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
H. C. Cunningham
J. D. Stafford
W. J. Cowles
L. J. Pierson
J. N. Daily
J. N. Daily
T. B. Dalton
J. C. Bates
W. D. Denson
W. B. Downing
J. A. Derrick
J. H. Drew
William Diffy
G. W. Pilgrim
W. B. Downing
G. R. A. Brison
J. H. Drew
J. T. Webster, Sr.
J. W. Duffy
J. T. Cotter
L. V. Edmonds
G. C. Hopkins
M. H. Ellison
R. B. Gee
Phillip Elrod
Adam Christian
Dr. R. P. Fisher
H. Y. Black
John Garner
J. W. Thomas
L. H. Garrett
M. H. Ellison
R. B. Gee
J. P. Cotton
Jno. S. Hall
Buck Abernathy
J. S. Hall
Capt. I. Adair
J. J. Hanes
W. C. Aldredge
Sam Hanna
John Amos
Gid Harris
A. J. Arnsworthy
Frank Harrison
J. G. Atkinson
Sam C. Hensley
J. W. Bailey
George Hill
Dr. W. B. Bailey
Adam Hoffman
Zack Bailey
G. C. Hopkins
George Baird
Hardy Hopson
J. E. Barnwell
J. H. Hoss
R. L. Barnwell
R. D. Huey
S. M. Barnwell
A. J. Julian
Jerry Bedell
Sam Julian
J. E. Bennefield
J. A. Jones
Thomas Biggs
Neal Jordon
W. S. Biles
Sam Lane
H. Y. Black
Elva Lewis
Col. Ebb Bolton
A. J. Lester
Dr. R. P. Boren
F. A. Lockhart
B. E. Boyce
M. G. Locket
J. M. Bradley
J. R. Mattox
J. M. Cadenhead
R. A. Means
John Calvery
J. A. Minshew
W. P. Carson
Sam S. Morris
L. G. Caton
J. R. McGrady
Adam Christian
R. A. McKinley
J. M. Clark
W. H. Moody
L. V. Condict
W. K. Morehead
J. B. Cotton
W. L. Morris
J. F. Cotton
A. G. Moss
J. T. Cotton
Theo. Norton
Sam Patterson
R. D. Robertson
W. M. Patterson
W. A. Russell
C. T. Phillips
R. D. Huey
Maj. J. H. Pitts
J. J. Spratt
Tom Pitts
L. D. Smart
Van Pitts
J. D. Stafford
G. W. Pilgrim
A. H. Swaim
I. T. Pilgrim
J. M. Sykes
John Porter
J. W. Thomas
J. D. Proctor
Bill Tucker
Jim Rape
Sim Tucker
S. Y. L. Ray
J. C. Turner
H. W. Rhymes
W. F. Thomas
Papa Richardson
J. B. Roark
J. M. Richardson
W. C. Reeves
The following names were listed by
Dr. Coke which were not included in Artemesia Brison's book:
Neal Norton
E. F. Aymett
Jerry Russell
Dan F. Walker
J. P. McGrady
Bill Smith
W. J. Singletary
John Calvert
Hal Dickson
S. M. Lindsay
W. N. Laney
Allen Teal
L. C. Evans
J. C. Smith
Other volunteers from Camp/Upshur
county:
John Augusta Carpenter
Samuel Cope
W. H. H. Cope
Samuel G. Godsey
J. T. Hart
Geo. W. Garrett
J. L. M. Gibbens (also spelled Gibbons)
Artemesia Brison may have misspelled
the following names:
W. J. Cowles - Dr. Coke gave his
name as W. I. Cowles
Phillip Elrod - Dr. Coke gave his name as Philip Elrod
Jno S Hall - Dr. Coke gave his name as Jno G. Hall
A. J. Arnsworthy - Dr. Coke gave his name as A. J. Armsworthy
J. H. Hoss - Dr. Coke gave his name as J. H. Hess
J. E. Bennefield - Dr. Coke gave his name as J. M. Bennefield
J. A. Minshew - Dr. Coke gave his name as J. A. Minchew. There were
families in Upshur and Camp with the name Minshew and Minchew.
J. B. Cotton - Dr. Coke gave his name as J. B. Cotter
W. K. Morehead - Dr. Coke gave his name as W. K. Moreland
Theo Norton - Dr. Coke gave his name as Thee Norton
R. D. Huey - Dr. Coke gave his name as R. D. Ruey
The following names are duplicated
in the current Upshur county list:
J. N. Daily
R. B. Gee
R. D. Huey (see above suggestion of change to Ruey)
Sam Julian
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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