Yes that is my Problem.. I can't find anything on William L (lewis) Campbell in the militery records. I have tried Bill, Lewis, Lew and several other verisons of the last name. plain no luck with the militery records. Yet if he was a officer, I can't figure out why I cant find a record of him. they were tracted more/better than the enlisted personal. Yet the letter imply that he was.. and that he had a long time assocition with Freeman.
I am fairly certain that several of his family members were there. H.H. McFarland was his brother in law. and it makes sense that he wrote the letter infoming her of her husbands death. and Yes the Campbells McFarlands and Fox's were all from around Dent and Texas Counties. I will check out the Browns.. I know I did once. and I believe they were related to William's Daughter ( Levena) husband, Marcus Brown.

I am hoping to see if anyone has a idea of when Col Freeman was wounded. I gather he took 4 wounds at different times. that would give me a idea of which battle William fell at. I gather Col Freeman married a lady from Phelphs Missouri ( another area family members were in)

There were two stories I have heard from verious family members..
Levena Caroline Campbell was born at Licking, in Texas County, Missouri. Daughter of Captain William Lewis Campbell of the Confederate Army. When she was approximately 14 years old (around 1867) the family home burned and her mother (Rebecca Jane McFarland Campbell) was taken away by the raiders. The children, of which she was the oldest, were left to provide for themselves. How she survived until her marriage to Marcus Sabinus Brown (of Phelps County, Missouri) is not known. Her age at marriage was 15 1/2 years old. This information taken from her obituary composed by Christian Marcus Evans, her grandson. She had two brothers, Will Campbell and Tom Campbell. Tom Campbell was a saloon keeper in Dennison Texas around the turn of the century.

The other was that Rebecca was taken/held in a cave or a courthouse and then returned.

Now I figure if the family farm was burned.. she and the family would be taken in by other family members. which is why they dont know how she survived till she got married. I do know from Court books that William's will was probated in 1866. which might have something to do with the court case. To take it leagley out of his name and into her's.

I just see a very interesting family story if I can get it all figured out.