"Freestone Freemen"
Contributed by: Tim Bell
Enlisted at Fairfield, Texas, July 25, 1861, by W.L. Moody. Mustered-in to Confederate service at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, November 10, 1861. Information obtained from the Compiled Service Records, National Archives; italics indicate information obtained from other sources; *Indicates original member of company; age at the time of enlistment in parentheses, when known.
| Officers | Non-Commissioned | Privates |
*Captain MOODY, William L. (33)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862, exchanged;
promoted Major, to rank from February 15, 1862; promoted to
Lieutenant Colonel, August 29, 1862; transferred to Regimental
Headquarters. Born in 1820 in Virginia, Moody moved to Fairfield
in 1852. Founded W.L. Moody & Brothers, a cotton and mercantile
business with his four brothers. Moody moved his family to
Galveston in 1866. Here, he founded the Galveston Cotton
Exchange, of which he was president, and was founder and
director of the Gulf, Colorado, & Sante Fe Railroad. With a net
worth of approximately $100 million, Moody was one of the
richest men in the Southwest. He died in 1920 at the age of 92
and is buried in the family cemetery in Chesterfield County,
Virginia.
*1st Lt. COLLETT, James H. (36)
born January 13, 1825, in Caldwell, North Carolina; elected 1st
Lt. by company, August 1, 1861; POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee,
February 16, 1862-received, Camp Chase, March, 1862; received at
Johnson's Island, April 17, 1862; transferred to Vicksburg for
exchange, September 1, 1862-received, September 20, 1862;
ordered to report to Col. Granbury, Special Order #84, October
17, 1862 (Gen. Van Dorn's order); shown on recruiting duty in
Texas, October 16, 1862-December 31, 1862; present,
January-February, 1863; March 15, 1863-promoted Captain to rank
from February 15, 1862; (w), Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863,
slightly; Mentioned in Col. Granbury's report, Official Records,
battle of Raymond: "Captain [J.H.] Collett was wounded by a
grapeshot." Left sick at Yazoo City, Mississippi, June 30,
1863-October, 1863; absent, on sick furlough, July-October,
1863; paid $900, October 13, 1863, for December 1, 1861-October
1, 1862, by H.T. Massengale; shown as commanding the regiment,
November-December, 1863; paid $260, December 7, 1863, by W.H.
Moores, for July 31-September 31, 1863; paid $260, December 23,
1863, by W.H. Moores, for September 30-November 30, 1863; paid
$130, January 3, 1864, by W.H. Moores, for November 30-December
31, 1863; present & commanding regiment, Field & Staff muster
rolls, dated January-April, 1864 (as Captain); granted leave,
Special Order #105/1, April 16, 1864 (Gen. Johnston's order);
(w), Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864 (thigh); POW,
Columbia, Tennessee, December 21, 1864; received at Louisville,
Kentucky, January 28, 1865; sent to Ft. Delaware, February 1,
1865, received, February 5, 1865; released from Ft. Delaware on
June 17, 1865 on his oath of allegiance to U.S. 5'8", light
complexion & hair, blue eyes. James H. Collett moved to
Fairfield, Texas, in 1852 or 1853. He made his money by buying
land at .10 an acre, and selling for $1.00 an acre. He married
Margaret A. Daviss on October 2, 1856. They had two daughters,
Mary; and Margaret, who died in 1859 in an accident. Collett's
wife also died. After returning to Fairfield on July 6, 1865,
Collett married his sister-in-law, Eliza, and they moved to
Galveston in 1867. In 1877, they relocated to Austin, Texas.
They had five children: Eugenia, James D., Guy A., Ed K., and
Rosa. Collett died on June 28, 1916, at the age of 91, and is
buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin, Texas.
*2d Lt. STEELE, Elihu R.G. (23)
left sick at Clarksville, Tennessee, February 10, 1862; (d), March
1, 1862.
*Jr. 2d Lt. BURLESON, Oliver (33)
(d), Clarksville, Tennessee, December 12, 1861. Name appears on
roll of commissioned officers, P.A.C.S., as died, December 12,
1861. Succeeded by R.E. Steele.
* 1st Sgt. MILES, James
DeGraffenreid (27)
born in Lowndes County, Alabama, November 17, 1834; POW, Fort
Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas,
Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862; promoted to
1st Lt., February 25, 1863; (w), Raymond, Mississippi, May 12,
1863, slight. Mentioned in Col. Granbury's report, Official
Records, battle of Raymond: Lieutenants [J.D.] Miles and [T.S.]
Townsend were slightly wounded." June 30, 1863-signs roll as
commanding company, to roll dated March-April, 1864; received
requisition, dated November 1, 1863- 12 jackets, 27 pair pants,
13 pair drawers, 10 shirts, 14 pair shoes, 3 pair socks, 5
blankets, 3 pans, 1 one cup, 4 camp kettles; December 10,
1864-listed as Acting Assistant Adjutant General, Granbury's
Brigade; POW April 26, 1865, & paroled, Company B, Granbury's
Consolidated Brigade, Greensboro, NC, May 1, 1865 (as Captain).
Miles was issued Confederate pension #23763 on September 1,
1913. A.G. Anderson and Mike Inderman gave depositions in his
case. Anderson stated "He (Miles) was a brave and gallant
soldier and officer." Inderman stated "Neither one of us were
ever furloughed during the war. We participated in every battle
fought by our command, and were both present when our command
was surrendered in North Carolina, in 1865. A braver and more
gallant soldier than Capt. Jim D. Miles never served in the
Confederacy. He was a kind and discreet officer, and loved by
all who knew him." Capt. Miles died on October 21, 1917, at the
age of 82, and is buried beside his wife, Ellen, at Prairie
Point Cemetery, Navarro County, Texas.
*2d Sgt. LOVE, C.W. (31)
(w), Fort Donelson, escaped capture, joined Terry's Texas Rangers
(8th Texas Cavalry); roll dated November-December, 1863: "killed
in Gen. Wheeler's raid around Chattanooga."
*3d Sgt. ANDERSON, George K. (21)
3rd Sgt. to rank from July 25, 1861; POW, Fort Donelson,
Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois;
admitted to USA Prison Hospital, May 6, 1862, for
diarrhea-returned to duty, August 10, 1862; exchanged at
Vicksburg, September, 1862; present, roll dated September 21,
1861-August 1, 1862; discharged, Clinton, Miss., October 6,
1862. Paid on October 11, 1862, by J.W. Jones. Anderson died
May, 1881. His widow, Caroline E. Anderson, was approved for
pension #7450 on September 17, 1900. She gave her address as
Putman, Callahan County, Texas. In her application, she stated
she married Anderson on October 8, 1865, in Fairfield. Giving
depositions in her case were A.G. Anderson and G.T. Bradley,
both formerly of Company G, and both of Freestone County. Stated
Bradley: A I know he [Anderson] enlisted in Company G, 7th Texas
Infantry. I know that he served for a considerable length of
time, at least as long as twelve months in the Confederate army.
He was honorably discharged." A.G. Anderson stated the same, and
that George K. Anderson "was a good soldier." Mrs. Anderson died
of Carcinoma on December 21, 1926, in Clyde, Texas, in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. L.R. Clemer.
*4th Sgt. OLIVER, John E. (24)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, December 21, 1861.
*5th Sgt. MOODY, Leroy F. (35)
born April 14, 1826, in Virginia; POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee,
February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at
Vicksburg, September, 1862; promoted to Jr. 2d Lt., on April 2,
1863; absent on leave, roll of July-August, 1863; signs roll as
commanding company, September-October, 1863; (w), Chickamauga,
slight; in Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Georgia, November 29, 1863
with dysentery; on leave February 15, 1864-March 13, 1864;
surrendered & paroled as a member of Company B, Granbury's
Consolidated Brigade, Greensboro, NC, April 26, 1865 (as 2nd
Lt.). Leroy Moody followed his brother, William, to Galveston as
the close of hostilities. He died on June 15, 1899, at the age
of 73, and is buried in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
*1st Cpl. PAXTON, W.F. (41)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
promoted to 4th Sgt, October 31, 1862; promoted to 3d Sgt, June
30, 1863; (d), at Quitman, Mississippi, on August 15, 1863.
*2d Cpl. WOMACK, John Albert (23)
Born: November 18, 1837, Butler or Lowndes County, Alabama. Moved
to Texas in the fall of 1854. Left sick at Clarksville,
Tennessee, on February 10, 1862; shown as in Texas, on muster
roll dated August 1, 1862; discharged, exempted by Board
Surgeon's for conscription (no date given). Womack was rejected
for a Texas pension on August 31, 1909, as he owned too much
property. He gave his age as 71, and his residence as Wortham,
Freestone County. Regarding his service, he stated at the war's
end he was Aon detail at the Government tan yard in Freestone
County, Texas. He stated he had also served in Col. Pyron's 2nd
Texas Cavalry. Witnessing his application were A.G. Anderson and
R.M. Compton. Stated Anderson: "On account of sickness and bad
health [Womack] was indefinitely furloughed while our command
was at Hopkinsville, Ky." He again filed on May 17, 1912, but
died before action could be taken. A.G. Anderson and Mike
Inderman witnessed this application, and Inderman stated, "He
made a good soldier."
*3d Cpl. STREETY, S.J.(27)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862; (d) at Camp
Douglas, Illinois, April 13, 1862 (of pneumonia).
*4th Cpl. HENDERSON, John M. (21)
(d), Clarksville, Tennessee, December 8, 1861.
*ANDERSON, Asa G. (23)
born in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi, March 20, 1838; POW,
Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
present, rolls dated September 21, 1861-August 1, 1862, July 31,
1862-October 31, 1862, December 31, 1862, January-February,
1863; promoted to 1st Sgt., April 8, 1863; (w), Raymond,
Mississippi, May 12, 1863-absent due to wound, June 30, 1863,
July- December, 1863. Anderson gives an account of his service
in Reminisces of the Boys in Gray/Yeary: "I was wounded in the
right arm at Raymond, Miss., which put me out of duty for about
eight months." Absent, courier to Texas, roll dated
January-February, 1864; (w), Battle of Atlanta, Juuly 22, 1864,
resection of 4" of left humerus; in Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon,
Georgia, September 7, 1864-furloughed on September 13, 1864;
assigned to Invalid Corps; name appears on roll of unattached
men, surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama, May 4, 1865, & paroled
at Jackson, Mississippi, on May 19, 1865 (as Sgt.). Due to his
wound, Anderson was unable to return to Fairfield until April,
1866. After the war, he became an attorney and judge. He
received Confederate pension #17249 on September 1, 1909. Mike
Inderman gave a deposition in his case. Anderson died on April
21, 1920, at the age of 82 at Teague, Texas, and is buried in
Fairfield Cemetery, Freestone County, Texas.
*ANDERSON, Zachariah J. (21)
Born: April 27, 1840, in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi; POW,
Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; admitted to USA Prison Hospital, April 7,
1862, due to pneumonia-returned to duty, April 11, 1862;
exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862; present, September 21,
1861-August 1, 1862, October 31, 1862, December 31, 1862,
January-February, 1863; promoted to 5th Sgt, April 8, 1863; (w),
Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863, absent due to wound, June
30, 1863, July- December, 1863, January-April, 1864; paid $34,
April 30, 1864, for March 18, 1864-April 30, 1864; absent on
detached duty, unable for field service due to wounds. After
being disabled by his wound, he was "detailed as mail courier
for Granbury's Brigade." Z.J. Anderson is mentioned by his
brother, A.G. Anderson, in Reminisces of the Boys in Gray
[Yeary], page 18, wounded at the battle of Raymond: Amy brother,
Z.J. Anderson, seemed to be shot all over. We stayed at our
uncle Jack Halladay's four months. Anderson's application for
pension #20445 was approved March 1, 1912, Dallas, Texas.
Depositions in his case were given by K.M. Van Zandt: "I
personally knew Zack J. Anderson a member of Company G, of said
regiment, and I know he was an excellent soldier and he was
wounded as stated by him." I.L. Van Zandt: "I was also a member
of said Seventh Texas Regiment of Infantry...and knew said Z.J.
Anderson and knew him to be a good soldier and that he did good
service and was wounded as stated." His doctor, Frank B. Morgan,
testified as to his wounds: "He has a gunshot wound in right arm
at elbow joint. The tendons are drawn and arm is almost useless
to him. Another wound in left side at lowest rib thence around
to back where part of vertebrae was shot off-another wound on
right hip near crest if ilium bone was shattered." Anderson died
October 18, 1922, at the age of 82, at the home of his daughter,
Fay Anderson, at 720 West 10th St., Dallas, Texas.
*ARCHIBALD, A.B. (23)
(d) Clarksville, Tennessee, December 16, 1861.
*ARCHIBALD, Robert (18)
(d), Clarksville, Tennessee, January 21, 1862.
*BALCH, John T. (17)
joined at Monroe, October 5, 1861; POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee,
February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at
Vicksburg, September, 1862; present, rolls dated October 31,
1862, December 31, 1862, January-February, 1863, March 1,
1863-June 30, 1863, July-August, 1863; (w), Chickamauga, severe;
present, rolls dated September-December, 1863, January-April,
1864; surrendered & paroled, as a member of Company B,
Granbury's Consolidated Brigade, at Greensboro, NC, April, 1865
(as 1st Sgt.).
*BALLARD, Evans (37)
left sick, Clarksville, February 7, 1862-supposed to be dead-time
unknown.
*BIGGER, Robert F. (19)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
present, August 1, 1862, October 31, 1862, December 31, 1862,
January-February, 1863, March 1, 1863-June 30, 1863, July-
August, 1863, listed as ambulance driver, order of Gen. Gregg;
paid .25/day as teamster, September 4, 1863; present,
September-October, 1863; (w), Taylor's Ridge, November 27, 1863-
in hospital, November-December, 1863; absent due to wound,
January-February, 1864; granted wound furlough, April 8-30,
1864; assigned to Invalid Corps, August 5, 1864. Remarks:
Student.
*BIGGER, William A. (21)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; admitted to USA Prison Hospital, April 23,
1862, for diarrhea-returned to duty, May 8, 1862; exchanged at
Vicksburg, September, 1862; present, rolls dated August 1, 1862,
October 31, 1862, December 31, 1862, January-February, 1863,
March 1, 1863-June 30, 1863; assigned to provost guard duty, by
order of Gen. Gregg, rolls dated July-October, 1863; (w),
Taylor's Ridge, November 27, 1863; present, January-April, 1864;
(w), Atlanta, arm-slight; admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon,
Georgia, July 22, 1864-transferred on July 23, 1864.
*BLAIN, George A. (21)
appointed Regimental Commissary Sergeant, to date from July 25,
1861; A3 months, 17 days at $20/mo.@ POW, Fort Donelson,
Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois;
exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862; present, August 1,
1862, January-February, 1863; Acting Commissary, from February
3, 1863; Mentioned in Col. Gregg's report, Official Records,
battle of Fort Donelson: "George Blain, a private in Company G,
captured and brought to me Major Post, of the 8th Illinois
Infantry...". present, as Commissary Clerk, March 1, 1863-June
30, 1863, July-October, 1863; present at HQ, November-December,
1863; appointed 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant, assigned
to Regimental Headquarters, December 22, 1863.
*BLYTHE, William H. (19)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
present, roll dated August 1, 1862; discharged due to chronic
diarrhea at Clinton, Mississippi, October 11, 1862. Paid on
November 5, 1862, by C.J. Armistead. Reenlisted, April 13, 1863,
at Fairfield, by W.L. Moody. Born: Talledega County, Alabama;
5'10", fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair. A farmer. Present,
July-October, 1863; name appears on clothing receipt, dated
October 28, 1863; absent, sick, at Atlanta, November-December,
1863, January-February, 1864; name appears on clothing receipt,
dated February 12, 1864; absent, sick, March-April, 1864.
BRADLEY, F.M.
enlisted April 17, 1863, at Fairfield, by W.L. Moody. Absent,
March 1, 1863-June 30, 1863, left sick near Yazoo City, June 1,
1863; absent sick in Alabama, July- August, 1863; present,
September-December, 1863; absent sick from February 15,
1864-March 15, 1864; present, March-April, 1864; appeared before
Medical Examining Board, Law Hospital, Selma, Alabama, May 28,
1864-granted 60 day furlough, due to chronic diarrhea, "sick 5
months"; admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Georgia,
September 4, 1864, due to chronic diarrhea-transferred,
September 7, 1864. Residence: Limestone County. Assigned to
Invalid Corps, September 10, 1864.
*BRADLEY, George T. (28)
Born April 8, 1833 in Alabama. POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee,
February 16, 1862-on roll at Camp Chase, March 1, 1862; sent to
Johnson's Island, April, 1862; received at Camp Chase, May 24,
1862; received at Vicksburg, September 11, 1862; present, roll
dated August 1, 1862; discharged, Clinton, Miss., October 6,
1862. Paid by J.W. Jones, October 11, 1862. Afterwards served in
Mattox's Company, Parsons' Texas Cavalry Brigade. Married W.L.
Moody's sister; Sheriff of Freestone County, 1867. Mentioned in
Confederate Veteran, 1914, in a letter from Capt. J.H. Collett
to Col. W.L. Moody, sent to the Veteran by Major K.M. Van Zandt:
"You no doubt remember that at the battle of Fort Donelson...a
mounted Federal officer suddenly appeared near the top of the
ridge about three hundred yards in front of us...our men
appeared spellbound by his bravado". At last George Bradley
raised his gun and aimed it at him, saying, `Watch me unhorse
that daredevil' (the balance of the sentence would not sound
well at a prayer meeting), and sure enough off he tumbled. The
next day Major George A. Bacon, of the 11th Illinois, took
dinner with me, and upon inquiry as to what mounted officer was
unhorsed at that particular place he said it was Col. John A.
["Blackjack"] Logan, of the 31st Illinois..." Bradley died on
June 14, 1910, at the age of 77, and is buried in Fairfield
Cemetery, Freestone County, Texas.
*BRYAN, Joseph K. (21)
Born: 1840; had lived in Butler, Texas, since March, 1856. POW,
Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September 20, 1862;
present, rolls dated August 1, 1862, October 31, 1862, December
31, 1862, January-February, 1863, March 1, 1863-June 30, 1863,
July-December, 1863, January-February, 1864; granted furlough
March 22, 1864-May 22, 1864. Bryan was approved for Texas
Confederate pension #10087 on March 17, 1904. He gave his age as
62, and his residence as Butler, Freestone County. Giving
depositions in his case were M. Inderman, and A.G. Anderson.
Stated Inderman: "I first knew him at his fathers house a few
miles east of Butler, Texas...he and I enlisted together in W.L.
Moody's Co. in the fall of 1861. He served during the entire war
in the Tenn. army and until surrendered in North Carolina in
spring of 1865 under Joe Johnston. He was in my mess. Joe K.
Bryan never deserted the Confederacy but remained with the
command till the end." Stated Anderson: "He [Bryan] enlisted in
the first infantry company that left Freestone County...and
served in Co. G 7th Texas Infantry regiment in October 1861 was
sworn in at Marshall, Texas, and served during the entire war,
served in the Tennessee army. Said Co. G was first commanded by
Capt. W.L. Moody, now of Galveston, and after his promotion it
was commanded by Capt. J.H. Collett, now of Austin." According
to a letter in the pension file, Bryan died in 1915, and is
buried in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas.
*BURLESON, John J. (22)
Born: About 1839, Marion County, Alabama; POW, Fort Donelson,
Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois;
exchanged at Vicksburg, September 20, 1862; present, rolls dated
August 1, 1862, October 31, 1862, December 31, 1862,
January-February, 1863, March 1, 1863-June 30, 1863; (w),
Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863, severe; present,
July-August, 1863; (w), Chickamauga, September 19, 1863-in
hospital, unknown; present, November-December, 1863,
January-April, 1864; surrendered & paroled, Company B,
Granbury's Consolidated Brigade, Greensboro, NC, April 26, 1865.
Burleson was approved for pension #29504 in September, 1914. He
gave his age as 75, and his residence as Gorman, Eastland
County. Giving depositions in his case were A.G. Anderson, age
76, and A.L. (Gus) Burleson, age 78, both of Freestone County
and formerly of Company G. Stated Anderson: "I have known John
J. Burleson...for over fifty years. We soldiered together,
joined the same company, and served during the Civil War
together. I knew him before the war broke out, generally saw him
in Fairfield, Texas, and knew where he lived. He was a farmer.
By reason of wounds, I was in the hospital a great deal of the
time, was in prison 8 or 9 months, but when I returned to the
Company at all and every time, John J. Burleson was
conspicuously present, and was performing the duties of a
soldier...I will here take pleasure in stating that no truer
soldier or braver man, ever enlisted in the Confederate
service...he was brave and true, from start to finish, and was
as brave and gallant soldier as ever enlisted and served in the
Confederate service, and to which every member of our company
and regiment, and even brigade, if now living, would testify to
the same." Burleson died on November 13, 1922, in Big Spring,
Texas, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Comanche County,
Texas.
*BURLESON, Augustus L. (24)
Burlison was born in San Augustine County, Texas, 1836. POW, Fort
Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas,
Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September 20, 1862; present,
rolls dated August 1, 1862, October 31, 1862, December 31, 1862;
paid $98.64 on January 14, 1863, for period of August 1,
1862-January 2, 1863, commutation of clothing; transferred to
Waul's Texas Legion, Company B, 2nd Battalion, Capt. Bradley's
company, roll of January-February, 1863. POW, Vicksburg, July 4,
1863, & paroled, July 9, 1863. Absent, January-February, 1864,
detailed to carry horses to Freestone County. April, 1865-absent
on furlough, as a member of Company A, Timmons' Regiment.
Burleson died on June 21, 1921 (or June 25, 1922), and is buried
in Burleson Cemetery, Freestone County, Texas. His widow, Mrs.
M.A. Burleson, was approved for pension #42289 in Streetman,
Freestone County, on August 2, 1926. In her application, she
stated she had married Burleson on October 22, 1871, in Houston,
Texas. Giving a deposition for her was I.H. Bonner, age 83, of
Freestone County. Bonner stated he had enlisted in Company D,
10th Texas, but was attached to Company A (Capt. Bradley's
Company), Timmons Regiment, from the spring of 1864 to about
March, 1865. A Mrs. Burleson died in the home of her son, S.A.
Burleson, on March 30, 1927, near Streetman, Navarro County, due
to paralysis.
*BURLESON, Isaac (20)
(d), Clarksville, Tennessee, December 16, 1861.
*BUSBY, John W. (21)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862; admitted to USA
Prison Hospital, Camp Douglas, Illinois, July 1, 1862, for
diarrhea-returned to duty, July 10, 1862; admitted to USA Prison
Hospital, July 2, 1862, for diarrhea-(d), August 11, 1862.
*CASON, B.L. (26)
left sick, at Clarksville, Tennessee, on February 9, 1862.
Discharged, on April 4, 1862; paid on April 5, 1862, by G.P.
Theobald.
*CHAMBERS, Bryant L. (37)
present, joined at organization, July 25, 1861; POW, Fort
Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas,
Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862; present,
rolls dated August 1, 1862, October 3,1 1862, December 31, 1862,
January-February, 1863, March 1, 1863-June 30, 1863,
July-October, 1863; granted furlough, to Butler County, Alabama,
from December 17, 1863-January 16, 1864; present, roll dated
January- February, 1863; (d), in Marietta, Georgia, hospital,
March 18, 1864.
*CHAMBERS, Henry (42)
joined at organization, July 25, 1861; POW, Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at
Vicksburg, September, 1862; present, rolls of August 1, 1862,
January-February, 1863; absent sick, Lauderdale Springs, Miss.,
hospital, March 1, 1863-June 30, 1863, July-August, 1863; paid
$175.50 on August 1, 1863, for bounty and clothing, for August
1, 1862-February 28, 1863; absent, sick, Sand Springs,
Mississippi, September-October, 1863; paid $88 on November 14,
1863, by Jno. Decker, for March 1, 1863-October 31, 1863;
absent, sick, Lauderdale Springs, Miss., November-December,
1863; absent, sick at hospital, January-February, 1864; paid $22
on February 23, 1864 by J.C. Graham, for November 1,
1863-December 31, 1863; present, March- April, 1864.
*CLANTON, Thomas (31)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, January 9 or 19, 1862.
*CLAYPOOL, James (19)
(d), Clarksville, Tennessee, December 14, 1861.
*CLOUGH, M.J. (22)
(d), Hopkinsville, Ketucky, December 14, 1861. Manuscript #1896,
dated December 14, 1861- Acoffin.
COLEMAN, H.
enlisted April 25, 1863 at Shreveport, by W.L. Moody; (w) at
Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863-severe; name appears on
hospital muster roll in Texas General Hospital, Quitman,
Mississippi, dated August 28, 1863; present, rolls dated
July-December, 1863, January-April, 1864; (k), near Kennesaw
Mountain, Georgia, June 21, 1864.
*DAVID, J.W. (22)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, December 14, 1861, or January 2,
1862. Manuscript #1896, dated December 14, 1861- Acoffin.
*DAY, Francis M. (20)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
present, roll dated August 1, 1862; discharged at Clinton,
Mississippi, October, 1862, due to chronic diarrhea. Surgeon's
Certificate signed by J.M. Jackson, Surgeon. Reenlisted, April
13, 1863 at Fairfield, by W.L. Moody. Born: Russell County,
Alabama; 5'10", blue eyes, black hair, dark complexion. A
farmer. (w), Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863, severe; left
sick, near Yazoo City, Mississippi, June 15, 1863; absent sick,
July-August, 1863; present, rolls dated September-December,
1863, January- April, 1864; promoted to 2nd Cpl., Color Guard,
on April 1, 1864; (w), Jonesboro, August 31, 1864-back, severe.
*DUNBAR, R.C. (18)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, January 2 or 7, 1862.
*ESKRIDGE, T.P. (18)
(d), Clarksville, Tennessee, December 25, 1861.
*FULLER, Milton Casey (22)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; admitted to USA Prison Hospital, May 8,
1862-returned to duty, May 22, 1862; exchanged at Vicksburg,
September, 1862; present, rolls dated August 1, 1862, October
31, 1862, December 31, 1862, January-February, 1863; promoted to
4th Sgt., April 8, 1863; present, rolls dated March 1, 1863-June
30, 1863, July-October, 1863 (as 4th Sgt.); present,
Nvoember-December, 1863 (as 2nd Sgt.); present, January-April,
1864 (as 3rd Sgt.); surrendered and paroled as a member of
Company B, Granbury's Consolidated Brigade, Greensboro, NC,
April 26, 1865 (as Sgt.). Fuller died on April 16, 1905 in
Limestone County, Texas. His widow, Mrs. M.A. Fuller, was
approved for Texas Confederate pension #18066, on February 28,
1910. In her application she stated that they had married on
January 19, 1870, in Limestone County. Giving depositions in her
case were J.W. Steele and Robert E. Steele.
*GOZA, J.J. (29)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on December 29, 1861.
*GRANN, Helge J. (31)
Born: April 5, 1830. POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16,
1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg,
September, 1862; discharged at Clinton, Mississippi, in October,
1862. Grann was approved for Texas Confederate pension #4790 on
November 25, 1899. He was residing in Bosque County, Texas.
Depositions were given by Lt. Col. W.L. Moody: "He...made a
first-rate soldier." and Capt. J.H. Collett: "When he was
exchanged in the fall of 1862 he was a very sick man. When he
was able for duty, he was a model soldier." H.J. Grann died on
December 23, 1924, at the age of 94, and is buried in the Norse
Cemetery, Bosque County.
*GREGG, John (32)
original member of Company; elected Colonel of regiment by
election, November 9, 1861. See Field/Staff. Promoted to
Brigadier-General, P.A.C.S., August 29, 1862. Confederate
Archives, Chapter 1, file 92, page #7.
*GROOVER, William L. (23)
left sick at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on February 7, 1862, roll
dated August 1, 1862- "supposed to be with Maxey's Regiment";
present, January-February, 1863; POW, Raymond, Mississippi, May
12, 1863-sent to Memphis, May 25, 1863; forwarded to Ft.
Delaware; sent to City Point, Virginia, for exchange; POW,
Gettysburg-joined at Chester, Pa., hospital, July 25, 1863; (d),
of typhoid fever, at Chester, Pennsylvania, on August 1, 1863.
Grave #99, Chester Cemetery.
*HARRIS, William T. (23)
POW, Fort Donelson, exchanged; present on all rolls to to April,
1864; Acting Sergeant-Major for regiment, March-April, 1864.
*HENDERSON, Simion T. (17)
POW, Fort Donelson, exchanged; absent, sick at Quitman,
Mississippi, on all rolls to August, 1863; present,
September-October, 1863; sickickathis relations, Hamilton,
Georgia, November-December, 1863; present, January-April, 1864;
(k), near Atlanta, July 6, 1864.
*HENDERSON, William Henry (19)
Born August 25, 1842. POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16,
1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg,
September, 1862; absent on furlough, July-August, 1863; present,
September-December, 1863, January-April, 1864. Absent on
furlough to Fairfield, sometime after February 18, 1865. William
H. Henderson died on November 20, 1892, at the age of 50, and
was buried in Rehobath (Young) Cemetery, Freestone County.
Henderson's widow, Mrs. Amelia Caroline Henderson, was approved
for pension #45630 on May 11, 1929. She gave her address as
Fairfield, Freestone County, and her age as 83. In her
application, she stated she married W.H. Henderson on May 9,
1865. Giving depositions were Charles E. Grayson and Mrs. Laura
Hill, who stated, "[we] have him recount his varied experiences
in the army: of his capture and serving as a prisoner of war in
camps at Chicago...". Mrs. Henderson died on March 19, 1931 in
the home of her son, H.B. Henderson, at Fairfield, of old age, &
general debilitas, arteriosclerosis.
HERTERT, John Q.
not on original roll; possibly J.D. Herbert, Co. B, 1st Alabama.
*HIGH, Robert A
Born: Morgan County, Alabama; (w) & POW, Fort Donelson, February
16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg,
September, 1862; August 25, 1862, in Waul's Legion, Company B,
2d Battalion to September-October, 1862; transferred to Waul's
Legion, February, 1863; shown as Sgt. Major. High was approved
for Texas Confederate pension #35997 on July 18, 1919.
Depositions were given by M.L. Stone and C.T. McConnico, both of
Waul's Legion. High died on September 28, 1920.
*HOBBS, Elijah (21)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862; (k),
Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863.
*HOLT, Robert (29)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862; (w),
Chickamauga; assigned in February, 1864-cook for officers' mess;
present to April, 1864; (w), New Hope Church, May 27, 1864,
severe.
*HUCKABAY, William Spivey
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
discharged at Clinton, Mississippi, in October, 1862. Huckaby
died on November 26, 1871. His wife, Mrs. E.C. Huckaby, was
approved for his pension #15209, on August 31, 1909. They had
been married in December, 1867. Depositions were given by A.G.
Anderson, and Mike Inderman.
*HUMBER, Jonathan T. (20)
escaped capture from Fort Donelson, whereabouts unknown to August,
1863; Courier for Gen. Gregg, September-October, 1863; present
November- December, 1863; transferred to 30th Georgia, Company
F, on February 1, 1864.
*INDAMON (or Inderman, Mike), Mick (17)
Born: Louisville, Kentucky; POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee,
February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at
Vicksburg, September, 1862; November-December, 1863,
January-April, 1864-listed as on extra duty, as regimental
teamster. Inderman was approved for a pension #34235 on June 1,
1917, while he was living in Teague, Texas. Depositions were
given by Jim D. Miles and A.G. Anderson. Miles stated: "...he
(Inderman) made as good a soldier as ever lived." Anderson
stated: "Inderman was in every battle that our company,
regiment, and brigade was engaged in during the war. He made a
splendid soldier and loyally performed every duty required of
him as such soldier, that he served in Cleburn(e)'s Division."
*JORDAN, T.A. (22)
slight (w), Fort Donelson, February 15, 1862, whereabouts unknown.
Mentioned in Col. Gregg's report, Official Records, battle of
Fort Donelson: "The enemy began to cannonade our entrenchments
at 9 AM...making a enfilading fire with shells, which was well
directed, and by which...Thomas Jordan, a private in Company G,
was slightly wounded." Roll dated January-February, 1863: "In
Texas"; roll dated June 30, 1863-discharged, exempted by Board
Surgeon.
*LEE, J.B. (17)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862; (d), Camp
Douglas, Illinois, June 11, 1862.
*LEWIS, V.L. (21)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862; (d), Camp
Douglas, Illinois, on April 22, 1862.
*LEWIS, W.W. (17)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, December 18, 1861.
*LOVE, A.C., Jr. (19)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, February 25, 1862.
*LOVE, Jonathan W. (30)
discharged January 7, 1862. Love died on May 3, 1904. Love's wife
Pauline, was approved for pension #10713. They were married on
October 25, 1865, in Freestone County.
*MANNING, Joseph N. (19)
POW, Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862; (d), Camp Douglas,
Illinois, on March 7, 1862.
*MAYO, J.N. (21)
(k), Fort Donelson, February 15, 1862.
*MEANS, Jonathan L. (25)
severe (w) & POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent
to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September,
1862-previously paroled; present to August, 1863; absent, sick,
Atlanta, September-October, 1863; Wagonmaster, Newnan, Georgia,
November/December, 1863; present, January-February 1864; (w),
June 20, 1864, back, slight; (w), Jonesboro, Georgia, September
1, 1864-(d), September 11, 1864.
*MILLER, George Alexander (36)
(w) at Raymond, Mississippi, on May 12, 1863 and sent to the
hospital at Quitman, Mississippi; discharged on January 15,
1864, at Shreveport, Louisiana, by the Medical Board for
disability.
MIMS, Benjamin F.
exchanged from Waul's Legion, on October 15, 1862; (w),
Chickamauga, September 19, 1863- absent in hospital, status
unknown; present, November-December, 1863, January-April 1864;
(k), New Hope Church, May 27, 1864.
*MIMS, John (21)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
present, rolls dated January-February, 1863, March 1, 1863-June
30, 1863, July-December, 1863; absent, sick in hospital at
Atlanta, Georgia, on rolls dated January-April, 1864; (k),
battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864.
*MOODY, George Marcellus (25)
born March 2, 1836, in Virginia; left sick at Clarksville,
Tennessee, February 10, 1862; made his escape to Texas, roll of
January-February, 1863; roll dated June 30, 1863-discharged,
exempted by Medical Board for conscription. Moody was one of
Col. William L. Moody's brothers. After his discharge, he
returned to Texas. He died in Galveston, Texas, on October 19,
1891, at the age of 55.
*MURRAY, P.K. (24)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, December 1, 1861.
*MURRAY, Robert (22)
discharged, Clarksville, Tennessee, January 24, 1862.
*MCCARTY, Ira C. (22)
Born: December 25, 1839; POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February
16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg,
September, 1862; absent at the hospital in Griffin, Georgia,
November-December, 1863; present, January-April, 1864; (w),
Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864- leg; POW, Franklin,
December 17, 1864-sent to Louisville, Kentucky, January 20,
1865; forwarded to Camp Chase; released on his oath of
allegiance to the U.S., June 13, 1865. McCarty was disapproved
for pension #3883 or #5013 on December 15, 1899. He gave his age
as 60, and his residence as Admiral, Callahan County, Texas. In
his application, he stated "I was wounded in the army in knee
joint-and was over heated in the army. I was wounded in the
battle of Franklin, Tenn." Dr. R.G. Powell testified to
McCarty's wound, "a gunshot wound on the inside of left leg
about one inch below the knee, coming out laterally and a little
posterially." witnessing his application were W.E. McCarty and
R.M. Beam, who stated, Ahe [Ira McCarty] returned home in the
fall of 1865 wounded in the knee. He was in Camp Chase Ohio in
prison when war closed.
*MCILVEEM, W.A. (18)
(k), Fort Donelson, February 15, 1862.
NEAL, Robert E.
enlisted on November 5, 1861-traveled from Fairfield at his own
expense; POW, Fort Donelson, exchanged. Listed as missing at
Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863. Buried in Confederate
Cemetery, Raymond.
NEAL, W.L. (24)
enlisted on November 5, 1861; (d) at Camp Douglas, March 7, 1862,
or killed at Fort Donelson, February 15, 1862; no report of his
capture at Ft. Donelson. Shown as killed, Marshall Texas
Republican, October 4, 1862.
*OLIVER, Robert L. (28)
discharged, Corinth, Mississippi, April 4, 1862; reinlisted
onSeptember 26, 1862; hospital, Clinton, Louisiana, roll of
January-February, 1863; on sick furlough, July-August, 1863;
roll of September-October, 1863: `Died.'
*OLIVER, W.A. (26)
(k), Fort Donelson, February 15, 1862.
*PETTY, M. (17)
(d), Clarksville, Tennessee, on December 8, 1861.
*POWELL, Robert (22)
(d), at Clarksville, Tennessee, or Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on
December 12, 1861.
*PURTELL, Charles (24)
roll dated August 1, 1862- listed as Aleft sick at Clarksville,
Tennessee, whereabouts unknown@; roll of January-February,
1863-escaped capture from Fort Donelson; sick in hospital at
Quitman, Mississippi, June 30, 1863; July-August, 1863-present;
(w), Chickamauga, sent to Texas General Hospital, Quitman;
present on rolls from November-December 1863, January-February,
1864; absent, March-April, 1864, hospital; at St. Mary's
Hospital, Union Springs, Alabama, September 19, 1864-returned to
duty, October 17, 1864.
RAKESTRAW, G.A. (38)
born in Lexington, Georgia, on November 7, 1824, was educated at
Emory College, Oxford, Georgia. Enlisted on April 12, 1863 at
Port Hudson, Louisiana, under Captain Collett; (w) at Raymond,
Mississippi, sent to the hospital; (w) Chickamauga; present on
all rolls from July-December, 1863, January-April, 1864; paroled
at Talladega, Alabama, May 22, 1865. An account of Rakestraw's
service is given in Confederate Veteran in 1912: `In response to
his country's call in 1862 he enlisted in the army in Company G,
7th Texas Infantry; and although he was wounded nine times, the
close of the war found him still at his post, true to every
trust. He participated in the following battles: Raymond, Miss.,
Port Hudson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Dug Gap (near
Dalton, Ga.), Resaca, New Hope Church, Atlanta (two battles),
Spring Hill, Tenn., and the Franklin carnage.' He was president
of the Fairfield Male Academy before being admitted to the bar
in 1860. He died in Navarro County, Texas, on January 4, 1912
(age 87).
*RILEY, Edward D. (42)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
February, 1863- shown as transferred to 10th Texas, by order of
General Tilghman.
*ROARK, John A. (16)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
present on all rolls, January-February, 1863; sick at Clinton,
Louisiana, June 30, 1863; POW at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 8,
1863, as a member of Maxey's Texas/Louisiana Detachment; absent
on all rolls to April 1864-`in Texas'. Roark was approved for
pension #28125 on June 1, 1914. He was living in Walnut Springs,
Bosque County, Texas. He stated that after his capture at Port
Hudson, he served in Timmons' Regiment on the Texas coast.
Depositions were given in his case by J.H. Collett and A.G.
Anderson. Roark died at his daughter's home in Gilliam, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, on January 28, 1929. He is buried in Bosque
County, Texas.
*ROBINSON, James (21)
(d), Clarksville, Tennessee, January 6 or 12, 1862.
*ROBISON, Jonathan F. (18)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
present, all rolls, January- December, 1863, January-April,
1864; POW, Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois, on December 3, 1864; discharged from prison,
June 18, 1865.
*SIMS, W.F. (22)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on January 13, 1862 or (k) at Fort
Donelson, February 15, 1862. Shown as killed, in Marshall Texas
Republican, October 4, 1862.
*SMITH, Joshua C. (21)
severe (w), Fort Donelson, in head; not captured at Ft. Donelson;
shown in Company D, 9th Texas Infantry, July-December 1862;
present, January-June, 1863; transferred to QM Department as
Shoemaker, July 14, 1863; present on all rolls from
July-December, 1863, January-April, 1864; promoted to 4th Sgt.,
December 1, 1863; (w), Atlanta, face, severe; in Ocmulgee
Hospital, Macon, July 22-23, 1864.
*SMITH, Stephen H. (24)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, January 6, 1862.
*STEELE, J. Warren (17)
Born: Greene County, Alabama, October 22, 1844; discharged,--;
reinlisted, October 15, 1862; present, rolls dated December 31,
1862-February, 1863; promoted to 2d Cpl., on May 1, 1863; (w),
Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863; present on all rolls to
February, 1864; discharged, Dalton, Georgia, April 3, 1864, by
order of Gen. Johnston for wound received in battle
(Raymond-right arm). Steele was approved for pension #42850 on
March 24, 1927. He was a cousin to Robert E. Steele, who was
raised by J. Warren's parents. Steele resided at 703 E. Sumpter
St., Mexia, Texas, at the time he received his pension. He died
in Mexia on May 4, 1929, at the age of 84.
*STEELE, Robert S. (21)
born October 1, 1840 at Eutaw, Alabama; 6'1", fair complexion,
light hair, gray eyes. (w) & POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee,
February 16, 1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois-exchanged;
promoted to Jr. 2d Lt., on August 1, 1863; (w) Chickamauga,
slight; Clothing requisition, June 30, 1864, received from 2d
Lt. Alex. Ford, Acting Assistant Q.M.= 2 jackets, 17 pair of
pants, 9 pair of drawers, 13 shirts, 10 pair of shoes, 5 pair of
socks, 9 tin cups, 1 camp kettle. POW, Franklin, Tennessee,
November 30, 1864, sent to Johnson's Island, Ohio; released on
his oath of allegiance to the U.S., on June 17, 1865. Robert
Steele came to Texas in 1854 with his uncle, James Steele, and
settled near Cotton Gin, Freestone County, Texas. After his
release from Johnson's Island, he returned to Texas by rail to
Bryan, and then walked home to Freestone County. On November 30,
1865, he married Josephine Williams. They had six children: Ella
Bonner, Elihu, Robert A., and twins Josephus and Josephine.
Elected to the state legislature in the 18th, 19th, and 20th
legislatures, 1883-1885. He was elected to the state senate in
1892, from the 12th district. Known as "Honest Bob" Steele, he
later lived in Mexia, Texas, and was an elder at the
Presbyterian Church in that town. He died on August 17, 1920
(age 79), and is buried in Mexia.
*STEGALL, Jeremiah (23)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
present, October-December, 1862, January-December, 1863; listed
as 2d Sgt., beginning on roll of January-February, 1864 ;
present, January-April, 1864 (as 2nd Sgt.); (w), New Hope
Church, slight; (w), Jonesboro, September 1, 1864, head, slight;
in Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Georgia, March 14-28, 1865, for
wound received to the left humerus on November 30, 1864, at
Franklin, Tennessee.
*STEWART, George W. (21)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, December 7, 1861. Marker in Steward's
Mill Cemetery, Freestone County, Texas.
*STEWART, Hewitt B. (23)
traveled from Fairfield to Hopkinsville, at his own expense; (k)
Fort Donelson; also shown as captured at Fort Donelson, and (d),
Camp Douglas, April 17, 1862, due to inflammation of the brain.
*STORY, H.M. (27)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, January 13, 1862.
*STORY, Thomas S. (22)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
present, all rolls dated October 31, 1862-December, 1862,
January-April, 1863; promoted to 1st Cpl. on May 1, 1863;
present, May-December, 1863 (as 1st Cpl.); sick, in hospital,
January-February, 1864; present, March-April, 1864; POW at
Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864-sent to Camp Douglas,
Illinois, December 16, 1864; in Nashville U.S. General Hospital
#1, December 3-8, 1864, for gunshot wound of superior maxillary,
received on November 29, 1864; December 8, 1864-sent to Provost
Marshal; discharged from Camp Douglas, June 18, 1865.
*STRAIN, J.A. (19)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, December 1st or 7th, 1861.
SURRAVILLE, J.B.
(d), Camp Douglas, Illinois, May 20, 1862- no other record.
*TIDWELLl, F.L. (23)
elected Junior 2d Lt., December 28, 1861; POW, Fort Donelson,
February 16, 1862, sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged,
September, 1862, at Vicksburg, Mississippi; listed as 2d Lt.,
roll dated October 31, 1862; (d), Port Hudson, February 25,
1863.
TRAWICK, C.C.
enlisted on May 7, 1863, at Leon City, Texas, by Maj. Berry;
courier to Gen. Gregg, muster-in as mounted volunteer; present,
December, 1863 and on extra duty as a teamster; present on all
rolls, January-April, 1864.
*TULL, Lemuel G.S.J. (18)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862; (d)
Clinton, Mississippi, October 12, 1862.
WALKER, S.A. (28)
enlisted on December 12, 1862, at Fairfield, Texas, by J.H.
Collett; furloughed to Georgia for 45 days, on December 1, 1862;
POW, Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863; present on all rolls
from July-December, 1863, January- February, 1864; detached to
Alabama for bacon, April 25, 1864-May 2, 1864.
*WHITLEY, Josiah (23)
POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16, 1862-sent to Camp
Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg, September, 1862;
discharged at Clinton, Mississippi, on October 6, 1862.
*WILLIAMS, J.P. (18)
(d), Hopkinsville, Kentucky, January 24, 1862.
*WILLIAMS, J.R. (16)
(d), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, date unknown.
*YARBRO, Franklin L. (23)
Born: June 13, 1837. POW, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 16,
1862-sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois; exchanged at Vicksburg,
September, 1862; roll of January-February, 1863: listed as
Acting Ordnance Sgt. since February 7, 1863; POW, Raymond,
Mississippi, May 12, 1863; sent to Ft. Delaware, July 31, 1863;
sent to Elmira, NY, August, 1863; sent to Point Lookout,
Maryland, September 20, 1863, to December, 1863; in the Wayside
Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, December 28-29, 1863; furloughed
for 30 days from General Hospital, January 10, 1864; furloughed
to Texas, January-April, 1864; surrendered and paroled,
Greensboro, NC, April 26, 1865 (as private). Franklin L. Yarbro
died on August 26, 1884, at the age of 47, and is buried in
Section F, Mexia Cemetery, Limestone County.