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Question: Capt. Carpenter? ..Dec 1863 in Cooke County, Red River and now Jefferson County OK.
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Please help identify the Captain “Carpenter” mentioned in the following paragraph. ..I think it may be Robert W. Carpenter of L.M. Martin's 5th Partisans, but J.H. Brown implied that he was a captain in the 4th Arizona Regt (i.e., T.A. Wilson and W.S. Rather).
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My data shows that the three (3) Carperters of the 4th Arizona Regt. were privates, but could have been promoted by Dec 1863. (see listing toward the bottom of this page.)
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From John Henry Brown’s "Indian Wars & Pioneers of Texas" (1880), p118. ..re: the Dec 21, 1863 Indian
raid into Cooke County TX.

“As soon as the news reached Col. J. Bourland, at Bonham, that old veteran spared neither himself nor horse till he was on the ground doing his duty. ..Captains S. Patton, Moseley, and many citizens were in the pursuit under J. Diamond. ..Lt-Col. Showalter, with Captains William S. Rather (then and now of Belton, Bell Co TX), Wilson and Carpenter with their companies made a forced march from Bonham hoping for a tilt with the Indians: but on reaching Red River, some 20 miles northwest from Gainesville, information from the advanced pursuers rendered the effort hopeless. ..Being on detailed duty at that time in Bonham, I accompanied Col. Showalter in this severe march.”
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Carpenter, __ (Co G, Showalter's ’s 4th Arizona Regt)
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Carpenter, P. W. (Private, Co E, Showalter's ’s 4th Arizona Regt)
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Carpenter, W. (Private, Co E, Showalter's ’s 4th Arizona Regt)
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Carpenter, Robert W., b-1832 KY; m-Elizabeth; 1860 Collin Co TX cen p116 (Capt, Co I, Martin's 5th Partisans, CSA), 204
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Moseley, Wm. G., b-1825 NC; m-Emily; 1860 Brazoria Co TX cen p63 (Capt, Moseley’s 7th TX Field Light Battery, CSA), 155, 204, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-335
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Rather, William. S., b-1826 AL; m-Mary; 1860 Bell Co TX cen p296 (Capt, Co B, Showalter's 4th Arizona Regt, CSA), 204
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Wilson, T. A. (Capt, Co A, Showalter's ’s 4th Arizona Regt, CSA), 204
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Showalter's [Lt-Col Daniel] 4th TX Cav; 1830 Greene Co PA-1866 Mazatlan, Mexico of lockjaw result of a bar fight; had bro Elihu; miner in CA, state legislator; postwar ran a Mazatlan hotel (Lt-Col, Showalter's ’s 4th Arizona Regt, CSA), 204, 171, 185, 204, 214, A-5
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Please let me know if you can identify any of these "three Carpenters" or the "Capt. T.A. Wilson."
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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