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.