Benjamin Franklin Terry

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 9/1/1861 as a Colonel.
On 9/1/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff TX 8th Cavalry
He was Killed on 12/17/1861 at Woodsonville, KY
(Estimated date of commission)

8th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Terry's) (1st Rangers) (8th Rangers)
8th Cavalry Regiment, usually called Terry's Texas Rangers, was organized with 1,170 men at Houston, Texas, in Deptember, 1861. Its members were raised in Houston, Richmond, Columbus, Gonzales, and Wharton, and Bastrop County. The regiment was one of the hardest fighting cavalry units in the war. It was assigned to Wheeler's, Wharton's, and T. Harrison's Brigade, and fought at Shiloh , Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga. Later it was active in the Knoxville and Atlanta Campaigns, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered with about 30 men. The field officers were Colonels Gustave Cook, Thomas Harrison, Thomas S. Lubbock, Ben. Franklin Terry, and John A. Wharton; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel P. Christian, Marcus L. Evans, Stephen C. Ferrill, and John G. Walker; and Majors William R. Jarmon and Leander M. Rayburn.

A Corporal David S. Terry, age 19 ?? served in Co. H of the regiment, recorded as "returned to Texas as escort with Col. Terry's remains December 18, 1861." Later recorded as "discharged as minor, March 18, 1862." I would believe he was the son of Col. Benjamin Terry.