"There ain't no forgitten that thousands of yankees arrived in Texas; Texans watched as Union soldiers marched through the state with fife and drum; men,women and small children saw miles of bayonets go by. Defeat entered the Texan soul, in a way that non-Texan Americans will ever understand."
Capt. John Henry Damron (ret.)
Co. C
Lt. Col.Peter C. Hardeman's
1st Texas Cavalry Regiment
Arizona Brigade
C.S.A.
Capt. Damron and his wife, Nancy (Blanton) are buried in the Zephyr Cemetery in Zephyr Texas. Capt.Blanton
was my great, grandfather Pvt. Joshua D. Coffee's company commander and Nancy was my great grandfather's sister-in-law.