Civil War Soldiers 28th Texas Calvary- DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: CHAROLETTE AND DEBORAH FOSHEE
Email: sackettdaxx@yahoo.com
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   DESOTO  PARISH  CIVIL WAR  SOLDIERS  WHO  SERVED  WITH  
              THE  28TH  TEXAS  CAVALRY
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THE  28TH  REGIMENT  TEXAS  CAVALRY  (ALSO  KNOWN  AS  THE  1ST  REGIMENT  
TEXAS  LANCERS,  AS  RANDAL'S  REGIMENT  TEXAS  LANCERS  AND  AS  RANDAL'S  
REGIMENT  TEXAS  CAVALRY)  WAS  ORGANIZED  ABOUT  MAY  17,  1862,  WITH  
TEN  COMPANIES  A  TO  K.   COMPANIES  L  AND  M  WERE  ADDED  IN  JUNE, 
1862,  BUT  WERE  SOON  AFTERWARD  TRANSFERRED  TO  OTHER  COMMANDS. THIS  
REGIMENT  WAS  PART  OF WALKER'S  TEXAS  DIVISION.  COMMANDED  BY  COLONEL  
HORACE  RANDALL  THIS  UNIT  FOUGHT  IN  BOTH  ARKANSAS  AND  LOUISIANA.  
THREE  OF  THE  BATTLES  THEY FOUGHT  WERE,  THE  BATTLE  OF  JENKINS  
FERRY (ARKANSAS),  THE  BATTLE  OF  PLEASANT HILL  (LOUISIANA)  AND  THE  
BATTLE  OF  MANSFIELD  (LOUISIANA).

THE  FOLLOWING  MEN  VOLUNTEERED  TO  SERVE  WITH  THE   28TH   
TEXAS  CAVALRY  CO.  K ,  DURING  THE  CIVIL  WAR.   ON  THEIR  
REGISTRATION  CARDS  THEY  SAID  THEY LIVED  IN  DESOTO  PARISH  
LOUISIANA.  MOST  OF  THESE  MEN  LIVED  IN  THE  NORTH- WESTERN  
PART  OF  DESOTO  PARISH  LOUISIANA.



LUCIEN  T.  CODAY                 Rank,  Cpl.      Age,  21      Enlisted,  15  Apr  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX

JOHN  J.  COLLINS                 Rank,  Pvt.      Age  __       Enlisted,  15  Jun  1862
Where Enlisted, Carthage,TX

A.  D.  FERGUSON                  Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  33      Enlisted,  15  Jun  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX    (Discharged  25  Jul  1862)

WILLIAM  O.  FLETCHER             Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  27      Enlisted,    7  Jun  1862
Where Enlisted, Carthage,TX

A.  S.  HEADRICK                  Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  26      Enlisted,  15  May  1862
Where Enlisted, Carthage,TX

FELIX  L.  HICKEY                 Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  28      Enlisted,  15  Apr  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX

WESLEY  W.  HICKEY                Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  30      Enlisted,  15  Jun  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX     (P.O.W.  Roll   26  May  1865  to  Jun  1865)

LEVI  W.  HORN                    Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  32      Enlisted,  15  Apr  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX

JAMES  H.  JETER                  Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  25      Enlisted,    7  Jun  1862
Where Enlisted, Carthage,TX       (middle name is Hamilton)

JAMES  JONES                      Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  32      Enlisted,  20  Apr  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX

ALEXANDER  R.  LESLIE             Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  33      Enlisted,  15  Apr  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX

WILLIAM  K.  MOORMAN              Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  32      Enlisted,  15  Apr  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX

THOMAS  G.  ODOM                  Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  33      Enlisted,  15  Apr  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX    (Discharged,  17  Nov  1862)

JAMES  K.  PALMER                 Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  18      Enlisted,  15  Apr  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX

LAMACK  H.  PARKER                Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  21      Enlisted,   1  May  1862
Where Enlisted, Shelbyville,TX

JAMES  P.  PYLE                   Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  41      Enlisted,  15  Jun  1862
Where Enlisted, Carthage,TX

J.  A.  J.  PYLE                  Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  __      Enlisted,  __________
Where Enlisted, Carthage,TX

JEREMIAH  M.  PYLE                Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  28      Enlisted,    7  Jun  1862
Where Enlisted, Carthage,TX

LOVERICK  A.  J.  PYLE            Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  29      Enlisted,  15  Jun  1862
Where Enlisted, Carthage,TX

JOHN  B.  SINCLAIR                Rank,  Pvt.      Age,  45      Enlisted,  15  Jun  1862
Where Enlisted, Carthage,TX