Contributed by: Eric
Bonner Wood
Background -
In April 12, 1861, the opening salvos of Fort Sumter started the outbreak
of fighting that was to become the Civil War. Texas was divided into
military brigade districts at the outbreak of the American Civil War for
the purpose of organizing state troops for the defense of Texas. The
19th Brigade was composed of men from Navarro, Ellis, Freestone and
Limestone counties. This list only shows the Freestone County companies.
The militia was organized soon after the outbreak of the Civil War.
Besides the men already enlisted, Texas Governor Francis Richard Lubbock
called for 14 additional regiments on July 26, 1861. In late 1861, most
of militia troops of Freestone County enlisted in the regular army. They
joined the “Freestone Freeman” (Company G, 7th Texas Infantry Regiment),
the “Freestone County Rangers” (Company B, 12th Texas Cavalry Regiment),
“Bradley’s Company”
(Company B, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Waul’s Legion), “Mean’s Company”
(Company H, 28th Texas Cavalry Regiment), or Company D, 10th Texas
Infantry Regiment. On November 29, 1861 General John Bankhead Magruder
called for 10,000 more men.
In 1862, the remainder would be conscripted. The Confederate Congress
passed the first of three conscription laws in April 16, 1862 for all
males between ages of 18 and 35, providing for substitution (repealed
Dec. 1863) and exemption of ministers, state, city, and county officers
and slave owners with 15 or more slaves. On Sept 27, 1862, the age was
raised to 45. The Conscription Act of Feb. 1864 called for all men
between the ages of 17 and 50. “Regiments” were generally composed
of about ten “companies” each of different
counties from the same state led by a colonel. A typical “company” was
all people from the same county and numbered roughly a hundred privates,
eight non-commissioned officers (sergeants and corporals), and four
officers (three lieutenants and a captain). Remember over time a few men
got promoted to higher ranks due to illnesses or battle field deaths, so
a company might have a
couple captains over its history.
Prisoner exchanges were not done during the early stages of the Civil
War because the federal government refused to negotiate since it did not
recognize the Confederacy as a nation. Major General John Dix of the
North and Major General Daniel Harvey Hill of the South in July 1862
established prisoner exchange rules. Prisoner exchanges stalled for a
while after May 1863 when the Confederate Congress adopts a harsh policy
to black troops and their officers. Later in the war, the prisoner
exchanges where ended when Ulysses S. Grant
became overall commander of the Union Army in March 1864. Note -
Roughly only about half of the people from Freestone Co. that enlisted
returned from the war.
Please note that anything in parenthesis is the author’s speculation.
I speculate their name and attempt to cross-reference them to service in
a regular military unit that they later join.
Abbreviations used are TX. = Texas, Inf. =
Infantry,
Co. = Company, Reg. = Regiment, Lt. = Lieutenant,
Sgt. = Sergeant, and Cpl. = Corporal.
The nine Freestone County state militia companies:
Reserved company in Beat #1:
Beat #1 Officers:
J. L. Caldwell, Captain
D. J. Moody, 1st Lieutenant
John Karner, 2nd Lieutenant
C. H. Johns, 3rd Lieutenant
J. H. Collett, Orderly (James H. Collett, Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg. as 1st
Lt.)
Beat #1 Privates:
R. Adams
B. Alexander
A. G. Anderson (Asa G. Anderson - Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
Joseph Augustine (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
H. D. Baldree
E. Ballard (Evans Ballard - Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
Josiah Ballard
A. F. Black
W. A. Black
Thos. Bradshaw
C. H. Brandon
D. S. Caldwell (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as Sgt.)
P. M. Campbell
James Claypool (Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
C. A. Cooley
H. P. Daviss (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as Ord. Sgt.)
J. T. Davis
W. H. David (William H. David - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as Cpl.)
Wm. Deal
Allen Driver
N. B. Driver
A. M. Dunagan
Y. C. Dunbar (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Wm. Echols (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
H. T. George
J. T. Goodwin
H. G. Grann
T. B. Grayson (Thomas B. Grayson)
B. F. Green
Mack Green
W. H. Green (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
E. Halveron
J. A. Hancock
S. W. Harris
W. T. Harris (William T. Harris - Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
R. J. Hatcher
J. A. Hendricks
Jeremiah Howard (Jerry Howard - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
J. C. James
T. R. Jefferson
J. T. Jones (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
A. G. Lee (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
J. B. Lee (in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg. and/or Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
A. C. Love (in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
W. G. McInnis
T. M. Miles
A. M. Miller
Jacob Miller (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
G. M. Moody (George Marcellus Moody - in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
O. O. Moore
J. R. Murray
W. L. Neal (in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
J. B. Newell
Adam Noll
F. C. Oliver
Ephram Park
J. W. Park
S. H. Park
W. F. Paxton (Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg. as 1st Cpl.)
Wm M. Peck
Antonio Portier
G. A. Rakestraw (in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
James Reed (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Issac Ricks (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Abram Robertson (Abe Robertson, Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 1st Sgt.)
Chas. Robertson
Clay Robertson
F. F. Robertson
J. H. Shanks (James H. Shanks - Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
G. A. Sims (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
R. Smith (Robt. Smith - Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
E. Steele (Elihu R. G. Steele - Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
P. L. Stubbs
G. W. Trammell
G. W. Ward (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Harmon Ward
Wm S. Ward
C. L. Watson (Charles Lewis Watson – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 2nd Sgt.)
J. C. Watson (John Champness Watson – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 1st Lt.)
W. T. Watson (William Terry Watson)
J. L. Weaver (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
J. C. Whitiscaner
J. T. Williams
W. C. Wilson (William C. Wilson – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as Captain, and
Peck’s Reserve after illness)
J. A. Womack (John Albert Womack - - Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
Reserved company in Beat #2:
Beat #2 Officers:
W. R. Standifer, Captain
W. S. Horn, 1st Lieutenant
W. B. Waldrom, 2nd Lieutenant
James Day, 3rd Lieutenant
J. B. Casey, Ord. Sergeant
Beat #2 Privates:
Edward Alford
M. J. Alford
R. S. Alford
W. D. Carter (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
S. B. Chamblee
D. J. Chancellor
King R. Chancellor
Geo H. Chancellor
W. G. Chancellor (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Ira G. Cobb
H. R. Cockrell
William Cotton
J. C. David
John M. Day (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
George Driver
J. W. Driver
Marion Driver (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
Y. C. Dunbar (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
W. L. Edwards
R. J. Eskridge
F. M. Farmer
John Finger
B. P. Hammett
W. J. Hammett
Thos. B. Hammett
J. L. Horn (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
James M. Jones
O. H. Kendrick
H. H. Kent
Burns Malone
O. C. Medaris
John H. Patterson
W. W. Patterson
Bryant Pickering
H. W. Pickering
J. T. Richardson
Stephen Smith (Stephen H. Smith - in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
A. J. Taylor (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
James Tisdale (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Berry Towles
Thos. S. Truitt (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Derrell Tyler
R. M. Tyus
Ezekiel Weaver
G. W. Weaver (George Walter Weaver)
Jesse A. Weaver
Noah Weaver
W. R. Wooten (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
John Wright
Reserved company in Beat #3:
Beat #3 Officers:
John M. Bass, Captain
Wm. L. Streety, 1st Lieutenant (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
J. C. Evans, 2nd Lieutenant (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas
Legion)
John M. Hester, 3rd Lieutenant
Joe Ivy, Orderly
Beat #3 Privates:
D. S. Bass
A. Black (Aaron Black - Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
W. A. Black
Jim Clarage
Richard Conway
G. M. Emmons (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
J. L. Emmons (John Lewis Emmons - Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas
Legion)
A. J. Emmonds (Andrew Jackson Emmons - Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s
Texas Legion)
Thomas Franklin (Thomas A. Franklin - Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s
Texas Legion)
G. A. Garrot
T. Gibson
James Gorman (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
J. M. Green (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Wm. Green
Jno. Hester
J. Howard
H. V. Hurlock
Jno. C. James
Wm. Kelley
A. Lummas
W. T. Lummas
J. D. Martin
J. Mason, Jr.
J. Mason, Sr.
J. D. Mathews (John Duke Mathews - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. - age 27 in
1860 Freestone Co., TX census)
Jo McAdams
Calebe McBride
John McKilvane
R. H. McKilvane
Thos. Miles
P. Miller
M. Moore
J. H. Neatherind (J. A. Neatherland - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
P.M. Neatherand (P. M. Neatherlin - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Sam Perrian
T. W. Phillips (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
D. P. Powell (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
J. Ricks
Alson Robins (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Wm. Robinson (William Wirt Robinson - Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s
Texas Legion)
Jams. Sansom (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg. as 4th Cpl.)
Thomas Snow
J. B. Streety (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
J. H. Streety
D. Stricklin
S. M. Stroud
Henderson Walker
Alexander Wadkins
Dan Wells
Reserved company in Beat #4:
Beat #4 Officers:
J. C. Means, Captain (James C. Means – Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as
Captain)
Jas. Lynn, 1st Lieutenant
J. M. Storey, 2nd Lieutenant
Robt. E. Steele, 3rd Lieutenant
J. W. Storey, 1st Sergeant
W. B. Harper, 2nd Sergeant
Jas. Steele, 3rd Sergeant
R. D. Kennedy, 1st Corporal (Reuben D. Kennedy – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.
as Captain)
Robt. B. Campbell, 2nd Corporal (Robert B. Campbell, Co. D, 10th TX Inf.
Reg.)
J. S. Tull, 3rd Corporal
J. F. Robinson, 4th Corporal
Beat #4 Privates:
J. B. Abbott (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg. as 3rd Lt.)
W. B. Adamson
Wm. Adamson
G. F. Allison
Henry Arp
J. A. Blackmon
Wm. Brooks
David Busby (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
Milton Busby, Jr. (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 1st Sgt.)
F. G. Butler (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
C. C. Campbell (Chas C. Campbell, Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
D. S. Carter
T. T. Curry
F. W. Dearington
H. L. DeWitt (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Geo W. Dillard
Matthew Drake (Matthew M. Drake, Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 1st Sgt.)
W. G. Driver (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
W. A. Ficklin
B. F. Freeman
F. H. Groover (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
J. W. Harper
G. L. Jordan (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Henry King (Henry Z. King - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as Cpl.)
J. N. Lindley
John Loader
Jno. Manning (Joseph N. Manning - in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
R. M. Mayo
E. D. McCord
R. E. McFale
F. C. McMillan
Jas. McMillan (James McMillan - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
J. L. Means (Jonathan L. Means - in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
T. L. C. Means
W. P. Means (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
W. E. Meek
Wm. Myres
S. L. Nuthill
W. R. Oswalt
D. S. Overstreet (Dan S. Overstreet – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
Thos. Overstreet (Thomas Overstreet – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
J. L. Owens
A. Padgett
C. P. Padgett
G. R. Patton
T. M. Patton
F. M. Pruett
J. M. Purtell
H. R. Quimby (Hance R. Quimby – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 4th Sgt.)
E. D. Riley (Edward D. Riley - in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
Eli Russel
J. F. Rutherford
Jas. Shanks
R. J. Shanks (Robert J. Shanks – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
Jessie Sheffield (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as 2nd Lt.)
G. A. Sims
W. D. Smith
W. L. Smith (William L. Smith – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
J. M. Spillers
W. A. Spillers (William A. Spillers – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
A. G. Storey
C. L. Taylor (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion as 2nd
Corp.)
Guilfort Taylor
L. W. Thompson (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Jno. Tisdale (John Tisdale - age 16 in 1860 Freestone Co., TX census)
I. W. Tull (Issac W. Tull – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
J. G. Tull
Jas. Walker (James Walker – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
J. M. Webb
E. M. Whaley (Elijah M. Whaley - Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 4th Cpl.)
J. W. Wortham (James W. Wortham – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as Captain)
Jno. A. Wright
Luther P. Wright
Reserved company in Beat #5:
Beat #5 Officers:
John J. Wortham, Captain
David Burleson, 1st Lieutenant (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as Far.)
Joshua Burleson, 2nd Lieutenant (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as Cpl.)
Thos. J. Chancellor, 3rd Lieutenant (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s
Texas Legion)
Beat #5 Privates:
Samuel Andrews
Thomas H. Barrington
J. L. Carter
W. L. Carter
H. G. Chancellor (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
William Chancellor
James Clark (James M. Clark? age 32 in 1860 census)
Ansel Coelman
W. W. Coleman
James Cooper
P. F. Dawson
Wm. A. Dawson
Wright C. Dawson (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
A. J. Dunn
J. C. Dunn
J. L. Ferrel
R. Franklin (R. G. Franklin - Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas
Legion)
H. Furgason
A. S. Harris
Wm. Hines
J. D. Jordan
John Lamb
Sam'l Lamb, Jr.
Thomas Lamb, Jr.
Johnathan Longbotham
L. Longbotham
Thomas Longbotham
Reuben Manning, Jr.
Robert Martin
W. W. Mayo
Benjamin Mimms (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
James Overstreet (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
G. M. Perdue (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
L. S. Perdue (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Jessee Powell (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
G. A. Sessions (Gustavus Adolphus Sessions - Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf.,
Waul’s Texas Legion)
R. D. Sloan
J. K. Small (John K. Small – age 23 in 1860 Freestone Co., TX census)
D. F. Strickel
John Webb (John W. Webb - Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Kelsey Webb (age 37 in 1860 Freestone Co., TX census)
R. N. C. Williamson
John Winn
L. R. Wortham
Reserved company in Beat #6:
Beat #6 Officers:
W. H. McSwane, Captain
William L. Taylor, 1st Lieutenant (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 1st Lt.)
Louis T. Eppes, 2nd Lieutenant
Issac R. Betts, 3rd Lieutenant (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
William A. Cobb, Ord. Sergeant (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as 2nd Lt.)
Jacob W. Tacker, 1st Corporal (Jacob Wesley Tacker)
J. P. Bond, 2nd Corporal
John W. Speer, 3rd Corporal
L. S. Been, 4th Corporal
Beat #6 Privates:
A. H. Adams
T. F. Baty (Thomas F. Baty – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 3rd Sgt.)
Y. A. Baty
Hugh Beaver (Hugh K. Beaver – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
William Beane (William P. Bean – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
W. T. Been
Joseph F. Betts (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
W. A. Betts (William A. Betts – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
C. W. Colgin (Charles W. Colgin – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
R. E. Colgin (Richard E. Colgin – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
S. E. Colgin (Saladin E. Colgin – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
Samuel Craig (Samuel R. Craig – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
W. C. Glen
William Glen
William Handcock
J. W. Harris
B. F. Jameson
J. I. Kendrick
F. M. Lee
Jacob Lee
Jessie Lee (Jessie G. W. Lee and Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
John Lee (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
Robert Lee (Robert Lee and Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
R. C. Lee
C. J. Linn
B. M. Mayo
W. R. Mayo (William R. Mayo and Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 2nd sergeant,
and/or Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
John McCloud
John W. McSwane (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 1st sergeant)
Peter McSwane (Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. as 3rd sergeant)
S. P. Melton
Dock Mills
J. H. Newman
Joel Newsom (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
R. L. P. Pool
Jacob Powers
F. B. Rogers
George Sanford
Mat Sellers
Benjamin Owen
William Owen
Joshua Tacker
Robert Tacker
Wesley Tacker (Wesley Summerfield Tacker - Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
J. F. Teague
J. W. Terry
W. H. C. Terry
John Thomason
Heary Welch
Simon W. Wills
Stephen Worldly
Reserved cavalry company in Beat #7:
Beat #7 Officers:
James P. Doss, Captain
Wm Y. Foreman, 1st Lieutenant
L. B. Phariss, 2nd Lieutenant (P. M. Neatherlin - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry
Reg.)
J. W. Brewer, 3rd Lieutenant
Tilmon Self, Ord. Sergeant
J. R. Kendrick, 2nd Sergeant (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
R. P. Varnell, 3rd Sergeant
J. G. Williamson, 4th Sergeant (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
E. Bottoms, 1st Corporal
J. F. Dulany, 2nd Corporal
W. L. Lewis, 3rd Corporal
L. J. Hale, 4th Corporal (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg. as 1st Lt.)
Beat #7 Privates:
B. W. Acuff
E. B. Beall
George A. Blain (Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
W. G. Blain (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
F. M. Brown (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
H. L. Brown
William Brown
Mack Chambers
Moses Cowvart
C. R. Curtis
John David
R. Driver (R. C. Driver - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
A. E. Duncin
Edward Ezell
R. H. Foreman (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Enoch Holdaway
Wm. T. Hughs
Sampson Isacks
I. J. Kendrick
J. F. Kenerdy
Jo Linn
George A. Mimms
W. P. Patterson
R. D. Pharriss
S. M. Pharriss
T. B. Pharriss
J. P. Philpott
Thomas E. Riley
D'Witt Rutherford
J. M. Taylor
T. J. Taylor
Thomas S. Terry
Jonathan Watters
Charles Wilkinson (Charles Wilkinson - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Andrew Williams (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Wm. Williamson (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Reserved company in Beat #8:
Beat #8 Officers:
Felix R. Compton, Captain
Albert M. Walker, 1st Lieutenant
John A. Holder, 2nd Lieutenant
Robert N. Harrison, 3rd Lieutenant (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
J. B. Brooke, 1st Sergeant
J. C. Edwards, 2nd Sergeant
F. B. Mathews, 3rd Sergeant (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
R. F. Chandler, 4th Sergeant (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
James Pettigrew, 1st Corporal
Virgil L. Lewis, 2nd Corporal (in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
J. Marshall Lewis, 3rd Corporal
W. E. Richards, 4th Corporal (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Beat #8 Privates:
James J. Anderson
Jess C. Anderson
Robt. J. Bannerman (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
R. F. Bowman
G. W. Burrows
Daniel M. Burrows
Jno. Q. A. Carter
Wm. A. Chandler
James E. Compton (James Edward Compton - Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Frank B. Conway
Silas C. Crenshaw
Benj. Criss
Felix G. Dillard
James C. Dillard
Thomas S. Drennan
D. L. B. Green
G. M. Green (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion as 4th Corp.)
J. G. Green
James R. Green
W. B. Green (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
C. W. Harrison (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
G. R. Harrison (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Vicent Harrison
Edmond Henly
Dan'l M. Hester (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Henry A. High
William High (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
C. C. Johnson
Jno. W. Johnson (John W. Johnson - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
M. G. Johnson (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Richard B. Johnson (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Robt. T. Johnson
S. D. Johnson (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg. as 2nd Cpl.)
William B. Johnson
Thos. J. Lewis (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Wm. W. Lewis (in Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
Thomas Matthews
D. K. McKeithon
J. B. Menefee (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
James M. Pate (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg. and/or Co. B, 2nd Battalion,
Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Jesse Pate
Martin Pate
William Pate (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion as 4th Ord.
Sgt.)
Simeon D. Phariss
Wm. H. Pippin
A. W. Powell
J. C. Pruitt
Nathan Pruitt
J. N. Reynolds
M. R. D. Richards
Thomas M. Richards (T. C. M. Richards - Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
James C. Richmond
W. L. Rigsby
Richard Robinson
H. B. Walker
J. B. Walker
L. P. Walker (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
H. M. Warren
Peck's Reserved company - the "Braxton Bragg Cavalry".
Note: My hunch is that this company was composed late in the war. Many of
these
men of this company are listed as in other militia units or known to have
served
in the regular army (specifically Company D of the 10th Texas Infantry or
Timmon’s Regiment part of Waul’s Legion). Some were captured, were
prisoners of
war, and returned to Freestone County. Others left the regular army from
illnesses. They served out the remainder of the war in the militia
reserve.
The "Braxton Bragg Cavalry" Officers:
Wm. M. Peck, Captain
W. A. Milner, 1st Lieutenant
L. D. Bradley, 2nd Lieutenant (Judge L. D. Bradley – Captain of Co. B, 2nd
Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
W. C. Wilson, 1st Sergeant (William C. Wilson – Captain of Co. D, 10th TX
Inf. and then joins Peck’s Reserve after illness)
E. Steele, 2nd Sergeant (Elihu R. G. Steele - Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg., 2nd
Lt. – left sick at Clarksville, TN 1862)
J. L. Bonner, 3rd Sergeant (John Laird Bonner - Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.,
Wagon Master)
J. P. Waters, 4th Sergeant
A. Deming, 5th Sergeant
H. R. Cockrell, 1st Corporal
D. L. Carter, 2nd Corporal (David L. Carter - 2nd Sgt. of Co. D, 10th TX
Inf. Reg., and then joins Peck’s Reserve after discharged in TX.)
S. W. Harris, 3rd Corporal
Robt. Smith, 4th Corporal (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas
Legion)
W. H. Chancellor, Bugler (Co. H, 28th TX Cavalry Reg.)
The "Braxton Bragg Cavalry" Privates:
Issac Awalt (Issac R. Awalt - Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
L. H. Awalt
Joshua Ballard
E. Batchelor (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
D. C. Bennett
A. S. Bonner (Andrew Samuel Bonner - Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
O. A. Bonner (Oliver Alexander Bonner – 5th Sgt. of Co. D, 10th TX Inf.
Reg., detailed to TX, also served as Sgt. in 12th Reg., TX Inf.
(Nelson's))
I. H. Bonner (Irvin Hale Bonner - Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. after
furloughed from a VA. hospital)
J. I. Bonner (Dr. James Issac Bonner – Brigade Surgeon of Timmon’s Reg.,
resigned 1864 from illness)
W. D. Carter
James Claypool
Wm. L. Colly
J. C. David
J. A. Driver
W. G. Driver
A. M. Dunegan
J. T. Eggar
R. H. Ferguson
Jas. L. Ferrell (James L. Ferrell - Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
J. H. Fife (James H. Fife – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg. - age 19 in 1860
Freestone Co., TX census in Wm. Bonner’s household)
G. W. Futch (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
Jno. F. Goodwin (John F. Goodwin – Co. D, 10th TX Inf. Reg.)
T. B. Grayson (Dr. Thomas Blackmon Grayson)
W. A. Huckaby (William Archibald Huckaby - Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf.,
Waul’s Texas Legion as 2nd Ord. Sgt.)
Michael Inderman (Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg.)
E. E. Jennings
J. B. Johnson (age 44 in 1860 Freestone Co., TX census)
G. L. Jordan (Co. B, 12th TX Cavalry Reg.)
O. C. Medaris
Jacob Miller
J. K. Murray
S. Q. Pierce
G. A. Rakestraw
James Reed
F. F. Robinson
J. P. Robinson (James Pressly Robinson)
D. C. Rutherford
Jesse Sheffield
G. W. Stewart (George Washington Stewart - Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg. - age
48 in 1860 Freestone Co., TX census)
H. B. Stewart (Hewitt B. Stewart - Co. G, 7th TX Inf. Reg. - age 21 in
1860 Freestone Co., TX census)
Jno. N. Smith
Henry Tisdale (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
James Tisdale (Co. B, 2nd Battalion, Inf., Waul’s Texas Legion)
Berry Towles
G. W. Ward
C. L. Watson (Charles L. Watson)
J. T. Williams
L. R. Wortham
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