CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: "UNCLE NED" BUCHANAN - Harrison County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
25 September 2001
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

"UNCLE NED"

"Uncle Ned" Buchanan, of Harrison county, is a prosperous colored 
farmer. He was a servant in Company A, 3d Texas Cavalry, Ross' Texas 
Brigade, and waited heroically and patri­otically on his master during 
the war.  "Uncle Ned" is a well-to ­do citizen of Harrison county, Texas, 
owns his own farm and is highly respected for his honesty and integrity.  
The old ante­bellum negroes have nearly all crossed the river, and when 
I meet one of the old South I feel inclined to lift my hat. No peo­ple 
were more loyal to the South during the war than the negro slaves. As
a rule they are all right, but the present generation of negroes present 
a problem to be settled.  "Un­cle Ned" is of the old generation, and a 
credit to himself and highly respected by the white people of Harrison 
county.