Coffee.......That is my great grandfather, Pvt. Joshua David Coffee. In July 1861, my great grandfather enlisted in Capt.William B.Crockers Company, 14th Brigade, T.S.T. In July, 1863, after the T.S.T. units were dissolved, my great grandfather enlisted in Lt. Col. Peter C. Hardeman's 1st Texas Cavalry, Arizona Brigade, C.S.A. at the Warren Supply Depot (Old Fort Warren) in Fannin County and was immediately placed on detached picket duty at Colbert's Ferry on the Red River, north of Sherman, Texas.

On August 23, 1863, the 1st Texas Cavalry reached regimental strength at the Warren Supply Depot, and took up a line of march to Arkansas. At Fort Towson, I.T., now full colonel, Peter C. Hardeman's regiment was consolidated with Col. Richard M.Gano's Squadron, in Maj. Gen. Samuel Bell Maxey's 2nd Cavalry Division.

After missing muster at the Warren Supply Depot, in May 1864, Pvt. Joshua Coffee and 24 pickets who were on detached duty at Colbert's Ferry were declared deserters and were returned to Warren Supply Depot. The men were temporarily assigned to Co. D, in Col. C. Good's Battalion.

On April 16, 1864, Brig. Gen.Henry E.McCulloch at Bonham, Texas, ordered Col. Chaplin Good send four companies of Good's Battalion in Lamar County to Fannin County to take charge of a large number of deserters, recruits, and various unassigned personel and escort them to Gen. Magruder's headquarters in Houston.

However, in May 1864, due to transportation problems, the order was cancelled by Brig.Gen. McCulloch and Col. Good detailed these men to Major James Roberson Diamond's Brush Battalion at Oxford Lake in Collin County, three miles northwest of Farmersville, Texas. The Brush Battlion was assigned to Col.James G. Bourland's Border Regiment.

The Brush Battalion was furloughed by Brig. Gen. McCulloch in April 1865. McCulloch burned his papers and fled to Austin with an armed escort following threats on his life. Col. James G. Bourland surrendered the Confederate army in North Texas to Union authorities at Houston in June, 1865.

Thank you for the information about Col. C.Good which helped sort this out and also thanks to Patricia Rochette's book.

Jerry Coffee
Plano, Texas