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Civil War Volunteers 1861-1865 Upshur/Camp County |
Taken from the book "Camp County Story" by Artemesia Lucille Brison Spenser - Submitted by Nan Whitney Additions by Billy Pilgrim (in bold type) taken from a newspaper article written in 1934 by Dr. A. L. Coke, then county judge of Camp county. Dr. Coke began his survey of all ex-Confederates that had lived in Camp county in 1933 and completed it in 1934. He wrote the article which was published in the Pittsburg Gazette on February 16, 1934 entitled "Veterans of the Civil War". A copy of that newspaper is in the McMinn Genealogical Section of the Pittsburg/Camp County Public Library. Dr. Coke also added a disclaimer to the article which said that the list might have been incomplete. All of the names that were published by Dr. Coke were inscribed on a stone tablet which was placed in Austin. All additions submitted by Billy Pilgrim will be found in bold type. This is listed as Camp County, but there was no Camp County during the Civil War. This was Upshur County then, and became Camp County in 1873. Sam J. Julian The following names were listed by Dr. Coke which were not included in Artemesia Brison's book: Neal Norton Other volunteers from Camp/Upshur county: Artemesia Brison may have misspelled the following names: W. J. Cowles - Dr. Coke gave his name as W. I. Cowles The following names are duplicated in the current Upshur county list: J. N. Daily Some additional information about some of the Confederate veterans: The Philip Elrod family came to Texas from Rome, Floyd county, Georgia in 1870 in the 20-wagon train described by Artemesia Brison in "The Camp County Story". J. M. Cadenhead was a 1st. lieutenant, Company F, 40th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, CSA. Company F was formed April 25, 1862 at Mt. Pleasant, Texas. It's initial Captain was Jos. G. W. Wood. Sam S. Morris was a lieutenant, Company B, Eighteenth Texas Infantry, Ochiltree's Regiment, Walker's Texas Division, CSA. Company B was formed on April 2, 1862 at Linden, Texas. It's initial Captain was John R. Watson. Sam Patterson was a private, Company H, Eighteenth Texas Infantry, Ochiltree's Regiment, Walker's Texas Division, CSA. Company H was formed May 6, 1862 at Coffeeville, Texas. It's initial Captain was John W. Duncan. John Porter was a sergeant, Company H, Eighteenth Texas Infantry, Ochiltree's Regiment, Walker's Texas Division, CSA. John was the author of "Early Days of Pittsburg, Texas". He was captured by Union forces and became a POW at Fort De Russy, Louisiana . He is buried in the Leesburg cemtery at Leesburg, Camp County, Texas. Source of the above information: James Henry Davis, "Texans in Gray, A Regimental History of the Eighteenth Texas Infantry, Walker's Texas Division in the Civil War", (Heritage Oak Press, Tulsa, OK, 1999). I. T. Pilgrim and G. W. Pilgrim (Jr.) volunteered with Sardi's Volunteers on May 9, 1861 at Sardi's Church, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. They were mustered into Confederate service on June 11, 1861 in Colonel John T. Mercer's Trimble's Brigade, Ewell Division, Jackson Corps. This unit became (Old) Company E, 21st Regiment, Georgia Infantry in May of 1862. On July 1, 1862, the 21st became Smith's Legion, also known as Smith's Partisan Rangers. In early 1863, Smith's Legion was transferred to Company G, 6th Georgia Infantry/Cavalry, Iverson's Brigade, Martin's Division, Wheeler's Corps. Ochiltree's Regiment was formed by Judge William Beck Ochiltree, an influential political figure in Texas in the mid-1800's. He served as a District Judge, Adjutant General and Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas. After Texas became a state, he was elected to the State Legislature. He was elected State Grand Master of the Texas Masonic Lodge in 1851. He served as a delegate to the Secession Convention of 1861 which rallied states to secede and helped to organize the emerging Confederacy. Before the war ended, a total of 1,305 men served with the 18th Texas Infantry.
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