CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  J. H. Jernigan

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, page 220 

J. H. JERNIGAN.

The following is clipped from the Confederate Veteran, published at 
Nashville, Tenn.:  "James H. Jernigan, a good member, who was born 
in Polk county, Ark., in 1840, re­moving to Texas in 1856.  He 
enlisted in the Confederate army in August 1862, in Co. H, 5th Texas 
Cavalry, Gano's Brigade, serving in the Indian Territory and Arkansas 
up to 1864.  He was then sent to Bonham, Texas, as scout under Gen. 
McCulloch, and subsequently assigned to the Trans­Mississippi 
Department, under Gen. Gano, and in all these campaigns performed 
his duty bravely and gallantly.  Com­rade Jernigan was made first 
sergeant at the organization of his company.  He was afterwards 
elected third lieutenant.  He surrendered at Greenville, Texas, 
June 15, 1865.  After the war he was a successful merchant and stock 
dealer in Commerce, where he was known and respected for his ster­ling 
worth."  He died at Commerce in December, 1906.