Chris --

You are correct - we should have been looking for Laughon rather than Loughlin. John E. Laughon enlisted in Capt. G. P. Mattison's Co. "E", 1st Battalion, Waul's Texas Legion, Aug. 1, 1862. Officers and men enrolled at Centreville in Leon County TX. Captain Mattison requisitioned 41 sets of uniforms for his infantrymen at Coldwater, Miss., Oct. 30, 1862. J. E. Laughon was reported missing at Rocky Ford, Miss., during a retreat on Dec. 2, 1862, and never heard from by his command again.