I am searching for proof that these three companies were on the Texas coast.

These three companies were commanded by:

Captain Edward Chambers

Captain Josiah Nichols

Captain Jordan O. Straughan

Three of Col. James Bourland's companies (Texas State Troops) were "ordered to report at McKinney [Collin County TX] to take up the line of march on the 4th day of Feby 1864 to their respective companies on the coast."

Please look at my web site, www.bourlandcivilwar.com, that describes my 998-page BOURLAND IN NORTH TEXAS AND INDIAN TERRITORY DURING THE CIVIL WAR: FORT COBB, FORT ARBUCKLE & THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS. About 70% of my book is from handwritten records.

Patti Adkins-Rochette, prochette@Juno.com