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- CANNON, JOHN JOB
... The couple moved to Polk County, Texas, before the Civil War , and John began to establish himself as a physician. J .J. Cannon ... monument at Livingston, Texas. During the course of the war, John Job Cannon was wounded five times. He was in command of the unit when ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - as0516 - 04/11/2011 - 14:56 - 0 attachments
- COOPWOOD, BETHEL
... in 1846 and fought in a cavalry regiment in the Mexican War . In 1854 he moved to California, where he was admitted to the bar. He ... in the cavalry and served until 1863. After the Civil War he spent a year in Coahuila. He contributed articles to and wrote book ...
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- JASPER, SELDEN L. B.
... Regiment, Texas Mounted Volunteers, during the Mexican War . He briefly was the first sergeant of the company but resigned his ... Charles D. Spurlin, comp., Texas Veterans in the Mexican War: Muster Rolls of Texas Military Units (Victoria, Texas, 1984). Texas ...
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- JARMON, WILLIAM RICHARD
... (1825–1872). William Richard Jarmon, Civil War officer, was born on November 16, 1825, in Madison County, Tennessee. He ... promotion to captain in June 1862 and to major late in the war. For a brief period during the Georgia campaign of 1864 he commanded the ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - as0516 - 04/21/2011 - 15:27 - 0 attachments
- GUESS, GEORGE W.
... the murder of Alexander Cockrell . During the Civil War he was elected lieutenant colonel in the Thirty-first Texas Cavalry ... in a federal prison in New Orleans at the end of the war. After the Civil War, Guess was mayor of Dallas from 1866 to 1868. He ...
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- WOOD, JOSEPH GEORGE WARREN
... fifty-six slaves in 1850. At some point before the Civil War , Joseph Wood married a woman named Sarah and moved to Titus County, ... the Trans-Mississippi Department for the duration of the war and participated in the 1864 Red River campaign and saw action at ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - as0516 - 04/19/2011 - 07:47 - 0 attachments
- FIRST TEXAS CAVALRY, USA
FIRST TEXAS CAVALRY, USA . During the Civil War Texas contributed two regiments and two battalions of cavalry to the ... under the command of Edmund J. Davis , who, before the war's end, became a brigadier general. The unit was composed of eight ... and reconnaissance duties until the end of the Civil War. In May and June 1865 the regiment was at Vidalia, Louisiana. On June 29, ...
TSHA Handbook Online Article - jbrown - 06/12/2010 - 18:22 - 0 attachments
- YEARY, MAMIE ANN
... sympathetic to Confederate ideals long after the Civil War . Due to a long-term physical ailment, Mamie remained with her parents ... States of America and a complete listing of Civil War engagements. Although the book received minimal attention in Yeary's ...
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- YOUNG, HARVEY W.
... service in the United States Army during the Mexican War , Young served as sheriff of Ellis County from February 1851 through ... as county judge and county surveyor. During the Civil War , Young served in the Thirtieth Texas Cavalry Regiment, and achieved ...
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- FOOTE, HENRY STUART
... peace proposals. He was in Europe during the Civil War . His War of the Rebellion (1866) was an effort to justify his part in the war. He ...
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