Sidney S. Johnson
Residence Tyler TX; 21 years old.
Enlisted on 6/9/1861 as a 3rd Lieut.
On 6/9/1861 he was commissioned into "K" Co. TX 3rd Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 8/20/1864 Lovejoy Station, GA (Estimated day)
Promotions:
* Capt 7/1/1862 (Estimated date)
Other Information:
born 4/19/1840 in Choctaw County, MS
died 1/26/1910 in Tyler, TX
Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, TX
(Married Zelda Smith in October 15, 1867)
After the War he lived in Tyler, TX
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Confederate Veteran Magazine XVIII, p. 246
- Photo from Confederate Veteran Magazine
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Thomas M. Presley
Residence Tyler TX;
Enlisted on 5/1/1861 at Tyler, TX as a Private.
On 5/1/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. TX 3rd Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Estimated date of enlistment)
Other Information:
born in 1835 in Putnam County, GA
died 12/28/1917 in Fort Worth, TX
(Married: (1) Rosa Tunnell; (2) Belle Pounds in 1866)
After the War he lived in Fort Worth, TX
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Confederate Veteran Magazine XXVI , p. 310
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3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment, "Lone Star Defenders: A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade," by S.B. Barron. Originally published in 1908 by the Neal Publishing Company, New York, New York, this 276 page history of this valiant group of young men may be hard to locate. Good luck in your quest.
3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment, "The Third Texas Cavalry in the Civil War," by Douglas Hale, a descendant of a member of the 3rd Texas Cavalry. The Third Texas Cavalry Regiment, recruited from 26 counties of northeastern Texas in 1861, was one of the most famous Confederate units from the Lone Star State, fighting in numerous engagements, both large and small, throughout the war, and suffering its greatest number of casualties in a single battle at Iuka on September 19, 1862, when 22 men were killed and 74 wounded. The Texans were operating as infantrymen during that battle, for in April of 1862 General Van Dorn, C.S.A. has ordered them to leave their mounts behind when they were dispatched to the defense of Corinth. The cavalrymen, chaffing under the indignity of fighting on foot, finally resorted to threats of mutiny to regain their horses... They were spared from the worst carnage by their absence at some of the West's most horrific contests; Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Stone's River. While at Pea Ridge, Corinth, and Franklin, fate intervened to spare them from being placed in crucial and hotly contested positions. (from a partial review by Dr. Ed Hagerty for the Courier Civil War Magazine). Using material gleaned from unpublished diaries and letters, Hale sensitively portrays the sufferings and private thoughts of individual cavalrymen and their commanders of one of the most famous Confederate units from the Lone Star. 1993 issue, maps, 384 pages, cost $ 29.00, from the University of Oklahoma Press. (800-627-7377).
3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment, "As It Was: Reminiscences of a Soldier of the 3rd Texas Cavalry and the 19th Louisiana Infantry," by John Douglas Cater. Introduction by T. Michael Parish. This 275 page 1990 reprint costs $ 25.00.
3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment Website
http://rosstexascavalrybrigade.com/
[http://www.mosocco.com/texas.html]
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The following is what is contained in the U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. unit bibliography
USAMHI
HistServices
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3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment
Barron, Samuel B. The Lone Star Defenders: A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade.
Wash, DC: Zenter, 1983 reprint of 1908 ed. 293 p. E580.6.3d.B37.
Cater, Douglas J. As It Was: Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Third Texas Cavalry and the Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry. Austin, TX: State House Pr, 1990. 241 p. E580.6.3rd.C38.
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 15: Texas. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1989. E484C65.1987v15.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent, 1987. Ref.
See pp. 323-24 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Fitzhugh, Lester N. Texas Batteries, Battalions, Regiments, Commanders and Field Officers, Confederate States Army, l86l- l865. Midlothian, TX: Mirror Pr, 1959. E580.3F5.
See p. 12 (1 photocopied page) for a list of officers.
Ford, John S. Rip Ford's Texas. Austin, TX: U TX, 1963. 5l9 p. F391F67.
Hale, Douglas. "The Third Texas Cavalry: A Socio-Economic Profile of a Confederate Regiment." Mil Hist of the Southwest (Spring 1989): pp. 1-26 (14 photocopied pages). Per.
_____. The Third Texas Cavalry in the Civil War. Norman, OK: U OK, 1993. 347 p.
E580.6.3rd.H34.
Lale, Max S., ed. "The Boy-Bugler of the Third Texas Cavalry: The A.B. Blocker Narrative." Mil Hist of TX & the Southwest (1978): pp. 71-92 (22 photocopied pages). Per.
Part II 14/3 (1978): pp. 147-67 (22 photocopied pages).
Part III 14/4 (1978): pp. 215-27 (13 photocopied pages).
Part IV 15/1 (1979): pp. 21-34 (14 photocopied pages).
Lane, Walter P. The Adventures and Recollections of...a San Jacinto Veteran, Containing Sketches of the Texian, Mexican and Late Wars. Austin, TX: Jenkins Pub Co, 1970. 114 p. F390L252.
Rose, Victor M. Ross' Texas Brigade. Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal, 1881. 185 p. 580.4R6R68.
3d Texas Cavalry (p. 2)
"Sherman's Campaign in Mississippi in Winter of l864: Report of General Ross." Southern Hist Soc
Papers 9 (1881): pp. 332-37 (3 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v9.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas. NY: Facts on File, 1995.
pp. 47-48 (2 photocopied pages). E580S53. (Unit organizational history).
Sparks, A.W. The War Between the States, as I Saw It. Reminiscent Historical and Personal.
Longview, TX: D&D Pub, 1987 reprint of 1901 ed. 393 p. E580.4R6S62.
Wright, Marcus J., comp. Texas in the War, l86l-l865. [Ed. by Harold B. Simpson] Hillsboro,
TX: Hill Jr Coll Pr, l965. E580.9W7.
Contains numerous references to Texas units.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Greer, Elkanah B. - CWTIColl