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11th Texas Infantry
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Company A
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John Cordiway - Private
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This was my great-great-grandfather. His brother Leander Cordiway also served in this unit.
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Contact Name:
Leo G. Hernandez
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/29/2013
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Company A
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Elijah Jacobs - Private
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Elijah Jacobs was from present day Woden, Tx, in Nacogdoches County. He died in Louisiana in the summer of 1864 and was buried there near a private home.
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Contact Name:
David P. Smith
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 1/18/2011
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Company A
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Christopher Columbus Koonce - Private
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States in family album that he started out in Company K of 11th Regiment Texas Volunteer Infantry. He also was in the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Co. G.
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Company A
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Daniel Koonce - Corporal
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Served as private then as corporal.
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Company A
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William J Koonce - Private
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Company A
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John Morgan Little - 2nd Lieutenant
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Living in Nacogdoches County Texas when he and several brothers enlisted. The family were citizens of the former Republic of Texas. He was assigned to Capt. Milton Mast's Company, Roberts Regiment, 11th Texas Volunteer Infantry, Company A. This group was a part of Walkers Texas division known as 'Walkers Greyhounds'.
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Contact Name:
Charles Lavender
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/8/2012
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Company A
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Benjamin Franklin Rector - Private
Contact Name:
Mark Johnson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/25/2008
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Company A
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Amos Richardson - Sergeant
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Amos enlisted 1 Oct. 1861 at Sabine Pass in Capt. J.M. Blair's Co. Likens' Battalion Texas Vols. This became Co A 11th Battalion [ Spaight's] 1 Feb. 1864 he is detailed to Gunboat, Steamer Sachem. 29 June 1864 detailed to pursue escaped prisoners. Sept. 1864 he is on provost duty at Sabine Pass. In Oct. 1864 he is promoted to Sergeant and is on a 60 day leave. He is the husband of Martha Ann Gandy, my 2nd cousin 4 x removed.
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Contact Name:
phillip Thomas
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 3/9/2016
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Company A
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H.R.M Spivey - Private
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H.M.R. is for Harvey Redderick Milton.
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Contact Name:
Mark Johnson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/25/2008
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Company A
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Byrd Williams - Unknown
Contact Name:
Harold Williams
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/15/2013
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Company B
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William Wesley Hargrove - Private
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My great-great grandfather. Died 1/21/21 in Cooper, TX
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Contact Name:
Mike McCartney
Contact Email:
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Contact Homepage: mccnumber2son@yahoo.com
Date Added: 12/1/2016
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Company B
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Francis Marion Harris - Private
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my GG Grand Uncle, was the son of Spencer Murphy Harris, he was born 22 Novemeber 1843 in Tennessee, and died 6 February 1916, Panola County, Texas, and is buried at Waldrop Cemetery. He enlisted in Co B 11th TX Inf on 10 March 1862 along with his father. They fought at the Battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins Ferry.
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Company B
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Spencer Murphy Harris - Private
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my GGG Grandfather, came to Panola County, Texas in the 1840's from Tennesee with his mother and brother to farm on the land that his father was granted for his service in the War for Texas Independence. His brother, Alfred Harris, was in the 1st TX Inf and was killed at Chickamauga. His son, Francis Marion Harris also served in the 11th TX Co B. They enlisted on 10 March 1862.They fought at the Battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins Ferry. Spencer and Frank are buried at Waldrop Cemetery in Panola County, Texas.
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Company B
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John Henry Lee - Private
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John was 16 years old. He enlisted on 20 April 1863 at Sabine Pass by Major Hamer for the war. Co B. 11 Battn: Texas Vols's. This unit has Cavalry, Artillery and Infantry componets. John is soon ordered to detached duty to the Marine Dept. by order of Gen. Magruder. 28 June 1863 he is on Gun Boat Uncle Ben. 10 Sept. 1863 he is on C. S. Steamer / Gun Boat Clifton. 1 Jan. 1864 he is on Gun Boat J. H. Belle/Bell and has been reassigned to 4th co. I. 13th Texas Vol's. Marine service. He finishes his service at Matagorda Bay in April 1865.
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Contact Name:
Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 7/3/2014
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Company B
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Marmaduke Riggs - Private
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Marmaduke was born 24 Mar 1828 in Greene Co. Alabama. He has 12 cards in his archival file. He enlisted as Henderson, Tx. on 8 May 1862 in Capt. Smith's Co. for 3 years. He was detailed several times on detached duty to secure arms and clothing by both, General Herbert and Major Caraway.25 July 1863 he is granted a 25-day furlough. On detached duty carrying mail in Jan - Feb 1864 and April 1869. He was engaged in the Red River Campaign including the fight at Mansfield [ which was his hometown] and Jenkin's Ferry. After the war he build a very successful health spa business at Rick's Well's, in De Soto Parish. La. He died in Dec 1911 and is buried in that town. He was my 2nd cousin 5 x removed.
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Contact Name:
Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 9/2/2023
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Company B
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Leonidas C Thomas - 3rd Sergeant
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Leonidas was 19 years old when he joined at Sabine Pass Texas. Capt. J.R. Burch's Co. 6th Battn: Likens' Texas Infantry. This became Co B. 11th Battn. Texas Vols. [ Spaight's ]. This unit has a Cavalry, Artillery and an Infantry component.
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Contact Name:
Phillip Thomas
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 3/5/2014
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Company C
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Robert James Dickey - Corporal
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Company C
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John Gandy - Private
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John was from Jasper County Texas. He enlisted at age 18 as a Pvt. In Co C 11th Battalion Texas Vols at Sabine Pass Texas. He has two cards in his archival file. He died in Buna, Jasper Count Texas at age 20. His records do not give cause of death.
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Contact Name:
phillip Thomas
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 3/9/2016
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Company C
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Alexander Johnson Hopper - Private
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Name also listed as: A.J., Elick, Zan,Hoper
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Contact Name:
Carla Smith
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Date Added: 10/17/2016
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Company D
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Abner Ambrose Chapman - Private
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Abner enlisted 13 July 1862 at Camp Caraway in Co D. 11th Regt. Texas Infantry [Robert's] His file is slim but does show a Certificate for disability and issued a 60 day furlough on 25 Nov. 1862 at CSA General Hospital at Little Rock Ark. His residence is shown as Titus Co. Texas
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Contact Name:
Phillip thomas
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Date Added: 3/1/2014
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Company D
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Columbus Wilson Davis - Private
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Greatgrandfather Columbus Wilson Davis enlisted in 11th Texas Infantry in Titus County. Later lived in Galveston and died in Arcadia, now Santa Fe. He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Alvin. More later. Jim Strachan, Missouri City.
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Contact Name:
James D. Strachan
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Date Added: 12/9/2007
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Company D
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Eli Hall - Private
Contact Name:
Charles Brown
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/6/2006
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Company D
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Lorenzo Dow Porter - Private
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My great-great-grandfather - born 12 July 1825 in Illinois - died 1914 in Shelby county Texas. He was drafted into the Confederate Army 30 April 1862 - served in companies 'D' & 'H' of of Col. Oran M. Roberts 11th Inf. I am in the Sons of Confederate Veterans thru his service to the South.
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Contact Name:
H. Patrick Porter
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Date Added: 6/22/2010
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Company E
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Elisha Morris - Private
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Elisha was the son of John Morris of Panola Co., Tx. In 1862 or 1863 he first enlisted into Co. C, Well's Battalion, Cooper's Command and served for some time in the Indian Territory. He was transfered into the 11th Inf., Walker's Division. He participted in the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana in April 1864. He fought battles and skirmishes in Arkansas before marching home to Texas.
Most of his regiment just went home never to fight again. He was absent without leave since April 30, 1865. He went back home to Panola Co., Texas. Later Elisha moved his family to Grand Saline, Van Zandt Co., Tx.
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Company E
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Isaac Morris - Corporal
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He enlisted 24 Feb 1862 at Carthage, Panola County, Texas and was stationed at one time at Camp Lubbock near Houston. He fought in Louisiana battles with Walker's Division and served until the close of the war. After the war he returned home to Panola Co.,then later moved to Van Zandt County, Texas where he died on 31 Oct 1919 near Grand Saline and is buried at Woodside Cwmetery.
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Contact Name:
Vickie Lyon
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Date Added: 10/16/2005
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Company E
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John Morris - Private
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He joined for service on 24 Feb 1862 at Carthage, Panola Co., Tx. His age was listed as 45 years old. He appears on muster rolls through June 1862. He was discharged on 20 June 1862 at Camp Clingh by reason of being over thirty-five years of age.
He was actually 48 years old, with no prior service in the military and should never had been mustered into service.
Almost every able bodied man in his home area tried to enlist their services.
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Company F
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William Morrison Fullen - Private
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William M. Fullen
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Texas
Regiment Name: 11th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Roberts')
Company: F
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
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Company F
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Barnes Holloway - Private
Contact Name:
Stephen Woodard
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/5/2023
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Company G
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Charles Columbus Gilliam - Unknown
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Charles was a brother of James Knox Polk Gilliam, my gggrandfather. Charles married Virginia 'Jinnie' C. Watson in 1878. Both are Jinnie and Charles are buried in the Starrville Cemetery, Smith County, TX.
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Contact Name:
Linda H. Trichel
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Date Added: 5/12/2006
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Company G
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Laban Brunner Hickman - Private
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First cousin, twice removed
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Company G
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Matthew H. Neely - Private
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This is my gg uncle. Joined in 1862 with his younger brother
Harrison L.Both show on the roster. Matthew was born 06 Mar 1836 in Indiana,Son of Greenleaf Neely.He was a Methodist
minister.In 1849 the Neely's moved to Hopkins county Texas.
The family show up on the 1850 census in Hopkins county.
Records show they had another brother (Randolph)who died
in the Army.Matthew died on 28 APR 1913 in San Antonio.
Death certificate shows buried in ...ville ,Texas
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Company G
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David Wilson Russell - Private
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He was a resident of Smith County, TX. Parents were Thomas B. and Elizabeth Hilliard Russell from South Carolina. His youngest sister was my ggreat grandmother May 'Mertie' Florence Russell, who married James Knox Polk Gilliam, also a veteran (Co H 13 Tex Inf. C.S.A.).
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Contact Name:
Linda H. Trichel
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Date Added: 5/12/2006
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Company G
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Solomon Hilliard Russell - 1st Sergeant
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He was a resident of Smith County, TX. Parents were Thomas B. and Elizabeth Hilliard Russell from South Carolina. His youngest sister was my ggreat grandmother May 'Mertie' Florence Russell, who married James Knox Polk Gilliam, also a veteran (Co H 13 Tex Inf. C.S.A.). After the Civil War, he married Carrie A. Law Setzler, widow of Jacob R. Setzler. His sister, Martha Russell, married Warren U. Watson. Warren & Martha Russell Watson's daughter was Jinnie Watson, who married
Charles Columbus Gilliam of the same unit as Solomon Hilliard Russell.
The Russell's were from South Carolina, but migrated to Mississippi, about 1850 where my ggrandmother (youngest daughter) was born, and Martha (oldest daughter), was married to Warren Watson. The Russells and Watsons came to Texas about 1859, and settled in Smith County around Starrville.
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Contact Name:
Linda H. Trichel
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Date Added: 5/12/2006
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Company G
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William F. Russell - Private
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He was a resident of Smith County, TX. Parents were Thomas B. and Elizabeth Hilliard Russell from South Carolina. His youngest sister was my ggreat grandmother May 'Mertie' Florence Russell, who married James Knox Polk Gilliam, also a veteran (Co H 13 Tex Inf. C.S.A.). He died in St. John's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 2 Feb 1863 of disease (probably complications of malaria). I wish I knew where he was buried!
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Contact Name:
Linda H. Trichel
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Date Added: 5/12/2006
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Company G
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Eliab Horatio Wells - Lieutenant
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One muster roll says that he was a sergeant, but a document found in his own handwriting says that he was a lieutenant and entered the 11th infantry during Feb of 1862. He transferred to the engineering dept after Sept 1863 where he served as 1st Lieutenant Engineer till close of the War.
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Company H
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George Van Buren Turpin - Private
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Company H
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William C. Turpin - Private
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Company H
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THOMAS A. WILLIFORD - Private
Contact Name:
KEITH WILLIFORD
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Date Added: 7/21/2014
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Company H
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James L Witherspoon - Private
Contact Name:
Stephen Moyers Woodard
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Contact Homepage: Givem Tha Cold Steel Boys
Date Added: 1/11/2011
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Company I
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Abijah Davis Lindsey - Corporal
Contact Name:
Larry Bailey
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Date Added: 5/15/2006
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Company I
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Benjamin Franklin Rozell - Private
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Company I
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Francis Marion Thomason - Private
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Born 1846 in Cherokee County, Texas.
Died 1924 in Kaufman County, Texas
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Company K
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John W. Busby - Private
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John W. Busby was born 20 Oct 1831 in Lexington, SC the son of Jacob John Busby (1813-1890) and Ann. John W. Busby married Matilda A. Stinson 13 Sep. 1855 in Upshur County, Texas where they resided their entire life and he died 19 Aug 1907 and is buried in the Hopewell Cemetery in Upshur County.
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Contact Name:
Ronald E. Wade
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Contact Homepage: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1979440150&tid=1179729
Date Added: 5/7/2007
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Company K
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Jacob A Derrick - 2nd Lieutenant
Contact Name:
Stephen Woodard
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Date Added: 8/13/2023
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Company K
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John D Koonce - Private
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His middle initial is incorrect in soldier-sailor system. He also served in company A. He was sent to Union Military Prison in New Orleans, on March 20, 1864, admitted to St. Louis General Hospital in New Orleans with acute diarrhea, returned home after the war but never fully recovered. He died prior to 1870.
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Company K
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Thomas William Koonce - Private
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Company K
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benjamin franklin mcdaniel - Private
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enlisted in march 1862 in Shelby county Tx. surrendered in May 1865 at hempstead Tx. Pensioned in Wood County Tx. Buried at Sharp Cemetary in Wood Co. Tx. 1913 May have been born in Alabama
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Contact Name:
mike mcdaniel
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Date Added: 1/10/2008
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