Company “K”  Membership

Last week we promised to give, as complete as possible, a list of members of Co. "K", the first military company organized in Texana during the Civil War. At that time we did not realize that any member of this famous band resided in Edna, and we were relying on "Uncle" Martin Vincent to furnish us with the names, as he was able to call off from memory many of the names. Maj. L. Garrett, a prominent and life long citizen of this county and city, saw the list of officers published last week and naturally was deeply interested in it, as he was a charter member of the company and served in it throughout the entire struggle. Another old veteran, who was likewise a charter member and served the full time, happened to be visiting in Edna at this time. He is W. G. Brook, now of Logan Point, La., and is visiting his brother-in-law, W. J. Evans, of this city. For four years Major Garrett, who was sergeant, called the roll for Co "K", and Mr. Brook said that he never used a list, but called every man's name from memory. With the aid of Maj. Garrett, Mr. Brook and "Uncle" Martin Vincent, the Herald is able to give this week 79 of the original 82 men who composed Co "K".

There are only four known living members of this company. They are Maj. Garrett, Edna; W. G. Brook, Logans Point, La.; Jim Fluery, Blessing; Bob Fluery, Palacios; and perhaps Wiley Coleman.

Company "K" was in some of the most famous battles of the Civil War. All told they were in fourteen battles and skirmishes. The hottest contests these old Jackson County citizens participated in were Shiloh, two battles at Corinth, Farmington, Iuka, Holly Springs, Talahatchie, Green Wood, Chicashaw Bayou and Vicksburg.
 

Edna Weekly Herald, February 22, 1917, reprinted in Edna Weekly Herald, June 30, 1932
Article courtesy of William A. Matthews
 

List of Confederate Soldiers From Jackson County

This list of Confederate soldiers is taken from an old diary which has been in the possession of the Haynes family for many years. No one knew whose diary it was. It was kept on the Peach Grove Plantation. No one now living knows the location of this plantation.

S. S. Henson
James Casey
James Hanks
David Burnett
D. H. Wright
James Earle
John Earle
Joe Jordan
Newton A. White
Abraham Owen

There were many other men who served in the cause of the grand Old South, but the records are dim. It is fitting to preserve the above names so that they may be handed down to posterity with all the glory and honor that may be due them. Jackson County furnished her full quota of soldiers during the Civil War.

The old men, women and children of Jackson County who remained at home had to suffer and go through as much hardships as the soldiers did the foremost of the fray. They suffered from hunger, from the want of medical care, and from lack of clothes. The women and children were heroines and heroes in this great struggle. They had to labor until they were exhausted in order to feed themselves and the army.

The greatest hardships occurred after the war. Many of the Jackson County citizens were wealthy before the war. Their wealth vanished almost overnight because their homes were ruined, their slaves were set free, their livestock was gone and their land in most cases was confiscated or sold for taxes. Many hundreds of the Jackson County citizens were made paupers after the War Between the States.