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12th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Young's)

12th Infantry Regiment [also called 8th Regiment] was organized and mustered in Confederate service at Waco, Texas, during the spring of 1862. Its members were recruited in the towns and cities of Clarksville, Cameron, Hempstead, Nacogdoches, Fairfield, and Waco, and the counties of Comanche, Milam, and Grimes. The regiment was assigned to O. Young's and Waul's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and saw action in Louisiana and Arkansas. After fighting at Jenkins' Ferry, it moved to Hempstead and disbanded in the spring of 1865. The field officers were Colonel Overton Young; Lieutenant Colonels William Clark, B.A. Philpott, and James W. Raine; and Major Erastus Smith.

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: William L Gresham
Service Info.: CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY CIVIL WAR
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1838
Death Date: 23 Jun 1863
Cemetery: Glenfawn Cem
Cemetery Address: Rusk, TX 75785

Based on the unit history, the 12th Texas Infantry was at Alexandria, Louisiana at the end of April, 1863 and from there went into action at Perkins Landing, Millikens Bend and Young's Point in the Vicksburg area. At Brashear City, LA, about 1,000 Federals surrendered after a Confederate attack. 23 June 1863 was a Tuesday.

JR

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