Winnie Davis Camp No. 108 UCV Records from Membership Register   James Gill Elected Captain April 1895 Ent Conf Serv July 1861 Pvt Co O, 12th Ark Inf; Arkadelphia, Ark; 2nd Sgt 1862; present at New Madrid, Mo., Island No. 10, Port Hudson, La., skirmishing from Little Rock to Camden, Ark., Martin's Mill, Ark; prisoner 1862 Island No. 10 and again 1863 Port Hudson, La; disch May 1865. At surrender Island No. 10 POW and sent to Camp Douglas, Ill; exch Sept 1862 and went to Port Hudson, La. At its surrender was paroled and ent Conf Ser Dec 1863; assigned to duty in Cavalry; was dismounted March 1864 and assigned to Command Post 2. Surrendered Marshall, Tex; ret to Sevier Co Ark and in 1869 moved to Ellis Co. Tex. [Obituary from The Confederate Veteran, Vol. XXIV,  No. 4, April 1916, p. 177, [contributed by Ruth Walsh] James M. Gill, born in Greene County, Ala., June 18, 1842, was a son of Nathan Gill, a native of South Carolina.  The family moved from Alabama to Arkansas where James grew to manhood.  At eighteen he enlisted in the Confederate service in Co. G, 12th Ark. Regt., and served mainly east of the Mississippi River.  He was taken prisoner at Island No. 10, and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, where he remained for five months before being sent to Vicksburg and exchanged.  He was captured again at Port Hudson, but soon paroled and sent home.  After four months, he was again exchanged and saw service on the west side of the Mississippi.  His command looked after Gen. Steele and kept him back until after Banks' defeat - then went to Marshall, Tex. Gill went to Arkansas after the surrender, but moved to Ellis County. Texas in 1869.  Here he married Miss Texas Wright and to this union was born one son.  Wife and son survive.  For some fifteen years the family have lived in Coleman County, Tex. Surviving comrades of Mr. Gill are asked to write to his son, E. W. Gill, Santa Anna, Tex.   Copyright © 2002-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:18:52 MDT