenant, of Missouri, for duty with Pindall's Battalion Sharpshooters, to take rank from December 15, 1862.

113. J. Cummings, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company B, Fourteenth Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from August 29, 1863.

114. George C. Jones, First Lieutenant, of Alabama, to be adjutant Twenty-third Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters (original vacancy), to rank from May 24, 1864.

115. Capt. W. E. Simmons, of Georgia, to be major Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from September 18, 1863.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Soldiers Of Texas.

A while back I was asked by a Texas genealogy Society, to help them from time to time To do some look ups. Now I usually work with the Union records. Now I have noting against the Confederacy it’s just that their records are harder to work with. So I thought I better take a good look so when I was asked to do a look up I would have a place to start.

The information on these Texas men are short notes, but there is more information on most of them. If you need more information, you should find them on the internet easily enough. If you can write to me and I will look into it, but ( please give the title of this page for whit out the title I may not be able to help you.)
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Andrew Caughfield.

Birth: 1835.
Death: Oct. 30, 1915
Burial: Old Rock Cemetery, Somerset, Atascosa County, Texas.
Service: Private, Co D 5th Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army.
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Edward Winans.

Birth: Dec. 31, 1831.
Death: Jan. 10, 1917.
Burial: Old Rock Cemetery, Somerset, Atascosa County, Texas.
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Reuben Acker Higgason.
1840-1881.

He enlisted in the 5th Texas Infantry, CSA, it being one of the regiments that composed the Hood's Brigade and participated in the following battles: Manassas, Fisher's Bridge, the Seven Days' battles around Richmond, and others that Hood's Brigade was engaged in up to Sept. 1863. He was promoted and transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department. He, with Maj. Clemson, a grandson of John C. Calhoun, was detailed and sent to San Antonio, TX, with a large amount of Confederate money, as distributing officers. The two men, along with the money, were captured near the Mississippi River on Sept. 9, taken to Johnson's Island off Sandusky, Ohio and held for 22 months before being released.
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Nicholas Henry Darnell.
1807-1885.

Nicholas Henry Darnell (April 20, 1807 - June 7, 1885) Soon after arriving in Texas in 1838, Nicholas Darnell was elected to the Republic of Texas Congress, where he served as Speaker of the House. A delegate to the 1845 Statehood Convention, he later represented Dallas and Tarrant counties in the State Legislature, again serving as speaker. He resigned in 1863 to lead the 18th Texas Cavalry. After the Civil War, Darnell was again elected to the Texas Legislature and was a delegate to the 1875 Constitutional Convention.
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Col John T. Coit.
1829-1872.

John T. Coit, a lawyer who moved here from South Carolina. During the Civil War he raised a regiment in the Dallas area and served as a colonel. Originally buried on a bluff of the Trinity River.
Service: Private, Co I 36th Tex Cavalry, Confederate States Army.
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William George King.
1832-1901.

Came to Texas from Dove County, Tn. by wagon, with his mother, Rachel, and stepfather, John A.M. Boyd in February 1841. William was a trail driver; fought at the battle Salada Creek in 1841;brought the cannon away before the approach of Vasquez in the Vasquez Invasion; and was a private, Company I, 3rd regiment, Texas Mounted Infantry Volunteers, in the Mexican War.
He was the first tax assessor-collector of Guadalupe County and served in that office until he resigned to become a Major in the CSA, serving as chief quartermaster under General Henry Eustace McCulloch.
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Nathaniel Macon Burford.
1824-1898.

He was made colonel of the nineteenth Texas cavalry and attached to Gen. W. H. Parsons' cavalry brigade and remained with it until 1864, when, on account of illness, incapacitating him from active service, he resigned.
In 1866, he was elected a member of the eleventh legislature from Dallas county and upon the assembling of the legislature, he was elected speaker of that body, a position which he filled with singular ability until, with almost all mother public officials, he was removed as an impediment to reconstruction by Gen. Phil Sheridan.
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Richard Waterhouse.
1832-1876.

Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Rhea County, Tennessee, he ran away from home to fight in the Mexican War. On his return, he moved with his parents in 1849 to San Augustine, Texas, working with his father in the family business until the Civil War. On May 13, 1862, he was commissioned Colonel of the 19th Texas, a regiment he had helped recruit, and through 1863 he served in Arkansas and Louisiana. At Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, on August 18, 1862, he won high commendations from Brigadier General Henry E. McCulloch for leading a determined charge against Federal troops within artillery range of Union gunboats.

Commanding a regiment in Brigadier General William R. Scurry's brigade, Major General John G. Walker's division, he participated in the battles at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill during the Red River Campaign in spring 1864, being singled out for praise by Lieutenant General Richard Taylor. Favorably impressed, General E. Kirby Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department, appointed him Brigadier General to rank from April 30, 1864. The promotion was not confirmed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis until March 17, 1865 and by the Confederate Senate until the 18th, the last day the legislators were in session before the government collapsed. After the war, he lived in San Antonio and in Jefferson, Texas, where he speculated in land. He died from pneumonia contracted after falling down a set of hotel stairs on a trip to Waco.
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David Browning Culberson.
1830-1900.

Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War first as Colonel and commander of the 18th Texas Infantry, then as Adjutant General of the State of Texas. Elected to represent two different Texas Districts in the United States House of Representatives. First represented the 2nd District from 1875 to 1883, then the 4th District from 1883 to 1897). He served a defense attorney for Abe Rothschild in his famous Murder Trial of his wife. Culbertson County, Texas is named for him.
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John Henry Broocks.
1829-1901.

Confederate Officer. He moved to Texas in 1837, and was a veteran of the Mexican War. At the start of the Civil War he joined Company C, Whitfield's Legion. Broocks served until the end of the war, saw service with Hood's Army in Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee, and was promoted to Colonel in 1864. He was the father of Congressman Moses Lycurgus Broocks (1864-1908).
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Col John Albert Williams.
1824-1867

When the Civil War broke out, John joined the Confederate Army. He was commissioned as a Captain. In May 1863, he was promoted to Major and served as the Chief Engineer on General Lee's staff. After the War was over, General Lee presented each member of his staff with a signed copy of the famous Order #9.
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Sebron Graham Sneed, Jr.
1836-1894.

In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in Company G, Sixth Regiment, Texas Infantry. He was later promoted to Captain and was an Assistant Adjutant General when captured by Union troops.
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Capt Andrew J. Ross.
1835-1905.

Enrolled in the Texas 22nd Infantry Regiment in August 1862, which was organized in Tyler (Smith County). He served in various capacities and volunteered as a regimental orderly. His highest rank was first lieutenant and adjutant, confirmed on December 21, 1864. A. J. Ross was present at all roll calls, and he served until his regiment surrendered on May 26, 1865. Ross took the oath of amnesty to U.S. government on July 26, 1865.
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Capt Bird Holland.
(?)-1864.

In, November 1861, he joined the Confederate Army. During the war, Bird served as adjutant of Colonel Richard B. Hubbard's Twenty-second Texas Infantry with the rank of major. He was killed in action on April 8, 1864, at the head of his regiment at the battle of Mansfield, Louisiana during the Red River campaign. The following year, his body was returned to Austin, and interred October 14, 1865 in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Khleber Miller Van Zandt, Sr.
1836-1930.

Van Zandt served as a Major in the 7th Texas Infantry, C. S. A. He served in the 13th Texas legislature and the constitutional convention of 1875.
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Augustine J. Byrd.
1828-1881.

Major, Parson's Texas Cavalry Brigade, CSA.
Mexican War: Co. I, 3 United States Dragoons
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Walter Nathaniel Norwood.
1838-1902.

He joined the Dixie Blues in the 35 Texas regiment and thus was brigaded under the famous Gen. Hood. His company was first commanded by Capt. John D. Rogers. During the war he received several wounds one of which near the breast was so desperate that perhaps it ultimately contributed to the cause of his death. After that he served in the commissary department, with rank of captain.
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Maj Benjamin Alexander Botts.
1832-1885.

Benjamin left for News Orleans in 1848, stayed about 1 year & returned to Fredericksburg because of declining health. He left for Texas in September of 1851. He married America Ballinger on July 1, 1856. He served in Terry's Texas Rangers from the start of the war until November of 1862 when he was assigned as Regimental Adjutant General to General John Austin Wharton. After General Wharton's death,Benjamin was assigned to the Taxation Department in Houston in 1864. He was a Mason, along with his brothers Walter & Charles, serving as the Master of Holland Lodge #1 in Houston in 1856, Grand Commandery of the Texas Knights Templar in 1865 & then Grand Master of all Masons in Texas in 1885.
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Capt Thomas H Skidmore.
1823-1899.

Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.
Thomas H. Skidmore, of Texas, for duty with Ninth Texas Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
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John Austin Wharton.
1828-1865.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Texas militia and was named captain of Company B, Eighth Texas Cavalry. When the commanders of the unit, Benjamin Terry and Thomas Lubbock, died within weeks of each other, he was named commander of the group - now named Terry's Texas Rangers after their organizer. He led his men through a series of exceptional battles: the Battle of Shiloh, where he was wounded; the 1862 Kentucky invasion, which led to his promotion to brigadier general; Murfreesboro, where he was wounded a second time; the Battle of Chickamauga, where he was promoted to major general in 1863. He was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi department in Louisiana in early 1864, leading the cavalry at the tail end of the Red River campaign. On April 6, 1865, while he was visiting General John Magruder's headquarters in Houston, General Wharton was shot and killed by another officer over a debate in military tactics. He was first buried in Hempstead near his home, but was later re-interred with full honors in the Texas State Cemetery in recognition of his service.
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