Freestone County, Texas Military 28th Regiment Texas Cavalry - Company H "Randal's" "1st Lancers" 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 ******************************************************************** 28th Cavalry Regiment was organized during the late spring of 1862 by Colonel H. Randal. It was formed with about 1,000 men and twelve companies, but one company was transferred to the 19th Texas Infantry Regiment in mid-1864. Some of its members were from Fairfield and Shelby Counties. The unit was soon dismounted and assigned to Polignac's, Randal's, and Maclay's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and was active in various conflicts in Louisiana and Arkansas. It saw some hard fighting at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, then fought at Jenkins' Ferry. The 28th disbanded prior to the surrender in June, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Eli H. Baxter and Horace Randal, Lieutenant Colonel Henry G. Hall, and Major Patrick Henry. The unit started at a camp three miles east of Marshall, Texas. In April 1862, Companies B and E from Cherokee County arrived at the camp followed by companies A, C, D, F, and G in May. In June, Company K was formed by surplus men from companies A and C. The remaining companies (H, I, L, and M) joined the regiment in July. First Source is http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/CStx.html Second Source is the US National Park Service: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Tends to have duplicates. Third Source is the History of Freestone County, Vol I. Consider rank at outset. Legend - O = match. X = not found. ========================================================================== Captain 28th Site Nat Park Svc Vol I Bk Notes Means, James C. O O O Lieutenants 28th Site Nat Park Svc Vol I Bk Notes Cobb, J. A. X O X Cobb, W. A., 1st Lt. O O O Hale, L. Jef., 1st Lt. O O O Blain, William George, 2nd Lt. O O O Died at Franklin, TN. Took slave Nicholas Blain with him. Daviss, H. P. O O O Position - Junior 2nd Lt. Sheffield, Jesse, 1st Lt. O O O Sergeants 28th Site Nat Park Svc Vol I Bk Notes Caldwell, D. S. O O O Means, E. A. O O X Steward, Jeremiah Terry O O O Note - 28th web site incorrectly lists him as Stewart, J. T. Storey, J. M. O O O Corporals 28th Site Nat Park Svc Vol I Bk Notes Burleson, Joshua O O O David, William H. O O O King, Henry Z. O O X Miles, T. J. O O X Parsons. W. E. O O X Privates 28th Site Nat Park Svc Vol I Bk Notes Adkins or Atkins, D.R. O O O Anderson, J. C. O O ? Freestone Co. Book only lists a single J. Anderson. Anderson, J. I. O O ? Freestone Co. Book only lists a single J. Anderson. Andrews, J. J. X X O Arp or Arps, Henry O O O Arp or Autry, Sampson O X O Bannerman, R. J. X X O Bartlett, F. M. O O O Bigger, J. H. O O O Branot, C. X X O Brown, F. M. O O O Brown, H. G. X X O Brown, H. L. O O X Brown, H. S. X O X Brown, Henry X O X Brown, T. M. X O X Burleson, David O O X Position - Farrier Burleson, Moses W. O O X Butler, F. G. O O O Cason, B. L. O O X Position - Bugler Chancellor, H. G. O O O Chancellor, William H. O O O Compton, F. R. O O X Cowart J. C. O O X David, J. C. O O X Daviss, B. P. O O O Daviss, J. P. O O X Daviss, W. R. X X O Day, J. J. O O X Day, John M. O O X Day, W. J. O O X Douglas or Duglass, Joseph A. O O O Started Corporal. Ended as Private. Driver, H. G. X O X Driver, R. C. O O O Thought to be Richmond Carroll Driver b. 1838 Driver, W. G. O O X Thought to be William Giles Driver b. 1834 Driver, W. S. X X O Earp, Henry X O X Foreman, R. H. O O O Foreman, W. S. X X O Foreman, W. Z. O O X Note - Bugler Gorman, James O O X Gorman, Sam X X O Gorman, T. A. O O X Green, Jim X O X Greene or Green, J. M. O O O Greene, J. P. O O X Greene or Green, W. H. O X O Haings, H. D. X X O Hanson, J. B. X X O Harrison, C. M. X X O Harrison, C. W. O O X Harrison, G. R. O O O Harrison, R. H. X O X Harrison, R. N. O O O Harwerd, Jerry X O X Harwood, J. X X O Hendricks, R. D. O O X Hester, Daniel M. O O X Hoague, T. R. X X O Hogue, Thomas X O X Hogue or Hoague, T. K. O O X Howard, Jerry O O X Howard, Jessy X O X Huster, Dan X X O Hyatt or Hyat, Thomas O O O Isaacs, Sampson O O O Johnson or Johnston, John W. O O O Johnson, W. A. O O O Johnston, J. D. X X O Jones, I. T. X X O Jones, J. T. O O X Kendrick, J. R. O O X Lamb, N. J. O O X Lee, A. G. "Gus" X O O Lee. J. B. O O O Manifee, J. B. X X O Mathews, B. F. X X O Mathews, F. B. O O X Mathews, J. B. O O X Mathews, Rev. John Duke O O O Mayo, W. R. X X O McGraw, J. F. O O O McGwire, H. G. O O X McMillan, G. T. O O X McMillan, James O O O McMillan, S. P. X X O Means, W. G. O O X Means, W. P. O O X Meek, W. E. O O X Menefee, J. B. O X X Mims, G. A. X X O Neatherland, J. A. O O X Neatherlin, P. M. O O X Noland or Nolan, W. L. O O O Parker, J. B. O O O Patton, J. H. O O X Phariss, L. B. O O X Phariss, T. B. O O X Powell, ? X X O Powell, D. P. X X O Radford, C. R. X X O Radford, E. D. O O X Ramsey, --- O O X Richards, S. M. O O O Richards, T. C. M. O O O Ricks, lsaac O O O Riley, L. M. X O O Robins, Alson X X O Robinson, A. X X O Satterwhite, R. J. X X O Shelton, J. X X O Sims, G. A. X X O Steadman, T. W. X O X Stedman, J. W. O O X Stephens, A. J. O O X Stephens, A. O. O O X Stephens, A. Q. X O X Steward, Frank X X O Storey or Story, A. C. O O O Storey, J. B. O O X Story, Baxter X X O Streety, W. L. O O X Strickland or Stricklan, David O O O Strickland or Stricklan, James O O O Taylor, J. B. O O X Thompson, L. W. O O X Vamell or Varnell, R. P. O O X Note - Starts as Corporal. Ends as Private. Wilkinson, C. C. X X O Wilkinson, C. E. O O X Wilkinson, Ettridge X O X William or Williams, Andrew N. O O O Williams, George W. O O X Williamson, William M. O O O Willingham, S. M. O O X Wingerter or Wingester, Jacob P. O O O Worley, Stephen O O O Yarbro, A. J. [Albert J.] O O O