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Among my patrilineal ancestors, I found 11 Confederate veterans in three families; the BOX, HIGH, and NORMAN families. Another 4 Confederate veterans have been provisionally identified from the ELLIOTT family. The identification of the four ELLIOTT veterans is predominately based on their name matching to Texas Confederate soldiers in the US National Park Service Civil War Soldier and Sailor System database. A secondary consideration is whether their company was formed from a country near their 1860 home. As time permits, the US National Archives compiled military service records of these provisionally identified Texas Confederate soldiers will be obtained and researched from additional information to confirm or disprove the match. There are likely additional Confederate veterans among my CURETON, HILL, and JONES ; but, I do not have pertinent data. The list is predominately limited to ancestral 'fathers' and 'uncles'; but, a few 1st and 2nd cousins n-times removed are beginning to be post. Names, units, and familial relationships are tabulated below. Some notable facts about or connections between these Confederate veterans are provided. A list of 'Regiments Served' with the corresponding trooper or soldier is tabulated below. A brief biography of James Robert "Jim" BOX, Sergeant, Company D, 14th Texas [Dismounted] Cavalry [ Johnson's ] Regiment is found on a separate webpage. Two biographies of Henry Harrison HIGH, Corporal, Company I, 15th Texas [Dismounted] Cavalry [Sweet's] Regiment are found on separate webpages: |
| BOX Family's Five [ 5 ] Confederate Veterans |
| James Robert "Jim" BOX Sergeant, Company D, 14th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry Regiment [ Middleton T. Johnson's Regiment ] My patrilineal great-grandfather. J.R. Box served 48+ months; Apr 1861 to May 1865. Some biographical information regarding James R. Box can be found in his Family Group Sheet. |
| Benjamin Barton "Bart" BOX Private, Company E, 28th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry Regiment [ Horace Randal's Regiment ] My patrilineal great-granduncle; James R. BOX's oldest brother. B.B. Box served 23 months; 08 May 1863 to Apr 1865. Some biographical information regarding Benjamin B. Box can be found in his Family Group Sheet. |
| Joseph Goodwin BOX 3rd Brigade, Texas State Troops My patrilineal great-granduncle; James R. BOX's middle older brother. Some biographical information regarding Joseph G. Box can be found in his Family Group Sheet. |
| Franklin "Frank" BOX Private, Company D, 14th Texas Infantry Regiment [ Edward Clark's Regiment ] My patrilineal great-granduncle; James R. BOX's next older brother. |
| Andrew J. BOX Private, Company D, 14th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry Regiment [ Middleton T. Johnson's Regiment ] My patrilineal great-granduncle; James R. BOX's younger brother. |
| ELLIOTT Family's [ 4 ] Confederate Veteran [Provisionally Identified] |
| Alpheus ELLIOTT Private, Company G, 12th Texas Infantry Regiment; Overton C. Young's Regiment My patrilineal 2nd great-grandfather. Born: 30 Aug 1820 in Tennessee. Resident of Texas since 1854; family of 8 present in Rusk County 1860 census. Died: 29 May 1898 in Overton, Rusk County, Texas Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas The 12th Texas Infantry Regiment, also known as Young's Regiment, was assigned to Overton C. Young's and Thomas Neville Waul's [First] Brigade of John George Walker's Texas [Greyhound] Division, Trans-Mississippi Department. The regiment saw action in March-May 1864 in Louisiana [the Red River Campaign] and Arkansas [the Camden Expedition]. |
| James H. ELLIOTT Private, Company D, 14th Texas Infantry Regiment; Edward C. Clark's Regiment. My patrilineal half 2nd great-granduncle. My patrilineal 2nd great-grandfather younger half brother. Born: about 1834. The 14th Texas Infantry Regiment, also known as Clark's Regiment, was assigned to Horace Randal's and Robert P. Maclay's [Second] Brigade of John George Walker's Texas [Greyhound] Division, Trans-Mississippi Department. The regiment saw action in March-May 1864 in Louisiana [the Red River Campaign] and Arkansas [the Camden Expedition]. |
| Labarum ELLIOTT Company A, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Texas State Troops My patrilineal 2nd great-granduncle. My patrilineal 2nd great-grandfather oldest brother. Labarum ELLIOTT was one of the first doctors in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. The 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Texas State Troops served for 6 months, from late 1863 to mid-1864, under Tignal W. Jones. The Texas State Troops were under state rather than CSA control. The 1st Cavalry Regiment, Texas State Troops served on the coast and the western frontier. They saw no action against federal troops. |
| William J. ELLIOTT Private, Company B, 35th Texas Cavalry Regiment; James B. Linkens' Regiment. My patrilineal great-granduncle. My patrilineal great-grandmother's younger brother. Born: about 1846 in Williamson County, Tennessee. Resident in Texas since 1854; a minor in the Alpheus ELLIOTT family Rusk County 1860 census. The 35th Texas Cavalry Regiment, also known as Likens' Regiment, was assigned to Hamilton Prioleau Bee's and Arthur P. Bagby's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and saw action in March-May [the Red River Campaign] and September 1864 in Louisiana. |
| Sources of ELLIOTT information. - John E. Brach, Grand Junction, Colorado, via email. - Burial index of Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas. - Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas, Sifakis, Stewart, Facts on File, New York, NY, 1995. - NPS CWSSS Battle Summaries website. - NPS CWSSS Soldiers Records website. - Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online. |
| HIGH Family's Four [ 4 ] Confederate Veterans |
| Henry Harrison HIGH Corporal, Company I, 15th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry Regiment [ George H. Sweet's Regiment ] My paternal great-grandfather. |
| William Dickson HIGH Private, Company I, 11th Texas Infantry Regiment [ Oran M. Roberts' Regiment ] My paternal great-granduncle; Henry H. HIGH's oldest brother. |
| James Jackson HIGH Private, Company K, 37th Texas Cavalry Regiment [ Terrell's Cavalry Regiment ] My paternal great-granduncle; Henry H. HIGH's middle older brother. |
| Rufus Morgan HIGH Private, Company E, 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment [ B. Warren Stone's Regiment; known as 2nd Cavalry Regiment early in the war. ] My paternal great-granduncle; Henry H. HIGH's next older brother. |
| NORMAN Family's [ 2 ] Confederate Veteran |
| Matthew M. 'Mack' NORMAN 2nd Lieutenant, Company I, 15th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry [Sweet's] Regiment and 6th/15th [Consolidated] Texas Volunteers [ George H. Regiment ] My paternal great-granduncle; Sarah Elizabeth NORMAN's [my paternal great-grandmother] brother. |
| William Martin NORMAN 1st Lieutenant, Company K, 48th Tennessee Infantry Regiment [ George H. Nixon's Regiment ] My paternal great-granduncle; Sarah Elizabeth NORMAN's [my paternal great-grandmother] brother. |
| Some Notable Facts / Connections |
| Company D, 14th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry [ Johnson's ] Regiment My patrilineal great-grandfather: James Robert "Jim" BOX and his younger brother: Andrew J. BOX served in the same company and the same regiment; Company D, 14th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry |
| 15th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry [ Sweet's ] Regiment My paternal great-grandfather: Henry Harrison High and his brother-in-law [my paternal great-uncle]: Matthew M. NORMAN served in the same company and the same regiment; Company I, 15th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry |
| Randal's-Maclay's Brigade Patrilineal great-granduncles: Benjamin Barton "Bart" BOX 28th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry and Franklin "Frank" BOX 14th Texas Infantry served in the same brigades of Walker's Texas Division from May 1863 until the end of the war; including, the combat in March-May 1864 in Louisiana and Arkansas. |
| Theater of Service Main Western Theater Six of these 11 Confederate soldiers were assigned to the CS Army of Tennessee and were engaged in the battle of Chickamauga, the Atlanta Campaign [100 days / 100 mile battle], and General John Bell Hood's disastrous 1864 invasion of Tennessee [and destruction of the CSA Army of Tennessee]. Five of these soldiers were also veterans of the battle of Stone's River [aka, Murfreeboro in Confederate parlance]. Trans-Mississippi Theater Four of the remaining 5 Confederate veterans served in the CS army west of the Mississippi River. Texas Joseph Goodwin Box, the remaining Confederate veterans, served in the Texas State Troops which functioned as a local militia or a home guard. |
| Prisoner of War Arkansas Post Surrender The 15th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry [ Sweet's ] Regiment was surrendered at Arkansas Post [ Ft. Hindman ], Arkansas. Henry Harrison High served in this regiment and is known to have been captured at Arkansas Post, 11 Jan 1863; imprisoned at Camp Douglas near Chicago, Illinois; and exchanged at City Point, Va., 10April 1863. Matthew "Mack" NORMAN served in the same unit and likely shared a similar experience; excepting, as an officer, Matthew NORMAN would have been imprisoned at Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio, and would have received slightly better treatment. Fort Donelson Surrender The 7th Texas Infantry [ Gregg's ] Regiment was surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, 16Feb1862. Robert Albert HIGH served in this regiment and was likely imprisoned at Camp Douglas near Chicago, Illinois; and exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss., 16 Oct 1862. Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Summer 1863 William Martin NORMAN was captured and sent to Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island east of Savannah, Georgia. Based on the history of his regiment, the 48th Tennessee Infantry, his capture was likely near Chattanooga. His capture resulted in his missing the Battle of Chickamauga, 19 - 20 September 1863. Propitious. In August 1863, he took the oath of allegiance to the United States Government saying he was 'captured and taken to Pulaski. It was either go to prison with no hope of entering the service again even if released or take the oath and go home which I did and come back to look after my wife and four children who were being mistreated, the federal soldiers having burned my houses, barns and stables and turned them out'. He was 36 years of age when he returned to his wife, children, and wrecked farm in Knob Creek, Lawrence County, [Middle] Tennessee. Fort Pulaski was initially a Confederate camp for Union prisoners-of-war. After the Union Army took control of the area, Fort Pulaski became a Union camp for Confederate prisoners-of-war. |
| Cavalry / Dismounted Cavalry / Infantry / Texas State Troops Cavalry Service James Jackson HIGH and Rufus Morgan HIGH were the only cavalry troopers among the known paternal Confederate veterans. J.J. HIGH served as a Private in Company K, 37th Texas Cavalry [ Terrell's ] Regiments R.M. High served as a Private in Company E, 6th Texas Cavalry [ Stone's ] Regiment. The 6th Texas Cavalry was dismounted in Apr 1862 but remounted in Oct 1862 for the duration of the war. Dismounted Cavalry Service Another five of these ancestries enlisted in cavalry regiments only to be 'dismounted' by the Confederate government in 1862; March or April if stated. This was typical for Texans. To wit, the CS Army had no difficulty raising Texas Cavalry regiments but had difficulty raising Texas Infantry regiments. The Confederate government solved this problem by allowing Texas Cavalry regiments to be raised and then to order them dismounted. Needless to say, the loss of their mounts galled the ex-cavalry men. Infantry Service Another four of these ancestries enlisted in infantry regiments. Texas State Troops Service The remaining soldier served in the Texas State Troops. |
| Confederate Conscription Acts The Confederate Conscription Act of February 1864, ultimately, extended the age liability from 17 to 50 years of age. Males born between 1814 and 1847 were liable for compulsory service in the Confederate Army unless exempted for Further, the Confederate government allowed hired substitutes until December 1863. |
| Percentage Of Service Union / Federal Percentage Of Service In 1860, the North had a population of 22.5 million. 2.1 - 2.2 million men served in the Union Army; this was about half / 50% the military-eligible men. So, more than 2 million military eligible Northern men did not serve. Confederate Percentage Of Service In 1860, the South had a population of 9.1 million, including 3.5 million black slaves and 0.13 black freemen. 0.75-0.85 million men served in the Confederate Army; this was about 3/4 / 75% of the military-eligible men. So, about 275,000 military eligible Southern men did not serve. Thus, a total of about 2.3 million military-eligible men did not serve in the American Civil War; ~45%. Of course, Federal regiments were recruited from Southern states; Confederate regiments, from Northern states. |
| Regiments Served |
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Calvary 6th Texas Cavalry [ Stones's ] Regiment 37th Texas Cavalry [ Terrell's ] Regiment Dismounted Calvary 14th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry [ Johnson's ] Regiment 15th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry [ Sweet's ] Regiment 28th Texas [ Dismounted ] Cavalry [ Randal's ] Regiment Infantry 11th Texas Infantry [ Roberts' ] Regiment 14th Texas Infantry [ Clark's ] Regiment 48th Tennessee Infantry [ Nixon's ] Regiment Texas State Troops 3rd Brigade |
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