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The exploits of Waul's Texas Legion
Wauls Texas Legion Roster Index
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Wauls Texas Legion Roster : B : [ 123 ] Babser - [ 577 ] Byrd
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Babser, Jacob B Private Private
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Babzer, H. B Private Private
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Backer, W. T. H Corporal Corporal
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Bacon, Robert B Private Private
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Bade, William E Private Private
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Badger, B. D Private Private
BADGER, Brandt Was born Feb 3, 1839, at Decatur, DeKalb County Ga. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in the year 1861, at Gonzales, Texas, as private in Willis' Battalion of Wade's (Waul's) Legion. J. Duff Brown was first Captain and Leo Willis First Colonel. Was never wounded. Was taken prisoner at Panola, Miss., but was paroled at once. Was detailed as druggist in the Fifth Military District. In December, 1863, was in the battle of Holly Springs, Miss. After this was in several smaller battles.
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Bado, William E Private Private
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Baeher, Rudolph C Private Private
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Baehr, Rudolph C Private Private
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Baggs, A. D. D Private Corporal
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Bagley, T. G. W. B Private Private
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Baird, W. A. I Private Private
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Bairfield, W. C. C Private Corporal
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Baker, A. W. E Private Private
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Baker, Albert E Private Private
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Baker, C. H. B Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant
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Baker, Charles B Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant
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Baker, E. A Private Private
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Baker, E. H. F Private Private
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Baker, Elijah F Private Private
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Baker, F. A Private Private
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Baker, George C. E Private Private
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Baker, J. O. B Private Private
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Baker, J. P. B Private Private
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Baker, Philip E Private Private
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Baker, R. B. B Private Private
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Baker, R. P. F - -
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Baker, Robert B Private Private
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Baker, Robert B Private Private
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Baker, S. F. A. E Private Private
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Baker, Valentine B Private Private
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Baldwin, Henry S. E Private Private
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Balke, C. C Private Private
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Balke, Christian C Private Private
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Ballard, J. J. B Private Private
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Ballow, Reuben H. A Private Private
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Balzer, Jacob B Private Private
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Bamberg, Fred B Private Private
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Baner, John D Private Private
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Bankhead, R. M. B Private Private
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Banse, Theo. E Private Private
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Banss, Theo E Private Private
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Barefield, W. C. C Private Corporal
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Barfield, W. C. C Private Corporal
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Barifield, W. C. C Private Corporal
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Baring, Lewis C Private Private
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Baring, Louis C Private Private
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Barkelback, G. F Private Private
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Barker, W. S. H Private Private
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Barnes, E. P. L. B Private Private
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Barnett, Charles A Private Private
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Barns, P. L. B Private Private
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Barns, Thomas J. C Private Private
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Barr, Duncan B Private Private
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Barren, S. A Private Private
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Barren, William A Private Private
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Barring, Lewis C Private Private
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Barrnam, A. C Private Bugler
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Barron, Samuel A Private Private
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Barron, William A Private Private
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Barrow, Samuel A Private Private
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Barry, J. M. D Private Private
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Barry, J. W. D Private Private
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Bartee, R. B. F Private Private
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Bartgers, J. F Private Private
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Barthe, B. A Private Private
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Bartlett, N. B Private Private
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Bartlett, R. B Private Private
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Bartlett, Richard B Private Private
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Barton, Berry H Private Private
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Barton, W. A. A Private Private
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Bartzen, J. F Private Private
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Bashn, Henry C Private Private
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Bass, W. B Private Private
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Basse, Fredk E Private Private
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Bastean, G. C Private Private
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Bastian, A. C Private Private
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Bastian, B. J. F&S Musician Musician
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Bastian, J. C Private Private
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Bastion, Jacob C Private Private
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Batchelor, E. B Private Private
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Bateman, B. D Private Private
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Batey, H. C Private Private
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Batey, W. C Private Private
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Baty, H. C Private Private
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Baty, W. C Private Private
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Batzer, E. B Private Private
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Bauer, C. E. D,E Private Private
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Bauer, John D Private Private
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Baumann, Ch. C Private Private
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Bauss, T. E Private Private
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Baxley, R. W. F. F Private Private
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Baxley, T. W. B Private Private
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Beach, Rudolph C Private Private
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Beaird, William H. A Private Private
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Beall, O. B. D Private Sergeant
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Bean, J. C Private Private
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Beane, Jasper C Private Private
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Beard, J. H. A - -
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Beard, J. W. E Private Private
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Beasley, J. F. B Private Private
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Beaty, H. C Private Private
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Beaty, W. C Private Private
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Beck, J. R. E Private Private
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Beck, S. R. E Private Private
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Beckelbach, G. F Private Private
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Becker, Henry D Sergeant Private
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Beckman, Henry B Private Private
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Beekman, H. B Private Private
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Beese, F. E Private Private
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Beese, M. A Private Private
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Behrend, J. C Private Private
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Behrens, B. H. E Private Private
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Behrens, F. C Private Private
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Behrens, H. C Private Private
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Behrens, J. C Private Private
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Behrens, John E Private Private
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Behrens, S. E Private Private
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Behrman, H. G. B Senior Second Lieutenant Senior Second Lieutenant
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Belhwest, Henry B Sergeant Sergeant
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Belinsky, Julius B Private Private
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Bell, J. W. B Private Private
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Bell, John A Private Private
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Bell, John A Private Private
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Bell, L. G Private Private
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Bellew, Reuben H. A Private Private
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Bellheuth, H. B Sergeant Sergeant
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Bellinsky, Julius B Private Private
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Belsloff, - C Private Private
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Bennett, J. W. A Private Private
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Bennett, T. G. A Sergeant Sergeant
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Bennon, E. B Sergeant Sergeant
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Benson, I. C. A Private Private
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Benson, Joseph S. A Private Private
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Benson, Nathaniel J. A Private Private
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Bentell, E. F - -
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Berdell, J. F Private Private
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Berger, S. C Private Private
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Bergeron, Drosin B Private Private
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Bermillion, W. O. F Private Private
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Bermister, H. F Assistant Cook Private
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Berriger, J. P. G Sergeant Sergeant
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Berry, Charles J. H Sergeant Sergeant
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Berryhill, M. F. F Private Private
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Berryhill, W. T. F Private Private
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Bertha, B. A Private Private
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Berthe, B. A Private Private
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Bestwick, W. A. F Private Private
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Bethleman, H. B Private Private
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Bettis, Henry A Private Private
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Betts, A. F Private Private
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Betts, Anthony F Private Private
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Bevel, J. A Private Private
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Bevil, Jackson A Private Private
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Biediger, J. H Private Private
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Biehlmann, H. B Private Private
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Biermister, - F Assistant Cook Private
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Bihlman, Herman B Private Private
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Bilinsky, Julius B Private Private
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Bimsingham, E. L. F Private Private
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Binger, S. C Private Private
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Binke, William C Private Sergeant
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Binkle, William C Private Sergeant
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Bird, J. F Private Private
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Bird, James F Private Private
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Bird, John F Private Private
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Birkelbach, George F Private Private
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Birrage, F. H. D - -
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Bivin, V. H. A Corporal First Sergeant
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Black, W. J. D Private Private
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Blackledge, Z. E Private Private
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Blackman, James G. B First Lieutenant First Lieutenant
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Blackmon, B. F. B Private Private
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Blackmond, J. G. B First Lieutenant First Lieutenant
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Blackmore, J. G. B First Lieutenant First Lieutenant
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Blackshear, J. M. H First Lieutenant First Lieutenant
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Blackshire, J. H First Lieutenant First Lieutenant
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Blade, William E Private Private
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Blain, D. J. F Private Private
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Blain, G. V. B Private Private
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Blain, T. B Private Private
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Blair, F. B Private Private
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Blair, G. W. B Private Private
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Blair, Travis B Private Private
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Blake, John B Private Private
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Blakemore, A. C. E Private Private
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Blakemore, Albert J. E Private Private
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Bland, J. W. F Private Private
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Blane, - B Private Private
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Blane, D. J. F Private Private
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Blanke, John B Private Private
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Blann, John W. F Private Private
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Blann, T. Teamster
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Blassie, C. L. A Private Private
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Blazie, C. L. A Private Private
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Bledsoe, John D Private Private
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Bleybush, F. A Private Private
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Block, Isaac B Private Private
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Blunn, William C Private Private
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Boatwright, Chesley A Private Private
Chesley Taylor Boatright served in Wauls Legion Company "A" C.S.A. from Texas. He was killed in 1863
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Bobbins, - B Private Private
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Bocker, August D Private Private
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Bockhorn, H. B Private Private
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Bodeker, Otto D Sergeant Private
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Bodey, Henry A Private Private
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Body, Henry A Private Private
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Boecker, Aug. D Private Private
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Boecker, Herm D Private Private
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Boedecker, Theodore C,D Private Private
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Boedeker, Otto D Sergeant Private
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Boedeker, Theodore C,D Private Private
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Boederker, Theodore C,D Private Private
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Boediker, Theodore C,D Private Private
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Boehr, R. C Private Private
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Boehr, Reed C Private Private
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Boeker, August D Private Private
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Boeker, Herman D Private Private
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Boeschen, Henry C Private Private
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Boescher, H. C Private Private
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Boggs, A. D. D Private Corporal
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Bohaman, William O. E Private Private
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Bohannan, William O. E Private Private
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Bohr, Rudolph C Private Private
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Boker, A. D Private Private
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Boles, William B Private Private
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Bolke, C. C Private Private
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Bolling, E. S. A Captain Major
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Bolling, Eugene S. A Captain Major
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Bomer, W. W. E Private Private
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Bonas, J. R. D Private Private
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Bonham, M. L. B Private Junior Second Lieutenant
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Bonitice, F. A,H Private Sergeant
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Bonitz, F. A,H Private Sergeant
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Bonitz, Fred A,H Private Sergeant
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Bonitz, Joan P. A Private Sergeant
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Bonner, J. J. B Private Private
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Bonnitz, F. A,H Private Sergeant
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Boogs, A. D. D Private Corporal
From Alton Military prison records .
Prisoner at Alton Federal Military Prison
Name: BOOGEN, JAMES
Rank/Company: SURG, WAULS TEXAS LEGION
Captured: 06/18/63 PANOLA, MISS
Died/Cause: 01/08/64 PNEUMONIA Buried: STATE GROUND
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Boose, F. E Private Private
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Booth, Patrick B Private Private
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Booth, R. C. C Private Private
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Boothe, Russell C. C Private Private
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Boozer, David E Private Private
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Boozer, James H. E Private Private
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Borlason, John B Private Private
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Bormenn, E. C Private Bugler
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Borrmann, A. C Private Bugler
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Bosbeth, - I Private Private
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Bosing, John B Private Private
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Bosley, R. F Private Private
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Bosse, William B Private Private
[ from Tx gen web ]
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Bosse, born 4/5/1835 in Oppendorf #57, Germany. Died in Washington, TX 12/20/1923 and buried 12/22/1923 in Friedens UCC Cemetery, Wash., TX. Served in the Civil War with C. Wauls Legion (6/16/1862-6/28/1865). Married Charlotte Wilhelmine Henriette Emshoff, born 4/23/1842 in Oppendorf #132, Germany on 1/4/1862 at Salem Church, Brenham, TX. He immigrated to Texas in November 1856 or 1857. He was also a charter member of Friedens Church, Wash., TX. He was brother-in-law of Christoph Richter. He came back to New Wehdem for 50th anniversary of St James Church. He was also a charter member of Friedens Church in Washington, TX.
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Bossier, D. D Private Private
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Bossier, H. D Private Private
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Bossier, J. D Private Private
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Bostwick, - F Private Private
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Bousing, John B Private Private
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Bowen, C. E. E,D Private Private
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Bowen, W. M. F Private Private
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Bowen, William F Private Private
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Bower, A. W. E Private Private
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Bower, W. M. E Private Private
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Bowers, J. R. D Private Private
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Bowers, John A. E Private Corporal
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Bowers, Jubilee R. D Private Private
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Bowers, L. P. E Brevet Second Lieutenant Brevet Second Lieutenant
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Bowers, W. W. E Private Private
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Bowers, William E Private Private
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Bowers, William J. E Private Private
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Bowers, Young P. E Private Private
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Bowles, J. F. C Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant
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Bowls, William B Private Private
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Box, F. S. H Corporal Corporal
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Boyack, Charles B Private Private
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Boyd, J. W. H Private Private
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Boyd, John F Private Private
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Boykin, Bird E Private Private
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Boykin, David F Private Private
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Boykin, J. A. E Private Private
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Boykin, John C Private Private
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Boykin, S. R. E Private Private
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Boykin, William J. C Private Private
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Bozen, James R. E Private Private
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Bozer, James H. E Private Private
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Brach, Riley C Private Private
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Bracher, C. M. D Private Private
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Bracher, J. H. D Private Private
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Bradbery, J. N. B Private Private
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Bradbury, J. M. B Private Private
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Bradley, J. M. B Private Private
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Bradley, L. D. B Captain Captain
Bradley is also listed on the roster of timmon's regiment
From the Bradley (L.D.) Papers, 1859-1887, Pearce Civil War Collection, Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas
Copyright: The copyright of these materials is held by Navarro College Archives, Navarro College, 3200 W. 7th Ave., Corsicana, Texas 75110. archives@navarrocollege.edu.
REGIMENTAL HISTORYL.D. Bradley was a member of Waul's Texas Legion, formed by T.N. Waul in 1862. Bradley had already reported to another infantry division, but was recruited by Waul into his Legion in spring of 1862. Bradley received the rank of Captain and retained that rank throughout the war. Waul's Texas Legion consisted of 2,000 men at its height, including 12 infantry companies, 6 cavalry companies, and an artillery battalion of 2 companies, each with 6 guns. Most of the men initially recruited for the Legion belonged to the 9th Texas Infantry and the 3rd Texas Infantry who mustered in for 6 months and joined Waul after he started recruiting. The Legion was commissioned on May 13, 1862.
After organizing in central Texas and awaiting assignment in Houston, Waul's Texas Legion was ordered to the Vicksburg area to help defend the city from the impending Federal attack and eventual siege. After passing through Holly Springs and Grenada, they settled at Fort Pemberton. Fort Pemberton was a heavily fortified camp guarding the Yazoo Pass and the Tallahatchee River, one of Grant's attempted access points to the city of Vicksburg. Located between the Yazoo and Tallahatchee rivers and overlooking a bend, Waul's legion was able to defend the fort and repel Sherman and Grant. They sank the Star of the West, a Confederate gun boat, in front of the fort to prevent Federal gun boats from making their way toward the city from that direction. The main attack took place on March 16 and lasted sporadically for 13 days. Grant eventually decided that an attack from that direction was not worth the effort and loss of life, and settled into besieging the city. Waul's Texas Legion was ordered to Vicksburg, leaving a small force behind to defend the fort. L.D. Bradley's company traveled to Vicksburg to relieve the besieged soldiers, but was not immediately put into action because of their recent hard marching and battle fatigue from the fort's defense.
On May 22, a force of Illinois volunteers were ordered to take a railroad redoubt overlooking the Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad. A force of the 30th Alabama Infantry held the redoubt and 2 companies of Waul's Texas Legion were sent in as reinforcements. When the Federal troops attacked, they quickly forced the Alabama defenders to retreat and planted their battle flag. A force of Alabama volunteers attempted to retake the position and were repulsed. After that, no Alabama volunteers were forthcoming, and General Stephen Lee asked Waul to lead an attack to retake this important position. When Waul asked for volunteers, Capt. L.D. Bradley and Lt. J. Hogue stepped forward, choosing 20 and 15 of their men, respectively, to accompany them. At 5:30 pm, Bradley and Hogue, along with 3 volunteers from the 30th Alabama retook the railroad redoubt and presented Waul with the Illinois battle flag. For the remaineder of the siege, Waul's men occupied the rifle pits surrounding this hard fought position. By the time General Pemberton surrendered the city to General Grant on July 4, 1863, 938 men of Waul's Texas Legion were involved in the city's defense, with 47 killed, 190 wounded, and 8 missing. On July 17, 1863, the men of Waul's Texas Legion were paroled and given a 40 day furlough to return to Texas. They were supposed to reassemble in Demopolis, Alabama to await further assignment.
The Legion reassembled and organized in Houston. Waul was promoted to Brigadier General and Bradley's company fell under the command of Col. Timmons. On December 1, 1863 they left Houston and traveled to Velasco, Texas, where they dug in on December 8 to await an impending attack on the Texas coast. For the remainder of the war, the infantry regiments of Waul's Texas Legion guarded the Texas coast from a feared Federal invasion and aided blockade running ships. Stationed at such outposts as Perry's Landing, Anderson, Mud Island, the mouth of the Caney River, and Galveston, the men of Waul's legion saw sporadic action and a large amount of inaction. Those like Bradley, stationed at lonely outposts like Mud Island, battled the elements, boredom, mosquitoes, and disease more than they battled Yankees. As the war drew to a close, inaction coupled with lack of pay and homesickness led to low morale and rampant rumors. Most of the remnants of Waul's Texas Legion finished the war in Galveston, where 400 men from another regiment attempted a mutiny. Timmons' regiment remained loyal, however. Despite stirring speeches and calls to keep fighting, the men knew the cause was lost and wanted to return home to their families and try to rebuild their lives. After the final surrender, the men of the Legion were furloughed and began making their way home. The men of Timmons' regiment were luckier than most in that they did not have as far to travel. After Vicksburg the cavalry units within Waul's Texas Legion were stationed at various points in the eastern theater, many were captured and sent to prison camps, and were thus quite far from home when the time came to travel back. Bradley and his men were just a few days march from home.
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Bradnox, W. H. B Private Private
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Brady, Patrick A Private Private
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Brainsen, James A Private Private
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Brainson, James A Private Private
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Braker, James W. H. C Private Private
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Brandon, - A Private Private
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Brandt, H. C. C Private First Sergeant
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Brandt, Henry C Private First Sergeant
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Brannon, Edward B Sergeant Sergeant
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Brashear, A. B. F Private Private
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Brashear, H. D. F Private Private
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Brashear, N. D. F Private Private
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Brashear, S. B. F Private Private
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Brashear, W. R. F Private Private
Listed on parolees of Vicksburg
as
BRASHER W .R . PVT WAULS TX ART(illery) 2ND FIELD
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Brasher, C. M. D Private Private
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Brasher, J. H. D Private Private
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Brassmann, C. C Drummer Private
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Braum, - D Private Private
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Braunfield, T. J. H Private Private
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Bray, Beny J. F Private Private
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Bray, Berry J. F Private Private
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Brazer, - B Corporal Sergeant
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Brazier, C. M. D Private Private
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Brazier, J. H. D Private Private
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Breard, Charles A. H Private Private
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Breeding, B. D. D Private Private
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Breeding, C. P. D Bugler Private
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Breeding, D. S. D Private Private
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Breetschky, - D Private Private
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Breker, Aug D Private Private
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Breker, H. D Private Private
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Brenbury, - F Private Private
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Brennon, Edward B Sergeant Sergeant
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Bridges, L. M. H Private Private
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Briengne, Oscar B Private Private
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Brilison, John B Private Private
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Brimbery, H. F Private Private
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Brime, W. C Private Private
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Brimingham, E. L. B. F Private Private
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Brimmingham, E. F Private Private
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Brinberry, Henry F Private Private
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Brisco, Parmena A Sergeant First Sergeant
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Briscoe, P. A Sergeant Sergeant
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Brissig, G. D Private Private
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Britt, John B Private Private
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Britton, J. D Private Corporal
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Broadnax, R. F&S Ordnance Officer Ordnance Officer
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Broch, R. C Private Private
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Brodnax, N. F&S Ordnance Officer Ordnance Officer
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Brodnax, Robert F&S Ordnance Officer Ordnance Officer
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Brodnax, W. H. B Private Private
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Brona, H. D Private Private
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Brone, Henry D Private Private
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Brook, C. B. C Private Private
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Brookins, A. B. A Private Private
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Brooks, A. A. D Private Private
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Brooks, C. B. C Private Private
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Broome, Alonzo H Private Private
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Broome, Ella H Private Private
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Broome, John H Private Private
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Broschen, H. C Private Private
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Brosig, George D Private Private
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Brossig, G. D Private Private
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Brossman, C. H. C Drummer Private
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Brown, D. H,G Private Private
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Brown, E. B Private Private
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Brown, F. A. B Private Private
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Brown, H. D Private Private
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Brown, J. Duff D Captain Captain
Extracted from Reminiscences of John Duff Brown printed in
The Texas Historical Association Quarterly, Volume12: pages 296-311 and Published in 1909......Just before the close of the six months for which I had enlisted, I was commissioned by General T. N. Waul to raise a company for his Texas legion, composed of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. Through a mistake of Colonel Waul regarding military regulations, my company ranked D in the cavalry battalion, which was six hundred and forty strong. Company D mustered one hundred and twenty-seven - mostly picked men. Thirteen promotions were made from it. At Camp Waul, seven miles from Brenham, we organized and drilled for some time. Meanwhile there occurred an epidemic of measles, with six hundred cases reported, and a few deaths. Young Lockett, a member of my company, had contracted the disease and recovered; but he begged so earnestly to be allowed to visit his mother - a widow - that with much reluctance and many misgivings I gave him leave, receiving from him solemn promises to obey instructions for safeguarding his health. Unfortunately he disobeyed the instructions, and, much to my sorrow, relapsed and died.
After a time the command was ordered to march for north Mississippi. Obtaining leave, I visited my family, not feeling sure but that it might be the last time. Drs. King and White, two of the best surgeons in the legion, were my messmates; and, daily observing my state of health, they assured me that I would not be able to endure the rigors of campaigning in northern Mississippi during the winter. Though in very delicate health, I had no thought of resigning until compelled by an absolute breakdown. At Vicksburg, where we stopped to perfect our rolls and pay off the men, Dr. White came to me saying he was authorized by others, and that it was his wish as well, to solicit me to become a candidate for the lieutenant colonelcy of our battalion, as we should be ordered to fill that office. He insisted that there was not the slightest doubt of my election. I thought him correct, but declined from a purely patriotic sense of duty, thinking it best for my country. The battle between desire for the position and duty to my country was a strong one, and I have ever since regretted that I did not accept; because, for reasons that I do not think it wise to write, I believe it would really have inured to my country's good.
In a few days we resumed our march en route for Holly Springs; and soon the news of our defeat at Shiloh, which had been fought while we lay at Vicksburg, and the death of our loved Sidney Johnston came to us. For about two weeks we lay camped on an unsheltered hill some ten miles south of Holly Springs. General Price, with his Missouri troops, lay just south of us. Here we encountered real wintry weather. We were next ordered seven miles north of Holly Springs, where General Tighlman was quartered at a farm house. Here my health broke down completely, and I felt obliged to resign. It filled me with grief to do so; but I was assured by the best medical talent in the army - and subsequently by many other medical men - that I had tuberculosis in its initial stage. I had twice had hemorrhages from the lungs; so resolution gave way, and I tendered my resignation. It was accepted unconditionally. Colonel Waul assured me that, because of my feeble health, he had been expecting it for three months.
A few days after this, we were ordered to make a change of front, throwing us around Holly Springs, where we lay three days. During this time, I had resumed command of Company D by order of the colonel commanding. After three days more, General Tighlman ordered a retreat of twenty or thirty miles south. He had been captured at Fort Donelson and subsequently exchanged, and I suppose he was unwilling again to take the chances. I must have kept better posted than he, for I knew there was no danger of an advance of the enemy. They had about twenty skeleton regiments fifteen or twenty miles north of us, but this body of troops had been depleted till it was too weak to advance. But Tighlman's retreat invited the enemy to advance, which they did after a time, though not immediately. Well I had naught to detain me where I had felt constant dissatisfaction with the weak, vacillating management of our commanders. It may sound like boasting, but I do not so view it when I say that I saw clearly the trend of events, and it was most disheartening, The subsequent history of affairs proved fully that my views were correct.
I bought a light buggy and returned to my wife and children in Texas, only to find her in an advanced stage of consumption, which unfortunately we did not then know how to treat as well as we know now. She lingered on till two weeks after the war, when she passed to her reward. The war left the country in apparent ruins. The negroes were freed, the fences rotted, our houses were leaking, our stock of all kinds scattered, and society was disorganized. I was owing nearly five thousand dollars of debts contracted before the war. I sold all my stock and one tract of land and was thus enabled to pay all but six hundred dollars of my indebtedness. Finally, by hard work and rigid economy, I paid every dollar, thus saving my good name, and adding greatly to my own happiness. Looking back over my life, I feel that I have much to thank God for. Now in my eighty-fourth year (1907) I await almost impatiently at times the summons of the Master.
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Brown, J. H. C Private Private
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Brown, J. P. A Private Private
484
Brown, J. W. C Private Private
485
Brown, Joseph W. A Private Private
486
Brown, William A Private Private
487
Browning, Drewrey B Private Private
488
Brulson, J. S. D Private Private
489
Brune, Heinrich D Private Private
490
Brune, Henry D Private Private
491
Brune, William C Private Private
492
Bruno, Edward B Sergeant Sergeant
493
Brunow, Edward B Sergeant Sergeant
494
Bruton, R. B. E Private Private
495
Bryant, Alexander F Private Private
496
Bryant, E. R. H Private Private
497
Bryant, John F Private Private
498
Bryant, M. F Private Private
499
Bryant, R. J. B Corporal Sergeant
500
Brymbery, H. F Private Private
501
Buchanan, L. R. D Private Private
502
Buchannan, L. R. D Private Private
503
Buchman, H. B Private Private
504
Buchman, John D Private Musician
505
Buckelbosh, G. F Private Private
506
Bucker, A. D Private Private
507
Bucker, H. D Private Private
508
Buckhalter, M. E Private Private
509
Buckhorn, H. B Private Private
510
Buckley, Dan H Private Private
511
Buckley, J. J. B Private Private
512
Buckley, J. R. F Private Private
513
Buckman, H. B Private Private
514
Buckman, John D Private Musician
515
Budeker, O. D Sergeant Private
516
Buechman, J. D Private Musician
517
Buese, A. E Private Private
518
Bugurn, Drosin B Private Private
519
Buhlman, H. B Private Private
520
Builison, John B Private Private
521
Buingine, Oscar B Private Private
522
Buklebaugh, George F Private Private
523
Buller, Joachim C Private Private
524
Buller, John C Private Private
525
Bullock, J. T. D Private Private
526
Bundick, M. I. F Private Private
527
Bundick, M. P. F Private Private
528
Bundick, M. W. F Private Corporal
529
Bunting, Jefferson L. C Private Private
530
Bupper, Franz E,D Private Private
531
Bure, Fredrick E Private Private
532
Burford, J. D. D Private Private
533
Burger, S. C Private Private
534
Burgess, J. F. F Private Private
535
Burglebeck, George F Private Private
536
Burhins, John C Private Private
537
Burk, P. J. C Private Private
538
Burke, Henry F Private Private
539
Burke, Isaac R. C Private Private
540
Burke, J. W. G Private Private
541
Burke, M. F Private Private
542
Burke, Peter P. C Private Private
543
Burke, William C Private Sergeant
544
Burkhalten, M. E Private Private
545
Burkhalter, G. E. E Private Private
546
Burkhalter, M. E Private Private
547
Burkleback, G. F Private Private
548
Burleson, A. L. B Private Private
549
Burleson, C. T. F Private Private
550
Burleson, Edward B Private Private
551
Burleson, F. A. F Private Private
552
Burleson, I. S. D Private Private
553
Burleson, John B Private Private
554
Burleson, T. J. B Sergeant Sergeant
555
Burleson, Thomas J. B Sergeant Sergeant
556
Burmeister, H. F Assistant Cook Private
557
Burnett, John L. E Private Private
558
Burney, Richard A Private Private
559
Burshear, S. B. F Private Private
560
Burton, C. S. E Private Private
561
Burton, David E Private Private
562
Buse, Friedrich E Private Private
563
Busing, John B Private Private
564
Bussa, William B Private Private
565
Bussey, W. B Private Private
566
Bussig, - D Private Private
567
Bussing, T. B Private Private
568
Bussy, R. B Private Private
569
Butler, A. H Private Private
570
Butler, G. W. E Private Private
571
Butler, W. H. G Private Private
572
Butts, Anthony F Private Private
573
Byerley, S. J. E Private Private
574
Byerly, Stephen J. E Private Private
575
Bynum, Griffin A. F Private Private
576
Byppell, F. E,D Private Private
577
Byrd, James F Private Private
Wauls Texas Legion Roster Index
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Sources:
Civil war soldiers & sailors system of the National Parks Service.
Benjamin L. Bowen's :
The Exploits of Waul's Texas Legion Table of Contents.
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