Lewis G. Harmon Was a surveyor from Hopkins County, Texas prior to the war. He was born in Tennessee and 34 years old in 1861 (Hale, 1990). Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant, in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the first Captain of the Company. Captain Harmon served as Post Commander of Fort Arbuckle in the Indian Territories from June 26, 1861 to August 26, 1861. He was appointed Captain of the first Confederate organization on October 2, 1861. He was present for the 1861 Confederate muster roll, but was dropped in 1862. Samuel F. Emmons Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was 25 year old private at the time. Mustered into Confederate Service as a private. Elected Captain with the reorganization on May 8, 1862 near Corinth, Mississippi. He received clothing for the Company on October 3, 1862 at Frankfort, Kentucky. Received forage for 19 horses on March 1, 1863. Received more clothing for the Company on March 3, 1863 at Fairfield, Tennessee. Received 3 horses on March 17, 1863 at Bedford County, Tennessee. Received 7 more horses at Liberty, Tennessee on May 23, 1863. Captain Emmons was wounded on July 1, 1863, location not reported. He resigned and was relieved of duty on August 10, 1863. There is a copy of a letter of resignation from Captain Emmons in the records but it is too faded to read. On the back of it are the approvals. Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Bounds approved the resignation as commander of the Regiment. The first dated approval was from Colonel T. Harrison, the Brigade Commander at Brigade Headquarters in Liberty, Tennessee on May 19, 1863. This information indicates that Captain Emmons resignation was not due to being wounded. The August 10, 1863 resignation date is when it was accepted in Richmond. Emmons performed administrative duties until at least August 15, 1863 as evidenced by payments to soldiers who lost horses in action west of the Mississippi on that date. His Successor was named as S. Jameson. Seborn Jameson Last name also shown as Jamison. He volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was 25 years old and a private in State Service. He was Sergeant, no number given, in original Confederate organization. Elected 1st Lieutenant during the May 8, 1862 reorganization. Received a clothing requisition for the Company at Loundon, Tennessee on December 4, 1862. Received another clothing requition on December 22, 1862 at Readyville, Tennessee. Wounded in the battle in front of Murfreesboro, but present in Command of Company for the 1862 muster roll. Received paper and envelopes on March 14, 1863 at Fairfield, Tennessee. Promoted to rank of Captain on December 6, 1863, retroactive to August 10, 1863. Successor was S. M. Speaker. Jameson was promoted to Captain upon Emmons' resignation. The promotion became official on December 6, 1863. Captain "Jamison" received Special Field Order #81 from General S. B. Hood, on August 18, 1864. The text of the order is not shown in the records. However, the November 6, 1864 Morning Report states that the Captain was absent on Detached Duty in Texas Recruit by order of General Hood, since October 1, 1864. No further records are on file.
William W. Dawson Volunteered for the Texas State Service organization on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the 1st Lieutenant of the Company in State Service and 32 years old at the time. Lieutenant Dawson was the Post Adjutant at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territories from June 26th to August 26th of 1861. Dawson was the original Confederate 1st Lieutenant. Reported dropped in 1862. No further records. James M. Speaker Name also listed as S. M. Speaker. Mustered in to Confederate service as a private. Promoted to Junior 2nd Lieutenant after being elected 2nd Lieutenant on May 8, 1862. Received clothing and forage for 13 horses from Lieutenant D. D. Porter, A.Q.M. on January 30, 1863. Signed Recapitulation of December 31, 1862 to February 19, 1863 muster roll as commanding company as Brevet 2nd Lieutenant. The muster roll ending April 30, 1863 shows him on detached service at the rank of Brevet 2nd Lieutenant. Speaker was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on December 6, 1863, retroactive from August 10, 1863. He was present through final muster roll. He was captured by forces under Major General W. T. Sherman on October 13, 1864 near Rome, Georgia. Sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, where he was received on November 26, 1864 as a private. One prisoner Roll shows him as a 1st Lieutenant. Discharged on June 17, 1865 "in accordance with G.O. No. 109, A.G.O., Washington, D.C.", dated June 6, 1865. He gave his residence as Dallas County, Texas. Upon returning to Texas, !st Lieutenant Speaker signed an oath of allegiance at the town of Marshall.
G. H. Crowder Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the 2nd Lieutenant of the Texas State Company and 43 years old. Crowder is listed as Lieutenant on the 1861 Confederate muster roll. He resigned as 2nd Lieutenant on May 15, 1862. No letter of resignation is contained in the records. Files contain Special Order No. 12, dated May 15, 1862 from the Adjutant and Inspector General in Richmond, Virginia reading: The Resignations of the following named officers have been accepted
by the President to-day:
M. H. Partain Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the 3rd Lieutenant of the Texas State Company and 31 years old. Partain was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Confederate organization on October 2, 1861. He was dropped at the time of the May 8, 1862 reorganization. D. S. Richmond Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was 26 years old at the time. Richmond mustered in to Confederate service as a private. Was elected 2nd Lieutenant on May 8, 1862. Was AWOL for a period of time starting August 31, 1862. Shown as: "absent, wounded, missing" after the battle in front of Murfreesboro. The file contains a notice, dated March 1, 1863, from the Department of West Virginia and East Tennessee that reads: Col Toole (Provost Marshall) will examine the cases of Lt. D. S. Richmond and private J. M. Kelly (of 10th Texas Cavalry) and act on the premises as may be proper by order of Brigadier General Donelson, Commanding." Signed by J. G. Martin A.A.G. The above record is type written and a note on it says: "Copied from records on 1-30-42." He was listed as "present" on muster roll ending April 30, 1863. The December 1863 muster roll has notes reading: "Dropped 12-21-1863. Dismissed from service by Colonel Harrison in compliance with Gen. Order #4 by Major Gen. Joseph Wheeler." No further records.
T. W. Alford Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was a private in the Texas State Company and 20 years old. Mustered in to Confederate service as a private. He served as 1st Sergeant From May 5, 1862 to April 3, 1863. Alford was wounded at the battle of Murfreesboro. Returned to ranks on April 4, 1863 and present through final muster roll. C. H. Bennett Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was 26 years old at the time. Mustered in to Confederate service as a private. Promoted to 2nd Sergeant with the May 8, 1862 reorganization. Went AWOL on December 31, 1862. Captured by Federals on January 5, 1863, left in Hospital near Murfreesboro and was paroled: "Not to take up arms until regularly exchanged." Sent to Camp Butler, Illinois on March 11, 1863. Bennett showed up as present on muster rolls for the late 1863 and to February 29, 1864. C. D. Bishop Enlisted on February 15, 1862 at Camp Lubbock, Arkansas by Colonel Young. He is shown as 1st Corporal on the 1862 muster roll. Bishop was wounded at Murfreesboro. Present or Absent, not stated on the February 28, 1863 muster roll. Present for the April 30, 1863 muster roll. He was promoted to 3rd Sergeant in 1863, after the April 30th muster roll. He is shown, present, as as 2nd Sergeant on the final muster roll, promoted in early 1864. Additional biographical information here. Joseph H. Campbell Mustered in to Confederate service as a private. He was promoted to 2nd Corporal from May of 1862. Campbell was at the rank of 4th Sergeant in the Fall of 1863. He is listed as the 3rd Sergeant in early 1864. He was captured on February 23, 1864 in Sevierville or near Knoxville, Tennessee and sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware. Must have been exchanged, since he is shown as Admitted to Howards Grove Hospital in Richmond, Virginia on September 22, 1864. This file includes a Parole at Montgomery, Alabama dated May 13, 1865. J. J. Gregg Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was a 4th Corporal in the Texas State Company and 25 years old. Gregg was a Corporal, no number given, in original Confederate organization. He was promoted to 3rd Sergeant in 1862. He was reportedly killed by accident in Shelbyville, Tennessee on January 12, 1863. E. G. Hargraves Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was 22 years old at the time. He mustered into Confederate service as a private. Promoted to 1st Sergeant some time between the April 30th and December 31st of 1863 muster rolls. Retained this rank on the final muster roll. No subsequent records are on file. J. B. Morton Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the 1st Sergeant of the Texas State Company and 30 years old. His last name appears to be spelled: “Martan” in the State Enlisted Men's Pay Sheets. He was the Sergeant Major at Fort Arbuckle in the Indian Territories from June 26th to August 26th of 1861. Though he is shown on the Muster Roll mustering out of Texas State Service and in Confederate States Service on October 2, 1861, no records of Confederate service survived to be in the National Archives. M. Russell Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the 4th Sergeant of the Texas State Company and 30 years old. Though he is shown on the Muster Roll mustering out of Texas State Service and in Confederate States Service on October 2, 1861, no records of Confederate service survived to be in the National Archives. J. A. St. Clair Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the 3rd Sergeant of the Texas State Company and 24 years old. Was the 2nd Sergeant of the original Confederate organization, present for 1861 muster roll. He was discharged on April 15, 1862 and paid by T. W. Randolph. No Certificate of Discharge is on record. Thomas Albert St. Clair Transferred from 9th Texas Infantry on March 3, 1863 as a private. He supplied his own horse. He had enlisted on October 7, 1861 in "Tarrow" (Tarrant), Texas by a Captain Moore. Promoted to 1st Sergeant on April 4, 1863 and returned to ranks later in the same year, after April 30th. Present as a private on last two muster rolls. Appears on a Roll of Officers and detailed men on duty with the Provost Marshal General of the Confederate Army of Tennessee and of unassigned officers and detailed men absent from their commands paroled in accordance with a Military Convention entered in to on April 26, 1865 between General Joseph E. Johnson, commanding Confederate Army and Major General W. T. Sherman, commanding U.S. Army of North Carolina. Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina. In about 1912, St. Clair lived in Sulphur Bluff, Texas and had the following to say of his Confederate Service (Yeary, 1912): "Born in Lynchberg, Tenn., and enlisted in the Confederate Army at Tarrant, Texas in September, 1861, as private in Company G, Ninth Texas Infantry, Chalmers' Brigade, the Anderson's, Ruggle's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee. My first Captain was Moore, and first Colonel, Sam Bell Maxey. I was wounded at Perryville, Ky., on Oct. 8th, 1862, and left in the hospital at Harrodsburg, Ky., where I was captured on the 11th of October, 1862, and paroled. I exchanged places with John Oxford and served the remainder of the war in Company D, Eleventh Texas Cavalry. My wound was by the explosion of a shell over my head, which rendered me unfit for infantry service, which was the reason for the above exchange. I declined any office higher than Orderly Sergeant. Was in the first battle of Shiloh, Perryville, Ky., Chickamauga. Was in numerous cavalry engagements under Col. Tom Harrison of Waco, Texas, who was under gallant Joe Wheeler." W. B. St. Clair Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was a 20 year old private at the time. St. Clair mustered in to Confederate service as a private. Promoted from ranks to 5th Sergeant in 1862. The April 30, 1863 muster roll shows him at the rank of 4th Sergeant and has the remark: "missing in Battle of Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862". No further records. R. B. Steen Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was 27 years old at the time. Steen mustered in to Confederate service as a private. He was 4th Sergeant in 1862. Steen was reported as wounded in the battle of Murfressboro. The April 30, 1863 muster roll shows him at the rank of 3rd Sergeant and remarks: died, date unknown. Federal records state that Steen was taken prisoner and died at Murfreesboro on January 14, 1863 of gunshot wounds. C. T. Walling Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the 2nd Sergeant of the Texas State Company and 22 years old. Walling was the 1st Sergeant in the original Confederate organization. His first initial is also listed as E. He was demoted to private ranks in 1862. The 1862 muster roll states that he was absent on detached service with a Major Spencer. Later he was present until listed as absent, "sick at Campbell's Station, E. Tenn. Nov. 15, 1863" on last 1863 muster roll. The final muster roll lists him as absent, "Prisoner of War since Dec. 2, 1863, Campbell Station, E. Tenn." In the Federal records his name appears on a list of Rebel Deserters who took the oath at Knoxville, Tennessee on January 20, 1864. L. Q. C. D. Wood Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was the 2nd Corporal in the Texas State Company and 19 years old. Wood was a Sergeant, no number given, in original organization. Remarks on 1861 muster roll read: "Discharged on Sgns [Surgeons] Certificate". No further records on file. Joseph E. Wright Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was a 1st Corporal in the Texas State Company and 22 years old. In the Confederate States Army, he was originally a 1st Corporal, but promoted to 3rd Sergeant on October 4, 1861. He was demoted to ranks in 1862. Wright used his own horse on the remounting of the Regiment in January of 1863. He deserted on August 1, 1863. No further records on file.
J. M. Settle Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was 22 years old at the time. Settle was a Corporal in the original Confederate organization. He was sick for the 1861 Muster. Settle was demoted to private in 1862. Discharged under the name: Moore Settel on November 19, 1862. Paid December 19, 1862 by D. D. Porter. No Certificate of Discharge on file. H. S. W. Waller Volunteered for Texas State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas. He was a 3rd Corporal in the Texas State Company and 24 years old. Was a Corporal in the original Confederate organization. He was present on all muster rolls. The 1862 muster roll shows him at the rank of private. The remaining muster rolls show Waller as a Corporal, no number given. Ensign J. A. Pearce Volunteered for Texas
State Service on May 27, 1861 at Tarrant in Hopkins County, Texas.
He was 26 years old. Private Pearce was the Ensign for the Texas
State Company. Though he is shown on the Muster Roll mustering out of Texas
State Service and in Confederate States Service on October 2, 1861, no
records of Confederate service survived to be in the National Archives.
Musician William Mulholland Chief Buglar, private rank. Enlisted in Confederate service on February 1, 1862 at Camp Lubbock, Arkansas by Colonel Young. Discharged May 25, 1862 for rupture of the bowels and given Certificate of Disability by Captain L.G. Harmons and Acting Surgeon DAB. Burks. The Certificate indicates he was born on board a ship in the Mediterranean Sea, age 19 years and was a Machinist by occupation. |
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