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- NOBLE, SEBRON MILES
... the Texas Declaration of Independence . When the Civil War broke out, Noble joined the Seventeenth Texas Cavalry as the captain ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - gv0045 - 03/15/2012 - 15:19 - 0 attachments
- WHITE, ROBERT M.
... and a champion of secession. At the outbreak of the Civil War , White raised a company of cavalry for service in the Confederate Army. ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - as0516 - 04/18/2011 - 15:36 - 0 attachments
- YAGER, WILLIAM OVERALL
... the couple had one son and four daughters. When the Civil War began, Yager volunteered for service in the Confederate Army. On April ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - as0516 - 04/23/2011 - 21:16 - 0 attachments
- RAGUET, HENRY WYNKOOP
... Raguet. The elder Henry Raguet , a veteran of the War of 1812, traveled to New Orleans in 1832 following the collapse of his ... Starr in Nacogdoches. They had no children. When the Civil War began, Raguet enlisted as a private in Gen. Tom Green 's ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - sdp0076 - 01/18/2013 - 12:10 - 0 attachments
- SIMS, WILLIAM B.
... was born on December 19, 1829, in Arkansas. Before the Civil War , Sims was a prosperous merchant in Clarksville, Texas, the county seat of ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - sdp0076 - 04/11/2011 - 14:52 - 0 attachments
- HOLMES, STOKELY MIZE
... February 23, 1859, and served until 1862. During the Civil War , Holmes organized a group of Guadalupe County volunteers and served under ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - gv0045 - 04/14/2011 - 14:15 - 0 attachments
- CHENOWETH, BENJAMIN DAVENPORT
... in McLennan County, Texas. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War , Chenoweth enlisted for service as a private on May 22, 1862. Four days ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - as0516 - 07/13/2011 - 16:08 - 0 attachments
- MAINS, SAMUEL F.
... Fourteenth Texas Cavalry . At the conclusion of the Civil War , Mains returned to Montague County and began practicing law. By 1870 he ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - sdp0076 - 07/27/2011 - 10:53 - 0 attachments
- FOOTE, HENRY STUART
... Lincoln's peace proposals. He was in Europe during the Civil War . His War of the Rebellion (1866) was an effort to justify his part in ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - jbrown - 06/12/2010 - 18:08 - 0 attachments
- THIRTIETH TEXAS CAVALRY
... and Williamson counties. After the outbreak of the Civil War , Gurley obtained permission from President Jefferson Davis to raise a ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - as0516 - 04/11/2011 - 14:55 - 0 attachments








