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In the summer of 1861, a company was organized in Matagorda, Texas, by Dr. E. A Peareson. Feeling and enthusiasm running high, old and young volunteered. It was necessary to cull out the too old, the too young, and those physically unfit for actual service. The men refused enlistment were bitterly indignant. Indeed, one highly esteemed gentleman rejected because of age and infirmity, committed suicide.
In the early fall of the same year, the Company, called the Matagorda Coast Guards, was sent to a camp of instruction at Victoria, Texas, where it was mustered into the regular Confederate Army October 4th, 1861, as Co. D 6th Texas Infantry, by Col. Garland and Major Haskell, formerly of the U. S. Army. The 6th Texas is one of five regiments mustered into the confederate service with its proper archives preserved at Austin, and in the U. S. War Department.
There were one hundred and eight men and officers in Co. D. Capt. Peareson received a petition signed by the members of his company and the citizens of his home town, urging him to resign, come home and take professional care of the soldier's families. This he reluctantly consented to do. James Selkirk was elected Capt.; Greenberry Stewart, 1st Lt.; John F. Dale, 2nd Lt.; Philip E. Peareson, 3rd Lt.; and Arthur Bruce, ensign and color bearer.
The officers of the regiment were Col. Garland, Lt. Col. Scott Anderson, of Eagle Lake, and Major Haskell. Under these efficient officers, the 6th Texas Infantry marched from Victoria to Arkansas Post, where it became a part of the army of from three to five thousand Confederate soldiers, who under the command of Brig. Gen. Churchill fortified and defended the Post for three days against Gen. Sherman and 75,000 men, 11 gunboats and 120 transports. The transports landed a force in the rear of the confederates, surrounding them, and compelling their surrender, but not until they had killed five thousand Federals, more men than were defending the Post.
In January, 1862, the officers were sent to Johnson's Island and Camp Chase; the privates to Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois. Three of these men who were sick froze to death on the exposed deck of the boat. J. F. Holt was given a detail of Confederate soldiers with orders to bury them. Unused to the usages of war, he demanded coffins, and was told to dig a trench and throw them in it. The bodies of his dead comrades, wrapped in blankets, were reverently laid in this shallow grave. A wooden head board with his initials and the date roughly carved on it, was placed at the head of each grave. They were laid to rest on Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee. A loyal southerner living on the island assisted them in this melancholy duty, and promised to care for the graves.
At Camp Butler some of Company D found an unexpected friend in Robert Ludington, formerly of Matagorda. His parents came to that place soon after "Annexation." His father was a brother of Mrs. Galen Hodges. For years his maternal grandfather, Capt. Coates, was organist for Christ Church, until removed by death.
When "Bob" was about fourteen, his father and grandfather both died, and his mother returned to the north to her own people where "Bob" grew to manhood, and was conscripted into the Federal Army in New York. He was uniformly kind and considerate to the Company, especially J. F. Holt, whose mother had in happier days been his Sunday School teacher. He never failed to "give aid and comfort" to them when he could--often at some personal risk. The memory of him was the only happy one they brought from Camp Butler, where fifteen hundred Confederate soldiers died from exposure and smallpox.
In April the survivors were sent to City Point, Virginia where they were exchanged and consolidated. The command consisting of the 6th, 7th, 10th, 15th, 18, 22nd, 24th and 28th regiments were sent to Petersburg, Virginia, where temporary officers were elected and where J. F. Holt was put in command of Co. D.
From Petersburg the Brigade was
sent to garrison Richmond during the battle of Chancellorsville, and
where it prevented the capture of the city by Gen. Stoneman on May
4th. The officers who had now been exchanged rejoined their
companies. John F. Dale had contracted chronic dysentery at Camp Chase; he was first sent to a field hospital, from which he was furloughed home and died in a few weeks after his return.
J. F. Holt was commissioned 3rd Lt.
and took his place. The officers served with their regiment and
companies during the entire war, and when the army of Tennessee was
surrendered by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Raleigh, North Carolina,
April 19th, 1865, to Gen. Tecumseh Sherman, there were only fifteen
men fit for active service in Co. D. In the summer campaign of 1862, Gen. Braxton Bragg, of the army of Tennessee, asked for a brigade of Texas infantry; and under Brig. Gen. Deschler a brigade composed of Garland's Gillespies, R. Q. Mills, Wilkes, Major Phillips and three other regiments were sent him and formed the famous Granberry's [Granbury's] Brigade, which was to the Army of Tennessee, what Hood's immortal brigade was to the Army of Virginia.
When Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was reviewing the troops after the hard fought battle of New Hope Church, he took off his hat to Granberry's [Granbury's] Brigade and kept his head bared until they had passed, in acknowledgement of their gallant charge which had turned a threatened defeat into a victory for the Confederate Army. Granberry's [Granbury's] Brigade was in the battles of Wartrace, Fura, Corinth, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Altoona, Lookout Mountain, Franklin, Atlanta, Murfreesboro and Jonesborough, and may skirmishes.
At Jonesboro July 22nd, 1864, J. F. Holt's right arm was shattered by a minnie ball, just below the shoulder. Chris Zipprian carried him off the battlefield. In a field hospital his arm was operated on, a portion of the bone above and below the wound was sawed off in such a manner as to resect or splice the bone. This was done without anesthetics. The U. S. government had made Quinine contraband of war. When the supply in the south had been exhausted it was with the greatest difficulty that even a small quantity could be obtained from the limited amount smuggled into the south, or brought in on blockade runners. From the field hospital he was sent to Alabama. He was furloughed home in December, 1864 and reached Matagorda January 1st, 1865. In the early summer of this year his arm was again operated on by the surgeon of the Federal troops stationed in Matagorda, assisted by Dr. J. T. Fry. In December, 1865, he went to New Orleans to Dr. Warren Stone, the most eminent surgeon of the south, who successfully operated on his arm. In three months he returned home with it thoroughly healed. It was shorter than the other arm, and never very strong. It gave him no more trouble. He lived to advanced age of 84, happy in a devoted family and rejoicing in his great grandchildren, and passed peacefully away March 31st 1921, respected by the entire community for his uprightness, and loved by many for the sweetness of his character, in the County where for 72 years he had lived an unblemished life.
In 1865 two companies of Negro soldiers, officered by white men, were stationed in Matagorda. They were noisy and disposed to be insolent. Those who came in contact with Major Rand and other officers testified to their being gentlemen, but the public at large refused "to be convinced against its will," and sandwiched them between overseers and "slave drivers," men who bought and sold slaves as an occupation, regarded with disgust, but tolerated as a necessary evil in the south. In passing them on the side-walks ladies (whose fathers, husbands brothers and sweethearts had fought, bled and some of them died for their country) would draw their skirts closer and hold handkerchiefs to their noses as if the Yankee officers smelt to Heaven; others more dignified would severely ignore them, pass by with unseeing eyes, heads held high. This may seem silly now, but at that time Sherman's March to the Sea, and that contemptible little minded Miles' gratuitous insults to and shackling of President Davis was fresh in their minds. They hated the Yankees bitterly and generously, and the bitter years of reconstruction that followed the close of the war vindicated and justified them.
Members of Co. D. were often detailed on outside service for short periods of time. E. J. Inglehart, who was wounded in three battles was employed as a dispatch bearer to Gen. Bedford Forest. Wm. Dunbar often did duty as a scout, and sometimes penetrated a Yankee camp and brought timely information. Gid Wilkerson, the youngest (only 16) and the smallest soldier of them all, who when being examined for enlistment had to tip-toe to get his ramrod into his gun, became an expert sharpshooter; on one occasion when the two armies were opposite each other, behind breastworks and supposedly out of range, a yankee soldier would jump on a parapet, yell and wave defiance at the "Rebels." A soldier in Co. D, infuriated by his insolence shouted, "Damn that Yank, I'll bet you can't pick him off Gid."
Gid raised his rifle and saying, "I'll scare him anyhow," fired, the Yankee sprang in the air, crumpled and fell outside their breastworks. Well he asked for it, said Gid as they watched his comrades carry his body inside their trenches.
From 1864 until the surrender of the Confederate army at Appomattox, Lt. Philip E. Peareson served as aide on Granberry's [Granbury's] staff with the rank of Captain.
There are not many of Co. D left, some rest in Arkansas, in Mississippi, in Georgia and Tennessee battlefields, and a few came home and lived to an old age. There are three in Matagorda now John Phillips, Wm. Dunbar and Chris Zipprian, aged white men, waiting their last roll call.
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In the 6th Texas Regiment in the Battles of Missionary Ridge, near Ringgold, Ga., on the 27th November, 1863. Company D, Captain James Selkirk commanding.
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Of the 6th and 15th Texas Regiments, at Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee.
November 29th:
November 30th:
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Certificate of Mustering Officer.
I Certify, on Honor, That I have carefully
examined the men whose names are borne on this Roll, their horses
and equipments, and have accepted them into the service of the
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That part of the regiment which was not captured
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to have subsequently served in the 17th Consolidated Regiment Texas
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# |
NAME |
RANK |
DISCH ARGED |
BIRTH PLACE |
AGE |
ENROLLED WHERE |
SERVICE INFORMATION |
Capt |
SC |
46 |
Matagorda |
Returned to Matagorda due to health issues and served as Provost Marshal for Matagorda | |||
1st Lt |
NY |
37 |
Matagorda |
Captured at Arkansas Post, AR; Sent to Camp Chase, Columbus, OH; Displaced officer when 6th, 10th & 15th Regiments consolidated, returned to Matagorda and was dropped from Co. D. | |||
2nd Lt |
33 |
Matagorda |
Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1875, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | ||||
2nd Lt |
AL |
20 |
Matagorda |
Captured at Arkansas Post; Sent to Camp Chase, OH; Captured Franklin, TN; Sent to Johnson's Island; Signed Oath of Allegiance 27 Jun 1865 | |||
1st Sgt |
AL |
25 |
Matagorda |
Captured at Boyd's Station, Alabama; Sent to Camp Chase, Ohio | |||
2nd Sgt |
TX |
26 |
Matagorda |
Captured at Arkansas Post, AR; Sent to Ft. Delaware, DE; | |||
3rd Sgt |
MS |
22 |
Matagorda |
Died in hospital Arkansas Post, AR | |||
4th Sgt |
NY |
35 |
Matagorda |
Captured at Arkansas Post, AR; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | |||
5th Sgt |
DIS | AL |
28 |
Matagorda |
Disability Discharge May 14, 1862 | ||
1st Cpl |
IRE |
32 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | |||
2nd Cpl |
GER |
34 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | |||
3rd Cpl |
TX |
19 |
Matagorda |
Prisoner of war; Parole of Honor 8 Aug 1865 | |||
4th Cpl |
ME |
32 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Recaptured and sent to Camp Douglas, IL | |||
Musician |
GER |
22 |
Calhoun |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Deserted at City Point, VA; Took Oath of Allegiance to the US Government | |||
Musician |
DEN |
25 |
Matagorda |
Discharged on account of Disability December 7, 1862 at Arkansas Post, Ark | |||
Private |
Captured July 22, 1864 at the Battle of Atlanta; Died in hospital Aug. 26, 1864 | ||||||
2 |
Private |
DIS | ENG |
35 |
Matagorda |
Sickness, received Surgeon's Certificate of Disability | |
3 |
Private |
ENG |
23 |
Matagorda |
Died as a prisoner & buried at Camp Butler, Illinois February 10, 1863 | ||
5 |
Private |
GER |
21 |
Calhoun |
Disability discharge c August 1862 | ||
4 |
Private |
GER |
32 |
Wharton |
Died of pneumonia at hospital at Arkansas Post, Ark., Nov. 4, 1862 | ||
1 |
Private |
DIS |
36 |
Calhoun |
Disability discharge June 27?, 1862 at Camp No. 25 near Tyler | ||
6 |
Private |
TX |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
DES | Deserted Nov. 14, 1861 | ||||||
9 |
Private |
TX |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Paroled at Victoria, Texas prior to August 8, 1865 | ||
10 |
Private |
GER |
23 |
Matagorda |
Buried Matagorda Cemetery? | ||
7 |
Private |
24 |
Matagorda |
Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died Oct. 11, 1921, buried Matagorda Cemetery | |||
8 |
Private |
DIS | ME |
23 |
Calhoun |
Disability discharge May 20, 1862 at Camp Henry McCulloch, Victoria | |
12 |
Private |
AL |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured at Arkansas Post, Ark, prisoner at Camp Butler, Ill, died at Camp Butler, April 13, 1863 | ||
11 |
Private |
GER |
21 |
Matagorda |
Apparently died in 1865 per Register of Effects of Deceased Soldiers, place unknown | ||
Private |
IRE |
23 |
Victoria |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Signed Oath of Allegiance to US Govt. | |||
13 |
Private |
IRE |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
20 |
Private |
NC |
24 |
Matagorda |
Died Camp Butler, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, buried Camp Butler National Cemetery | ||
14 |
Private |
LA |
19 |
Calhoun |
Killed in Battle Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, 1863 | ||
18 |
Private |
DIS | FRA |
35 |
Matagorda |
Discharged on account of Disability at Gilmer, Upshur Co, this July 4, 1862 | |
19 |
Private |
GER |
45 |
Calhoun |
[There appears to be several discrepancies in record] |
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15 |
Private |
GER |
23 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
16 |
Private |
ME |
44 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
Private |
TX |
21 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Paroled c April 28, 1865 at Greensboro, NC; Received a pension $32252 | |||
17 |
Private |
LA |
23 |
Matagorda |
Died at Richmond Va. May 20, 1863; Buried Hollywood Cemetery, Soldiers Section, Unknown lot | ||
21 |
Private |
IRE |
18 |
Calhoun |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Paroled c April 28, 1865 at Greensboro, NC | ||
22 |
Private |
GER |
21 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Wounded at Missionary Ridge; Paroled c April 28, 1865 at Greensboro, NC; Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1903, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | ||
23 |
Private |
GER |
21 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Wounded at Missionary Ridge; Paroled c April 28, 1865 at Greensboro, NC; Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1912, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | ||
Pvt - Cpl |
32 |
Victoria |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Paroled c April 28, 1865 at Greensboro, NC | ||||
24 |
Private |
NC |
21 |
Victoria |
Died Camp Butler, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, buried Camp Butler National Cemetery; discrepancies in record | ||
29 |
Private |
NY |
24 |
Matagorda |
Disability Discharge | ||
Private |
FL |
25 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Died at Petersburg Va April 25, 1863 | |||
26 |
Private |
FL |
19 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Died Camp Butler, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, buried Camp Butler National Cemetery | ||
25 |
Private |
GER |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Captured at Battle of Franklin, TN Nov. 30, 1864; Sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, IL. | ||
27 |
Pv-2Lt |
23 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1921, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | |||
28 |
Private |
DIS | GER |
38 |
Matagorda |
Disability Discharge 20 May 1862 at Camp Henry McCulloch | |
30 |
Private |
GER |
26 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1910, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | ||
31 |
Private |
NY |
26 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Killed at the Battle of Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, 1863 | ||
32 |
Private |
KY |
30 |
Calhoun |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
33 |
Private |
GER |
23 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
34 |
Private |
NY |
37 |
St. Mary's |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Killed in Battle of Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, 1863 | ||
35 |
Private |
TX |
23 |
Matagorda | Died Camp Butler, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, buried Camp Butler National Cemetery | ||
Thomas Kuykendall |
Private |
23 |
Matagorda |
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36 |
Private |
DIS | GER |
36 |
Victoria |
Disability discharge June 4, 1862 at Eagle Lake, Colorado Co., TX | |
37 |
Private |
GER |
21 |
Calhoun |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
Private | IRE | Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | |||||
38 |
Private |
SCO |
27 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
39 |
Private |
PA |
23 |
Matagorda |
Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1919, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | ||
41 |
Private |
GER |
24 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
40 |
Private |
DIS | GER |
24 |
Victoria |
Disability discharged May 20, 1862 at Camp Henry E. McCulloch, Victoria, Texas | |
42 |
Private |
DIS | GER |
23 |
Matagorda |
Received Surgeon's Certificate of Disability | |
45 |
Private |
GER |
40 |
Matagorda |
Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1880, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | ||
43 |
Private |
TX |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Exchanged; Captured at the Battle of Missionary Ridge; Sent to Rock Island; Signed Oath of Allegiance June 22, 1865 | ||
44 |
Private |
TX |
20 |
Matagorda |
Disability discharge November 16, 1862 at Arkansas Post, Arkansas | ||
46 |
Private |
22 |
Calhoun |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Signed Oath of Allegiance May 20, 1865 | |||
47 |
Private |
SWE |
33 |
Calhoun |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Signed Amnesty Oath July 8, 1865 | ||
Private |
LA | Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | |||||
48 |
Private |
AFR |
24 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1926, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | ||
49 |
Private |
NY |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
50 |
Private |
TX |
18 |
Matagorda |
Died Camp Butler, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, buried Camp Butler National Cemetery | ||
Private |
GER | Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Died in Atlanta Oct. 20, 1863 | |||||
Private |
LA | DOW Jan. 20, 1863 received at Arkansas Post | |||||
51 |
Private |
POR |
22 |
Calhoun |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Took Oath of Allegiance | ||
62 |
Private |
26 |
Matagorda |
Sick in hospital in Benton Ark c Aug, 1862 | |||
52 |
Private |
MO |
42 |
Calhoun |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; In hospital at Petersburg, VA; furloughed May 1863 to go to Texas, probably to take Wiley P. Savery home | ||
Private |
12 |
Calhoun |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Discharged 7 May 1863 at RIchmond, VA because he was a minor and unfit for field service | ||||
Private |
GER | 32 | Deserted Nov 12, 1861 | ||||
53 |
Private |
GER |
35 |
Calhoun |
In hospital at Petersburg, VA; Captured at Battle of Missionary Ridge; Sent to Nashville, Louisville and then to Rock Island; Signed oath of allegiance and joined U S. Navy | ||
55 |
Private |
PA |
38 |
Matagorda |
Captured at Arkansas Post, AR; Sent to Camp Butler, OH; Captured at Franklin, TN; Sent to Camp Douglas, IL; Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1867, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | ||
54 |
Private |
GER |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
61 |
Private |
MA? |
30 |
Victoria |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
56 |
Private |
GER |
28 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Retired from service 20 Mar 1865 due to gun shot wound which disabled his left hand | ||
63 |
Private |
TX |
19 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Died 17 Jan 1863 on board the Steamer John J. Roe enroute to Camp Butler, IL | ||
Private |
GER |
32 |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||||
Private |
PA | Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Took Oath of Allegiance to U S Govt. | |||||
Private |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Transferred to C. S. Navy | ||||||
58 |
Private |
NY |
28 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark and died in hospital there | ||
57 |
Private |
DIS | TX |
24 |
Matagorda |
Received disability discharge 10 Jun 1862; Returned to Matagorda, died 1921, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | |
59 |
Private |
TX |
22 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Died 30 May 1863 in Petersburg, VA | ||
Private |
TX |
20 |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Paroled at Greensboro, NC 1865 | ||||
60 |
Private |
GER |
25 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Signed Oath of Allegiance; Liberated from Camp Butler, IL March, 1863 | ||
64 |
Private |
NY |
52 |
Calhoun |
Received disability discharge 17 Dec 1862 | ||
67 |
Private |
GER |
27 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Died in hospital Cassville, GA 19 Mar 1864 | ||
65 |
Private |
TX |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL | ||
66 |
Private |
AL |
23 |
Travis |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Killed in Battle of Missionary Ridge 25 Nov 1863 | ||
Private |
TX |
15 |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Paroled at Greensboro, NC 1865 | ||||
68 |
Private |
TN |
24 |
Jefferson |
Died July/August 1862 near Tyler, TX | ||
69 |
Private |
TX |
24 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Recaptured West Point?, GA | ||
71 |
Private |
GER |
18 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Wounded at Missionary Ridge 25 Nov 1863; Paroled at Greensboro, NC 1865; Survived the war, returned to Matagorda, died 1927, buried at Matagorda Cemetery | ||
70 |
Private |
GER |
24 |
Matagorda |
Captured Arkansas Post, Ark.; Sent to Camp Butler, IL; Killed in Battle of Missionary Ridge 25 Nov 1863 | ||
Texas State Archives, File No. 457-1. Historic Matagorda County, Volume I, pp 659-660 |
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E. A. Peareson | Captain | ||
James Selkirk | 1st Lieut. | ||
Greenberry Stewsrt | 2nd Lieut. | ||
P. E. Peareson | 3rd Lieut. | ||
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS | |||
William D. Barbour | 1st Sgt. | ||
George Lewis | 2nd Sgt. | ||
John Dale | 3rd Sgt. | ||
William Gibson | 4th Sgt. | ||
David Culver | 1st Cpl. | ||
Richard Flood | 2nd Cpl. | ||
John Raimond | 3rd Cpl. | ||
William Gibson | 4th Cpl. | ||
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John Moore | Captain | ||
D. M. Wheeler | 1st Lieut. | ||
H. S. O'Neal | 2nd Lieut. | ||
Robert Parton [Partain] | 3rd Lieut. | ||
George A. Sims | 1st Sgt. | ||
William B. McSparran | 2nd Sgt. | ||
John Elliott, Jr. | 3rd Sgt. | ||
S. Reid | 4th Sgt. | ||
William Baxter | 5th Sgt. | ||
Robert ONeal | 1st Cpl. | ||
H. K. Gibbs | 2nd Cpl. | ||
G. M. Wright | 3rd Cpl. | ||
A. G. May | 4th Cpl. | ||
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The above Company
is named the Trespalacios Coast Guard. To be a reserve Infantry
Company, Class No. 2, Head Quarters Demings Bridge P O Matagorda
County, Said Office is P O of the Officers of this Company. Texas State Archives, File No. 123-1 and No. 123-2 Historic Matagorda County Volume I, p 659 |
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