Confederate Biography :  J. M. SPINKS, Gregg County, TX  

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, pg. 152

J. M. Spinks, of Kilgore, is a veteran of Ectors Bigade, and saw 
active service with this celebrated Texas command in the army of 
Tennessee.  He enlisted in Co. "G" 10th Texas dismounted cavalry 
and participated in the battles of Richmond, Ky., Murfreesboro, 
Chickamauga and Jackson.  He was with Gen. Joe E. Johnston in the
Georgia compaign and with Hood at Franklin.  He displayed great 
gallantry on all occasions.  He was the guide that led Ector's 
brigade from the top of Kennesaw Mountain to the support of Gen. 
Cockrell in the charge where the Federal General McCook was killed, 
and he carried the last Confederate dispatch to Atlanta.  He was
with Gen. Forrest at Sugar Creek, where so many horses of the enemy 
were killed; was near Gen. Walthall when his horse was shot from 
under him, and saw the carnage of war from start to finish.  A 
dashing cavalryman, he made a good name as a soldier and enjoys 
and honorable position in the walks of peace.  He was captured at 
Bleakely, Ala., in April 1865, and returned to home in Texas, 
May 25th of the same year.