CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: SLEEP IN A LONELY GRAVE 

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12 October 2001 
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 

SLEEP IN A LONELY GRAVE

Mr. P. E. Hockersmith, a gallant Confederate soldier of Douglas' Texas 
Battery, but now a citizen of South Union, Ky., writes:  "To the 
Confederate Soldier and Daughter:  I write to inform you that two of 
the Texas Rangers, now sleep in an almost deserted and lonely place in 
Logan county, Ky.  They were a part of Wharton's scouts, entroute to 
Green river for the purpose of destroying the locks and dams, and while 
resting and preparing a dinner, were betrayed and surprised by a squad 
of Yankees.  Their guns being wet and unloaded, they were forced to 
give way, but not, however before killing five of the enemy with 
pistols in the hands of A. E. or P. P. Archer, who fell mortally 
wounded and expired soon after.  The other man was supposed to be 
Richard Crisp, was killed after his surrender, his horse falling and 
throwing him, thus leaving him to the mercy of the foe.  The brave men 
were wrapped in a sheet and placed in the same grave which are to be 
seen by any one who desires to know thier whereabouts."