Freestone County, Texas Military "12th Regiment Texas Infantry, Companies I and L" "Young's" Confederate States Army ******************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: This file was contributed by: Eric Bonner Wood The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ******************************************************************** [Note - Many of the 12th was originally in the Reserve Companies and then enlisted for military service in the general CSA army.] 12th Infantry Regiment [also called 8th Regiment] was organized and mustered in Confederate service at Waco, Texas, during the spring of 1862. Its members were recruited in the towns and cities of Clarksville, Cameron, Hempstead, Nacogdoches, Fairfield, and Waco, and the counties of Comanche, Milam, and Grimes. The 12th Texas Infantry Regiment was led by Colonel Overton C. Young and thus also known as Young's Regiment. The regiment was assigned to Brigadier General Thomas Neville Waul's [First] Brigade of Major John George Walker's Texas [Greyhound] Division, Trans-Mississippi Department. The regiment saw action in March-May 1864 in Louisiana [the Red River Campaign] and Arkansas [the Camden Expedition]. Some men are known to have fought at the battle at Corinth, Mississippi. Men from this regiment have many names to their regiment as Young's, 12th, 8th, Waul's Texas Legion, and Timmon's Regiment (after Waul's field officer Colonels Barnard Timmons). After fighting at Jenkins' Ferry, it moved to Hempstead and disbanded in the May 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Overton C. Young; Lieutenant Colonels William Clark, B. A. Philpott, and James W. Raine; and Major Erastus Smith. [Note - I suspect there might be another company from Freestone County given the number of companies. ] Regimental Staff Company A - ? Company B - ? Company C - ? Company D - ? Company E - ? Company F - ? Company G - Rusk County. Company H - ? Company I - Freestone County [They skipped J] Company K - ? Company L - Freestone County Regimental Staff: Beauchamp, J.R., Surg. Boulin, John Chinn, R.H., Surg. Coats, Charles Curtis, J.A. Graham, William, Sgt. Grasyier, H.F. Hanes, John Hoenis, P., Music. Jones, B.C., QM Philpott, B.A., Lt.Col. Raine, J.W., Lt.Col. Young, Overton, Col. Young, W.H., AQM [names in brackets added from History of Freestone County, Volume I, pg. 44] Company I - Freestone County: "Bradley's Company" Adams, A.H. Adams, Benjamin Alford, A.R. Alford, Ed Alford, M.J.A. [Anderson, R. B.] Arnett, J.F., Cpl. [later 3rd corp.] Avery, Charles Bagley, Thomas G.W. Ballard, J.J. Barbee, W.D. [Bartlett, R.] Batchelor, E. Betts, Thomas G. Bishop, B.F. Black, William A. Blackmon, James G., Jr. 2nd Lt. [James died from pneumonia as a Union prisoner-of-war in the US Military Prison, Divison 2C, Fort Delaware, Delaware.] [Bonham, M. L.] Bowers, Christopher Bowers, Jacob Boyd, H.A. Boyd, L.B. Boykin, S.M. [Bradbury, J. M.] Bradley, L.D. [Lucius de Yampert], 1st Lt. [later Captain] Bryant R.J. [later 1st corp.] Carroll, J.W. Carroll, S.P. Carter, A.H. Carter, D.W. [could be W.D.], Cpl. Carter, J.L. Casey, J.B. Cassels, Darling Cater, J.P. Chamblee, L.B. Chancellor, G.H. Chancellor, King R., Cpl. [Chancellor, T. J.] Clark, S.F.A. Clark, W.W. Cole, W.R. Collins, R.B. Colton [should be Cotten], William, Cpl. [later 5th Ord. Sgt.] Crenshaw, S.C. Daniel, J.T. [Jr.] [later 2nd Lt.] Davis, H.O. Davis, Nathan T. Davis, S. Dawson, P.T. Dawson, WC. Deale, W.A. [could be Deal, William A.] Dew, L.T. [could be Dewitt, H. L.] Dillard, G.W. Driver, G.W. Driver, J.W. Dunbar, Y.C. Dunegan, A.M. [Alfred M. Dunagan/Dunegan] Dunegan, J.W. Dunn, A.J. Dunn, John C., Cpl. [Echols, W.] Edwards, John C. Edwards, W.L. [Emmons, Andrew Jackson "Jack" (age 23)] [Emmons, John L. (age 25)] Emmons, George W. (age 18) Epp[e]s, L[ewis] T[emple], 1st Lt. Epps, L.T. [Evans, J.C.] Evans, T.D. Evans, W.H. Faughn, J.R. Finch, M.S. Foreman, A.B. [Franklin, R. G.] Franklin, T.A. Freeman, B.F., Sgt. Gist William F. Gordon, W.H. Gothard, Albert Green, A.F. Green, B.F. Green, G.M. [later 4th corp.] Green, J.L. Green, Joseph Green, W.B. Green, Westley Hale, H.J. [Hancock, T.A.] Harper, J.W. Harris, S.W. Hawes, J.W. Hays, J.T. Hester, J.W. High, William M., Sgt. [later 2nd Lt.] Hines, William M., Cpl. [Horne, J. L.] Huckaby, W.A. [later 2nd Ord. Sgt.] Hunter, J.A. Jackson, Grayham Johnson, G.W.H. Johnson, Robert T. Jones, James M. Jones, M.D. Jones, R.P. Jones, William B. Jordan, Arch, Capt. Kamer, John [Kelly, W.] Kendrick, O.H., 1st Sgt. Kent H.H., Cpl. King, Rial [Lakey, D. R.] [Lakey, W. F.] Lamar, J.T. Lampkin, William R. Lee, R.C. Lee, William [Lewis, T.J.] Linn, C.J. Longbottom, J. Lusk, Jasper Malone, W.B. Manning, John Manning, Reuben, Jr. [Martin, L.D.] [Martin, W.R.] May, F.M. May, J.W. Mayo, Benjamin, Cpl. Mayo, J.M. Mayo, R.M. Mayo, W.W. [McCrery, W.H.] McGilvery, A[ngus Tyson] McMilan, F.C. Means, G.R. Means, William P. Medaries, O.C., Sgt. Miller, Jacob Miller, Jeptha Milner, W.A. [Mimms, Benj.] Moore, R.C. Oliver, F.C. Owens, J.B. Parker, I.M. Parker, M.C. [Pate, J.M.] Pate, William [later 4th Ord. Sgt.] Patterson, W.C. Patterson, W.W. Payne, John B., Sgt. Peck, Williwn M., Capt. Peel, A.P. Peel, D.B. [Perdue, G. M.] Perdue, Levi S.S. Phariss, S.D. Pool, R.L.P. [Powell, Jessee] [Powell, W. H.] [Pruitt, S.N.] [Reed, J.] Richards, C.C. Richardson, J.T. Richmond, James C. Riley, Thomas E. [Robbins, A.] Roberson, T.L. Robertson, Charles Robertson, Clay, Sr.2nd Lt. Robertson, F.F. Robertson, R.H. [Robinson, Wm.] Russell, Eli Russell, J.S. Russell, Levi Russell, Newton Russell, S.L., Sgt. Rutherford, D.C., Cpl. [Sessions, G. A.] Shanks, J.A. Sherrill, J.T. Sherrill, W.D. [Shook, J. B.] [Shook, W. H.] Simpson, Asberry Sims, G.A. Singleton, Phillip Smith, Alexander Smith, J.N., Cpl. Smith, J.W., Sgt. [Smith, Robert] Smith, S.S. Smith, T.H. [Snow, L.] Speer, J.W. Standifer, W.R. Steele, A.M. Steele, Edward, 1st Lt. Stokes, C.R., Cpl. Storey, J.W., Jr.2nd Lt Strange, William C. [Streety, J.B.] Strickel, D.F. [Taylor, A.J.] Taylor, C.L. [later 2nd corp.] Taylor, F.J., Sgt. Taylor, J.M. Teague, John F. Terry, Joseph W. Terry, W.H.C., Sgt. Tisdale, Henry Tisdale. J.W. Tisdale, John Todd, Robert Todd, William [Towles, G. G.] [Towles, J. H.] Truit[t], F.M. [Truitt, Thos. S.] Wade, G.Mc. Wagley, B.F. Waldrom, Williwn B., Capt. Walker, I.B. [Ward, G. W.] Ward, Harman Waters, J.P., Sgt. Watkins, A.A. [Weaver, L.P.] Webb, J.T. [Webb, J. W.] Welch, John Wells, Daniel Wheeler, W.J. Wickey, Henry Williams, J.T. Womack, J.A., I st Sgt. Woodlan, Daniel Woodlan, W.J. Wooten, William R. Wynne, A.J. Yarbrough, M. Yow, Isaah Zeagier, B.B. [Notes in H of FC, Vol I: "Wm. Robinson, presented as a substitute for James Strickland, was rejected by the Surgeon of the Legion. (NOTE: Of the company of 109 officers and men, the 78 given in the list were from Freestone County, while the other 31 were from the counties of Limestone, Navarro, Leon and Trinity.)] [Company L seems to be formed later since some of its soldiers are known to have served with other regiments earlier in the war.] Company L - Freestone County Adams, Peter L. Adams, William L. Augustine, Joseph Awalt, Isaac R. Betts, Isaac R. Bonner, Oliver A[lexander], Sgt. Campbell, Jefferson, Jr. 2nd Lt. Campbell, Robert B. Chitwood, Adam Clark, Lawrence, Cpl. Colgin, Richard E. Crouch, James A. Drake, Thomas M., Cpl. Echols, Benjamin R. Ferrell, William H. Fife, James H. George, Gains Glenn, Jacob W. Groomaz, Exiver Hagan, Jesse Harvey, James Hoover, Abraham Jobe, Moses Lee,John Lee, Levi Lee, Robert Locket John M. McChord, Erasmus D. McSwane, Peter R., Sgt. Miller, Manish Moreland, Lucius L. Newby, Uriah E. Overstreet, Daniel S. Overstreet, James Overstreet, Thomas Persons, Daniel Pruitt, Francis M. Quimby, Hanse R., Sgt. Robertson, Abe Shanks, Robert J. Small, John K. Stephens, Merial Tacker, Robert J. Tull, Isaac W. Walker, James Watson, John C[hampness], 1st Lt. [dies at Mansfield in DeSoto Co., LA.] Welch, Henry B. Williams, David H. Wills, Simon W.