CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: A. P. HOPE - Karnack, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

A. P. HOPE

Alonzo P. Hope was born in the State of Mississippi in 1843, and 
removed to Harrison county, Texas. Enlisted in company A, 3rd Texas 
cavalry at Marshall, Texas in June 1861, and served the Confederacy 
four years. He participated in the following bat­tles:  Oak Hills, Mo.,  
Cross Roads, Elk Horn Tavern, Ark, Farmington Tenn., Iuka, Cor­inth, 
Holly Springs, Jackson, Big Black, Miss., Thompson's Station, Tenn., 
besides  other smaller engagements. He was wounded three times, at 
Cross Roads, Corinth, and Thompson Station.  On recovery he was 
detached from the 3rd Texas and made a scout under the famous Capt. 
D. N. Alley, where it required nerve and good judgment to perform 
that im­portant duty. This service was faithfully done.  He was with 
Price, Van Dorn, W. H. Jackson, Beauregard, Bragg, Joe Johnston, and 
Forrest.  In 1859-60 he was a Texas Ran­ger under Capt. Jno. F. Ford 
on the Rio Grande during the stirring times when Cortena. the bandit, 
was raiding the country.  He is  a  prominent  farmer  and  busi­ness 
man, and still loyal to the Southland, and a splendid representative 
of the State of Mississippi. He posesses lit­erary genius and gave to 
the South some of its sweetest poetry.  Intelligent, gallant, and 
knightly through an event­ful life.  Post office, Karnack, Texas.