Chambers County In The Confederacy

 

THE SECOND TEXAS INFANTRY, BAYLAND GUARDS

Company Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Staff

• Smith, Ashbel, Captain, wounded at Shiloh
• Harrell, J. R., 1st Lieutenant
• Woodall, P. M., 2nd Lieutenant, wounded at Corinth
• Haden, R. I., 2nd Lieutenant
• McFarland, J. D., 2nd Lieutenant
• Ashe, S. S., 2nd Lieutenant, killed at Shiloh
• Lea, M. A., Jr. 2nd Lieutenant
• Reeves, T. S., 1st Sergeant
• Wasson, E. M., 2nd Sergeant
• Alger, W. S., 3rd Sergeant, killed at Vicksburg
• Owen, C. M., 4th Sergeant
• Baden, R. D., 4th Sergeant
• Barnes, J. W., 4th Sergeant
• Alleyn, Wm., 4th Sergeant, killed at Vicksburg
• Olgiers, M., 4th Sergeant, killed at Vicksburg
• Bryan, W. H., 4th Sergeant, killed at Corinth
• Love, Henry, 1st Corporal
• Wasson, C. L., 3rd Corporal
• Hagerman, Jim, 3rd Corporal
• Blasgrave, J. N., 4th Corporal
• Alfson, John 4th Corporal
• Anderson, T., 4th Corporal, wounded at Vicksburg

Privates

 

• Alger, Wm. Private, wounded at Vicksburg, died Enterprise Miss., Sept. 18, 1863
• Armstrong, Thos., Private, wounded at Vicksburg
• Autry, Alex, Private, killed at Vicksburg
• Bagwell, J. S., Private, killed at Vicksburg
• Baker, Moseley, Private
• Baker, O. R., Private
• Barron, Amos, Private
• Bartlett, Hiram, Private, captured at Shiloh, died Camp Douglas, Ill, May 6, 1862
• Beatty, James, Private, wounded at Shiloh
• Belich, C. H., Private, killed at Shiloh
• Bellamy, R. C., Private, wounded at Shiloh
• Blackman, George, Private, wounded at Shiloh, died Camp Douglas, III.,June 7, 1862.
• Blasgrave, G. L., Private, wounded at Shiloh
• Blasgrave, E., Private, missing, battle of Iuka
• Boyd, Jefferson, Private, killed at Vicksburg
• Brook, Charles, Private, died Houston, Texas
• Brooks, J., Private
• Brown, G. H., Private
• Brown, S. S., Private
• Carmoody, M., Private
• Casey, P., Private
• Clark, Barton, Private
• Coy, Alex, Private
• Duncan, Daniel, Private
• Dutton, James, Private, wounded at Shiloh
• Ellidge, L. J., Private
• Epperson, Wm., Private
• Evans, John P., Private, wounded at Shiloh, wounded at Vicksburg
• Evans, W. W., Private
• Ferrand, G. W., Private
• Field, W. J., Private, died of diseases, Vicksburg, Miss., Dec., 1863
• Fisher, A., Private
• Fisher, Sol, Private
• Fitzgerald, F. M., Private
• Freeman, G., Private, killed at Vicksburg
• Goodrich, W. H., Private, missing at Corinth
• Grant, Wm., Private, missing at Vicksburg
• Haddon, S. A., Private
• Haddon, N. G., Private, wounded at Shiloh, died University, Mississippi
• Hammatt, C. E., Private, wounded at Shiloh, POW, U.S. Gen. Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa
• Harper, L. J., Private
• Harris, R. L., Private
• Hartman, Ed, Private
• Heffermann, Wm., Private, missing Shiloh
• Henshaw, Geo., Private, wounded at Shiloh, POW
• Herbert, J. W., Private, captured May 21, 1862, at Yazoo City, Miss., Hospital
• Holb, John, Private, missing Shiloh
• Holtz, John, Private, wounded at Shiloh, captured, Camp Douglas, Ill., wounded at Vicksburg
• Horton, R. H., Private, missing at Vicksburg
• Houston, Sam, Private, Jr., wounded at Shiloh, Camp Douglas, Ill.
• Jones, C. E., Private, wounded at Shiloh, died May 9, 1862, Camp Dennison Gen. Hospital, Ohio.
• Jones, S. E., Private
• Judd, N. T., Private, wounded at Vicksburg
• Kendall, T. H., Private, died Grenada, Miss., July 1, 1862
• Lawrence, Sol, Private
• Lawson, Benj. F., Private, wounded at Corinth
• Love, A. J., Private, wounded at Shiloh
• Malone, S. B., Private, Captured at Shiloh, Camp Douglas, Ill., killed at Vicksburg
• Martin, A. J., Private
• Matthews, Daniel, Private, died Columbus, Miss., Dec. 1863
• Matthews, Wm., Private, wounded at Vicksburg
• Meeks, J. P., Private, died Camp Churchill Clark, Miss., May 23, 1862
• Miers, Chas., Private, missing around Corinth, Miss., May 29, 1862
• Morrell, Aaron, Private
• Newsome, J. M., Private, died Oct. 30, 1864, Houston, Tex., Yellow fever.
• Onge, Henry, Private, missing Shiloh
• Palmer, Isham, Private
• Parnell, H., Private
• Pevesly, C. L., Private
• Pounds, G. W., Private
• Reaves, P. L., Private
• Reeder, J., Private
• Rhea, James A., Private, Captured at Shiloh, died while a POW
• Roffey, Henry, Private, died Houston, Tex., March, 1862
• Ruah, Otis, Private
• Rundell, T. M., Private, died Houston, Tex., Dec. 1,1863
• Smith, Albert, Private
• Smith, M. B., Private
• Stevens, Wm., Private, Captured at Shiloh, Camp Douglas, Ill.
• Steward, J. A., Private, wounded at Vicksburg
• Stolls, Wm., Private
• Tarver, J. W., Private, wounded at Vicksburg
• Terrell, W. A., Private
• Thomas, A. J., Private, died Corinth Hospital, May 23, 1862
• Thomas, J. P., Private, died Corinth Hospital, May 23,1862
• Thomas, Rufus, Private, wounded at Shiloh, died Corinth Hospital, May 14, 1862
• Timmons, G. W., Private
• Tompkins, Richard V., Private, wounded at Shiloh
• Vanhouten, J. B., Private
• Voortman, A. G., Private
• Wasson, E. P., Private, wounded at Shiloh, died in Corinth Hospital, April 17, 1862
• Waters, John, Private, captured May 31, 1862, near Corinth Miss., Camp Chase, Ohio
• Westerlage, F. A., Private, missing Shiloh
• White, Wm., Private, missing Shiloh, died Gratiot St. Prison, St. Louis, Mo.
• Wilburn, James, Private, died Vicksburg, Miss., Dec., 1863
• Williams, Sol, Private
• Woodall, A. K., Private, killed at Shiloh
• Woodall, N. K., Private, died Houston, Tex., March 1862
• Wright, D., Private, wounded at Vicksburg

 

Engagements of the Second Texas Company C

• Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862
• Corinth Campaign, April - June 1862
• Farmington, May 9, 1862
• Iuka, September 19, 1986
• Corinth, October 3-4, 1862
• Hatchie Bridge, October 5, 1862
• Chickasaw Bluff (First Vicksburg), December 29, 1862
• Fort Pemberton, March 11 - April 5, 1863
• Vicksburg Campaign, May-July, 1863
• Baker's Creek (Champion's Hill), May 16, 1863
• Big Black River Bridge, May 17, 1863
• Vicksburg Seige, May 18-July 4, 1863
• Mansfield, April 8, 1864
• Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864

 

 

Bibliography of Second Texas Infantry

 

• Chance, Joseph E., The Second Texas Infantry: From Shiloh to Vicksburg, Eakin Press, Austin, Texas,
• Evans, Charles I.,Second Texas Infantry in A Comprehensive History of Texas 1685 to 1897, Dudley G. Wooten, ed., 1898. Evans was a private in Company G.
• Sifakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas , Facts On File, New York, NY, 1995.
• Smith, Ralph, Reminiscences of the Civil War and Other Sketches, San Marcos, Texas, 1911.Reprinted by W.M. Morrison, Waco, Texas,1962. Smith was a private in company K.

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