CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: TOM PETREE - Cherokee County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

TOM PETREE.

Thomas Petree, was born in Todd County, Ky., Oct.10, 1839.  Removed 
with his father's family, Col. E. M. Petree, to Cherokee County, Tex., 
in 1846.  In 1831 he entered the Confederate service at Larrissa, Texas, 
in Co. C. 3rd Texas Cavalry and was an active participant in the 
campaigns of his command.  Was in the battles of Oak Hills, Elkhorn, 
Ark.,  Thompson's Station, Tenn., Vicksburg and Jack­son campaigns, at 
Yazoo City, with Gen. Joe Johnson in Georgia and with Hood at Franklin, 
besides other and smaller engagements.  He married Miss Ottee Jordan, 
of Henderson, Texas, April 11th, 1873.  He died in 1883.  Tom Petree 
was a brave young man, loyal to the teaching of his father and rushed 
to the front with the chivalous sons of the Sonth land.