Beverly,

Here is a little info. for you. More family names to check out from the 9th ??

9th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Nichols') (6 months, 1861-62)

1
Dubose, John B.
H
Private
Private

2
Dubose, Roswell
H
Private
Private

No. Soldier Name Company Rank In Rank Out
1
Nichols, E. B.
FS
Colonel
Colonel

2
Nichols, J. A.
F
Private
Private

3
Nichols, W. J.
F
Private
Private

CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS

9th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Nichols') (6 months, 1861-62)

9th (Nichol's) Infantry Regiment [also called 5th Regiment] was formed during the summer of 1861. Some of the men were from Galveston and La Grange. This was a six month command that served in the Department of Texas at Galveston. It was mustered out of service in March, 1862, but many of its members enlisted in Waul's Texas Legion. The field officers were Colonel E. B. Nichols, Lieutenant Colonel Josiah C. Massie, and Major Fred. Tate.

From The Handbook of Texas on Line

NICHOLS, EBENEZAR B. (1815-1872). Ebenezar B. Nichols, merchant, banker, soldier, and Confederate official, the son of William and Catharine Hamilton (Wood) Nichols, was born on October 12, 1815, in Cooperstown, New York. After attending the Lutheran Academy at Hartwick, New York, and serving as a broker in New York City, he traveled to Texas with a load of lumber in 1838. In Texas he fought Indians and Mexicans with the Texas Rifles on the frontier and then settled in Houston. With money from speculation in pecans, Nichols entered into a partnership with William M. Riceqv that was known as Rice and Nichols, "dealers in dry goods, groceries, hardware, crockery, etc., at wholesale and retail." Rice and Nichols were among public-spirited citizens who made the plank road from the Brazos to Houston a possibility, and Nichols supported filibustering efforts in Central America.

Having acquired interests in Galveston, Nichols moved there in 1850, became an officer in the Galveston Brazos Navigation Company, and gradually withdrew from the Houston scene. In Galveston, E. B. Nichols and Company, cotton factors and commission merchants, which Nichols formed with Julius Frederick, took over the Brick Wharf, so-called because a brick building walled it on each side. The firm represented the Peirce and Bacon line of vessels, which operated between Galveston and Boston. Like contemporary cotton factors, the firm advanced money, received deposits, and performed other banking services. In 1860 Nichols had real property valued at $100,000, personal property valued at $20,000, and six slaves. In 1861 he had twelve slaves and as late as 1870 reported over $100,000. Though he was initially opposed to secession,qv he changed his mind and served as a delegate to the Secession Convention.qv He was there made state commissioner to raise and disburse funds for the public safety, negotiate the surrender of Fort Brown and other forts, and handle ammunition and stores at Brownsville and Point Isabel. Nichols was a captain in the Galveston Rifles, converted his home on the Galveston Strand into an armory and headquarters for Gen. John B. Magruder,qv and served on Magruder's staff and as a financial agent for the Confederacy. In 1866 Nichols organized the Bank of Galveston, which later merged to form the National Bank of Texas, with himself as president. This bank, the second national bank in the state, cannily kept cash reserves almost equal to its deposits. Nichols also dealt in Galveston real estate, was president of the Galveston City Company, and took part in forming the Galveston Gas Company, the Galveston Wharf Company (see GALVESTON WHARVES), the Texas Ice and Cold Storage Company, and the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad. He was also a founder of Trinity Episcopal Church and grand master of the Masonic lodge of Texas. Nichols married Margaret Clayton Stone on August 7, 1842, and the couple had seven sons. Nichols died at his home in Galveston on November 30, 1872.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas (Austin, 1963-). Earl Wesley Fornell, The Galveston Era: The Texas Crescent on the Eve of Secession (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961). Charles Waldo Hayes, Galveston: History of the Island and the City (2 vols., Austin: Jenkins Garrett, 1974). History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (Chicago: Lewis, 1895). Ralph A. Wooster, "Wealthy Texans, 1860," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 71 (October 1967).

Julia Beazley

Below are other John DuBose name match's you may want to check the records of the men to see if your John DuBose went on to join another unit before his death.

Dubose, John
Confederate
Cavalry
13th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Burnett's) (13th Mounted Volunteers)

CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS

13th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Burnett's) (13th Mounted Volunteers)

13th Cavalry Regiment was organized at Crockett, Texas, during the winter of 1861-1862 with about 900 men. Some of its members were from Centerville, Crockett, Madisonville. In the summer of 1862 it was dismounted and later assigned to O. Young's and Waul's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department. The unit participated in various conflicts in Louisiana and Arkansas including the engagement at Jenkins' Ferry. It disbanded during the late spring of 1865. The field officers were Colonels John H. Burnett and Anderson F. Crawford, Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Beaty, and Major Elias T. Steale.

Dubose, John
Confederate
Cavalry
25th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (3rd Texas Lancers) (Gillespie's)

CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS

25th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (3rd Texas Lancers) (Gillespie's)

25th Cavalry Regiment [also called 3rd Texas Lancers] was organized by C.C. Gillespie early in 1862. The unit was soon dismounted and ordered to Arkansas. Here it was captured in January, 1863, at Arkansas Post. After the exchange the regiment was consolidated with the 17th, 18th, and 24th Texas Cavalry Regiments (dismounted) and was placed in Deshler's, J.A. Smith's, and Granbury's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. This command fought with the army from Chickamauga to Atlanta, moved with Hood to Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. The 25th was organized with about 900 men and had 552 in action at Arkansas Post. At Chickamauga the 17th/18th/24th/25th suffered 200 casualties and in December, 1863, totalled 690 men and 520 arms. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Clayton C. Gillespie, Lieutenant Colonel William M. Neyland, and Majors Joseph N. Dark and Edward B. Pickett.

You really need to see copies of the service records to find out just what is going on here.

I hope this helps,
Gary D. Bray