CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: R. G. CHILDRESS - Nolan and Rusk Counties, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson


R. G. CHILDRESS.

R. G. Childress is a native of Alabama, born in Marshall Co. in October 
1838.  Remov­ed to Texas in 1844 and settled in Rusk County. Judge 
Child­ress served in the Texas Rang­er service in 1854-55 in the company 
of Capt. J. S. Bog­gess.  This company was or­ganized in September 1854, 
doing active service on the Fron­tier until March 1855. Young Childress 
was noted for his gallantry while a Texas Rang­er.  When the war broke 
out in 1861, he enlisted in Com­pany B, 3rd Texas Cavalry, and served 
with Whitfield, Mabry, Ross. W. H. Jackson with distinguished gallantry.  
He was a noted scout of the Western Army and kept in hand the men that 
were under and with him, being ever watchful, daring as well as prompt 
in giving reliable accounts of the movements of the Federal army. The 
last two years of the war he was the confidant of Gen. L. S. Ross as 
a scout.  

Young Childress participated in the battles of Oak Hills, Chustenahlah, 
Elk Horn, Corinth, Iuka, Thompson's Sta­tion, Yazoo City, Rome, and 
through the Georgia campaign under Joseph E Johnston, and with Hood 
at Franklin. Judge Childress bore himself gallantly in the war and 
since the arms were stacked has made a good citizen, just such as a 
gallant Southern soldier can do. His people loved him for his moral 
worth and honored him in civic life. Being honest, faithful and 
trustworthy, he has borne a romantic and historic part in turbulent 
times, and performed his duty in the serene quietude of peace and 
plenty. He is an honored citizen of Roscoe, Texas.