5TH TEX. VOL. INF. REGT.
COMPANY E - DIXIE BLUES
Company was organized in Washington County, Texas, July 19, 1861 and was
mustered into the Confederate service in that county "for the war," Aug.
8, 1861.
Key (1) Original member of Company. (2) Paroled at Appomattox. K (Killed),
W
(Wounded), POW (Prisoner of War) AWOL (Absent Without Leave)
ORIGINAL OFFICERS
(1) ROGERS, JOHN D. Capt. - Resgnd., July 22, 1862.
(1) BABER, THOS. A. 1Lt. - Prom., Capt., July 22, 1862: W., Antietam (Sept.17,
1862): Detailed to recruiting serv. in Tex., Summer, 1864: W. (arm), Darbytown
Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864): Retired for disability, Dec.15, 1864.
(1) HARPER, R. THOS. 2Lt. - Detailed to Tex. on recruiting serv., Feb..Apr.,
1862:
Prom., 1Lt., July 22, 1862: W. (thigh & shoulder) & POW, Gettysburg
(July 2,
1863): Confined at Camp Chase, Ohio: Transfd. to Pt. Lookout, Md., Mar.14,
1865.
(1) NASH, THOS. 3Lt. - W. (arm), Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): Prom., 2Lt.,
July
22, 1862: W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Detailed to Tex. on recruiting
serv.,
Feb..Apr., 1863: K., Wilderness (May 6, 1864).
ORIGINAL NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
(1) LITTLEFIELD, J. H. lSgt. - See roster, "Regmtl. Hdqtrs., 5th Tex. Inf."
(1) STEVENS, A. J. 2Sgt. - Detailed to Tex. on recruiting serv., Feb.,
.Apr., 1862:
Detailed as a nurse in the Tex. Hosp., Richmond, June 20, 1863: Transfd.
by Sec.
of War to secret service work in Trans-Miss. Dept.
(1) NORWOOD, WALTER N. 35gt. - See list of "Other Officers" following.
(1) HALL, A. J. 4Sgt. - Dischgd. for disability (chronic bronchitis), Dec. 14, 1861.
(1) WRAY, J. F. SSgt. - See roster, "Regmtl. Hdqtrs., 5th Tex. Inf."
(1) GEORGE, W. B. W. lCpl. - Prom., 4Sgt., Dec. 4, 1861: Prom., 3Sgt.,
Aug.,
1862: Prom., 2Sgt., Feb., 1863: W. (hand), Wilderness (May 6, 1864): Prom.,
lSgt., Aug., 1864: POW, Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864): Confined at Pt. Lookout,
Md.: Paroled, June 6, 1865.
(1) FELDER, MIERS M. 2Cpl. - W., 2nd Manassas (Aug. 30, 1862): Dischgd.
for
disability at Columbia, S. Car., Feb.14, 1863.
(1) GAY, MILAM 3Cpl. - Died, Dec. 2, 1861.
(1) SEDGLEY, J. T. 4Cpl. - W., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Furlough granted
to
Miss., Oct., 1863: Never returned to Co.: Paroled in Tex., June 27, 1865.
OTHER OFFICERS
COFFIELD, SAM T. 1Lt. - Orig. Pvt. in Co.: W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862):
Prom., 1Lt., Jan., 1864 & transfd. to Capt. H. B. Coffield's Co., Tex.
Vols.,
Trans-Miss. Dept.
(2) ELDRIDGE, BOLLING 3Lt. - Orig. Pvt. in Co.: W., Gaines' Mill (June
27, 1862):
Prom., 3Lt., May 16, 1863: W. (shoulder), Wilderness (May 6, 1864): Prom.,
2Lt.,
May 6, 1864: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865): Last survivor of Hood's
Tex.
Brig., died, Oct.28, 1938.
NORWOOD, WALTER N. 3Lt. - See roster, "Hdqtrs., Hood's Tex. Brig."
MUSICIANS
(1) CARTMELL, JAS. A. - W. (leg), 2nd Manassas (Aug. 30, 1862): Wound
furlough to Tex., Oct., 1862: AWOL.
(1) COUSINS, J. W. - Declared unfit for infantry service: Transfd. to Co.
D, 15 Va.
Cav. Regt., Jan.12, 1863.
(1) (2) FIELDS, JOHN G. - Detailed to Litter Corps, Summer & Fall,
1862: Left to
attend W. at Gettysburg, POW (July 4, 1863): Exchanged, Apr.27, 1864: Paroled,
Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
(2) HARDEMAN, JAS. H. - Orig. Pvt. in Co.: Detailed as a musician, Fall,
1863:
Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
ZANTGROFT, AUGUST - Recruited, Mar.24, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Sick most
of 1862 & 1863: Detailed as a musician, Fall, 1863: Furlough granted,
Feb., 1864:
AWOL, did not return to Co.
PRIVATES
(1) ADAIR, D. F. - Dischgd. for disability (heart disease), Dec.27, 1861.
(1) ALLEN, C. C. - Detailed as a Regmtl. teamster, Nov., 1861~Dec., 1864.
(1) ALLEN, HARDY - See roster, "Regmtl Hdqtrs., 5th Tex. luf."
(1) ALLEN, R. L. - K., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862).
(1) ARMITAGE, T. J. - W. (hand), Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Finger amputated:
Disabled, detailed to QM Dept., Montgomery, Ala.: Paroled at Montgomery,
May
12, 1865.
BAKER, JAS. - Recruited, Mar. 24, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Dischgd., Oct.
3,
1862, for disability (VD).
BATTE, DAN E. - Recruited, Mar.29, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: W., Gaines'
Mill
(June 27, 1862): W., Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862): Detailed to QM Dept.,
Spring,
1863: W. (arm), Petersburg June 28, 1864: Paroled, Jackson, Miss., May
19,
1865.
(1) BOOTHE, JOHN - K., Gettysburg (July 2, 1863).
(1) BROWN, CHAS. - Dischgd. on Surg. Cert., Apr. 9, 1862.
(1) BUNGER, W. G. - See roster, '~Regmtl. Hdqtrs., 5th Tex. Inf."
(1) BUSTER, J. C. - Prom., lCpl., May, 1862: Prom., SSgt., July, 1862:
W., 2nd
Manassas (Aug. 30, 1862): Leg amputated: Dischgd., Oct.23, 1862.
(1) CHRISTIE, C. C. - Not listed on Co. Bi-Monthly Muster Rolls.
CHRISTIE, R. J. - Recruited, at 46, Mar.22, 1862, at Washington, Tex.:
Sick,
Summer, 1862: Dischgd., Oct. 8, 1862 for "general debility from old age."
(1) CLAY, ATREUS M. - Deserted at Friend's Station, East Tenn., Feb. 13, 1864.
(1) COFFIELD, SAM T. - See preceeding list of "Other Officers."
(1) COOPER, GEO. R. - Died, Jan. 7, 1862.
(1) COOPER, MOSES K., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862).
(1) COUNTS, GEO. W. - W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): Detailed as a Provost
Guard, Sept., 1862: Prom., 3Cpl.: W. & POW, Gettysburg (July 2, 1863):
Died of
wound in Fed. hosp.
DANIELS, JOHN L. - EnI. as a substitute for Geo. Ewing, Nov. 1, 1862, Culpepper
Court House, Va.: W., Fredericksburg (Dec.13, 1862): W., Gettysburg (July
2,
1863): W. (face), Wilderness (May 6, 1864).
(1) DEAN, SAM H. - W. (chest & thigh), 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862):
Died of
wounds, Sept.21, 1862.
DRUMMELLA, A. W. Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Transfd.
to Co.
B, 4th Va. Cav. Regt., Feb. 8, 1863: Procured Harris Peters as a substitute,
Feb.14, 1863.
DULANEY, JOHN T. - Recruited, Mar.29, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: W., Gaines'
Mill (June 27, 1862): Disabled and dischgd., July 15, 1862.
(1) ELDRIDGE, BOLLING - See list of "Other Officers" above.
(1) ELDRIDGE, FRANK - W. (ami), Fredericksburg (Dec.13, 1862): Prom., 4Sgt.:
W., Chickamauga (Sept.20, 1863): Prom., 3Sgt.: W. (thigh), Darbytown Rd.
(Oct.
7, 1864): Dischgd. for disability, Dec.13, 1864.
(1) (2) EVANS, M. A. J. - Detailed to ambulance serv., Apr., 1862: Detailed
as
litter bearer, June, 1862: W., Chickamauga (Sept.20, 1863): Paroled, Appomattox
(Apr.12, 1865).
EWING, GEO. - Recruited, Mar.29, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Sick most of
1862:
Procured substitute, John Daniels, Nov. 1, 1862, at Culpepper Court House,
Va.
EWING, JOHN F. - Recruited, Mar.24, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Sick most
of
1862: Hospitalized, July-Dec., 1863: POW, Richmond hosp., Apr. 3, 1865.
(1) FARMER, JAS. P. - W. (leg), Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862): Disabled from
wound:
Furlough to Tex.: Did not return to Co.
(1) FARQUHAR, C. E. - K., Wilderness (May 6, 1864).
(1) FARQUHAR, FELIX - W. (thigh), Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Wound furlough
to
Tex.: AWOL, Feb., 1864: Did not return to Co.
(1)(2) FELDER, RUFUS K. - Sick, Spring & Summer, 1862: Present for
all battles:
Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
(1) GARRETT, JOHN T. - Died, Jan.22, 1862.
(1) GEE, JAS. B. - W., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Wound furlough to Tex.:
AWOL, Dec., 1863: Did not return to Co.
(1) GEE, JOHN - W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Transfd. to Gen. B. H.
Robertson's Cav. Brig., Dec.27, 1862.
(1) GEE, LEONARD G. - Sick at Winchester, Va., Fall & Winter, 1862:
Detailed as
courier for Gen. J. B. Robertson, Oct., 1863: W. (arm), Wilderness (May
6, 1864):
Furlough granted to Miss.
GEORGE, JOEL W. - Recruited, Mar.24, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Dischgd.,
Surg.
Cert. of disability, July 11, 1862.
GOGGANS, D. JACK - Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Sick, Spring,
1862: Died, Aug.15, 1862 at Scottsville, Va. Of asthma.
(1) GOODWIN, C. S. - Sick, Winter, 1861.62: Died, Louisa Court House, Va.,
June
1, 1862.
(1) GOODWIN, ROBT. - Deserted at Friend's Station, East Tenn., Feb. 13, 1864.
(1) GRAY, W. H. H. - Prom., 4Cpl.: W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Prom.,
2Cpl.: Detailed by Maj. Hamilton (Brig. Comsy. Off.) to drive cattle: Paroled,
Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
GRIFFON (or GRIFFIN), A. G. - Substitute for Leonidas Holliday, enl. in
Co., Feb.,
1863: Died at Tex. Hosp., Richmond, June 20, 1863.
HALL, JOHN W. - Recruited, Apr. 6, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Furlough to
Tex.,
May, 1863: AWOL, June, 1863.
(1) HARDEMAN, JAS. H. - See preceding list of "Musicians."
(1) HARGROVE, R. W. - Detailed to Cavalry Recruiting Service in Tex., Spring,
1862.
(1) HARPER, R. G. - Detailed to duty on staff of Gen. C. M. Wilcox, Spring,
1862:
Dischgd., Aug. 5, 1862.
(1) HENDERSON, JOHN NATHANIEL - Prom., 3Cpl., May, 1862: W., Antietam (Sept.
17, 1862): Left arm amputated: Returned to Tex., prom., Lt. and served
on staff
of Gen. J. B. Robertson in Tex., 1864~65.
(1) HENDLEY, F.M. - Died, Feb. 2, 1862.
(1) HENRY, J. E. - Dischgd. for disability (perm. injury of foot), Jan.22, 1862.
(1) HILL, ANDERSON - Furlough granted to Tex., Fall, 1862: Died of smallpox,
Nov.10, 1862, at Cherokee, Tex., Rusk County.
HILL, J. S. - Recruited, Mar.29, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Furlough to
Tex.,
June, 1863: Sick in hosp. in Gaston, Ga., Jan.-Aug., 1864: Returned to
Co.,
Sept., 1864.
(1) HOLLIDAY, LEONIDAS B. - W., 2nd Manassas (Aug. 30, 1862): Procured
substitute (A. G. Griffon), Feb., 1863.
HONEA, THO S. - Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Died (acute
diarrhea), Danville, Va., Jan.12, 1863: Personal effects - coat, hat, shoes
&
$20.00.
(1) HURT, JAS. S. - See roster, "Regmtl. Hdqtrs., 5th Tex. Inf."
(1) HUTCHINSON, J. H. - W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Died of wound,
Sept.23, 1862.
(1) HUTCHINSON, JAS. S. - W. (knee), 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Died,
Sept.23, 1862.
(1) INNIS, WM. H. - Detailed as clerk in QM Dept. from Feb., 1862 to the
end of
war: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
(1) KAVANAUGH, B. Y. - W., accidentally, June 1, 1862: W., 2nd Manassas
(Aug.
30, 1862): Paroled, Montgomery, Ala., May 23, 1865.
(1) LeGRAND, WM. C. - W. (hand), Antietam (Sept.17, 1862): Prom., 3Cpl.:
W.,
Chickamauga (Sept.20, 1863): Prom., 35gt.: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12,
1865).
(1) LOCKETT, 8.8. - W. (side), Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Died, July 6, 1863.
(1) LOTT, JESSE B. - W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): Sick, Fall & Winter, 1862.
(1) LOTT, JOHN W. - W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Deserted at Friend's
Station, East Tenn., Feb.13, 1864.
(2) LOTT, WM. R. - Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Left sick
at
Chattanooga: Sick most of 1862: Sent to Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1, 1863: Returned
to
Co.: W. (leg), Wilderness (May 6, 1864): Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
(1)(2) McCALISTER, WM. H. - W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): W. (leg),
Wilderness (May 6, 1864): Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
(1) McCOY, THOS. - Detailed as a cook in a Richmond hosp., Winter, 1861-62:
Detailed to QM Dept., Spring, 1862: AWOL, June 8, 1862: Did not return
to Co.
(1) McPHERSON, D. W. - Detailed as a Regrntl, teamster, Feb., 1862: W.
(hand),
at Petersburg, Va., July 3, 1864.
(1) MADDOX, T. E. - W., Chickamauga (Sept.20, 1863): Died of wounds.
MARSHALL, E. M. - Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Sent to
hosp.,
Nov.14, 1862, died later. Personal effects, $8.00
MARSHALL, S. J. - Recruited, at 28, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Physically
disabled for field duty: Detailed as a shoemaker, by order of Gen. Longstreet,
Nov., 1862.
(1) MAXEY, ERASTUS E. - Missing at Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862): Detailed
as a
scout for Gen. Hood, Oct., 1863: POW, New Market, Ala., Nov., 1863: Confined
at
Ft. Delaware: Exchanged, Nov.13, 1863: Detailed as scout for Gen. Chas.
Field:
Detailed, Aug., 1864 by Sec. of War for "special serv." with Gen. Hood.
(1) MAY, JOHN R. - Sick, Winter, 1862-63: Granted furlough to Ark., May,
1863:
AWOL, "supposed to be in Ark."
(1) MAYFIELD, JOHN M. - Died of pneumonia, Feb. 2, 1862.
(1) MEADOR, PEYTON R. - W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): Furlough to Tex.,
Oct., 1862: Did not return to Co.
(1) MONCRIEF, C. B. - K., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862).
MOORE, L. P. - Recruited, Mar.29, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Died at Tex.
Hosp.,
Richmond, May 20, 1863.
(1) MUIR, W. A. - Detailed to nurse sick, Fall, 1861: Died, Apr.25, 1862
at
Ashland, Va.
(1) MULLINS, N. W. - K., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862).
(1) MULLINS, T. H. - W., Antietam (Sept.17, 1862): W., Chickamauga (Sept.
19,
1863): W. (chest), Cold Harbor (June 1, 1864): W. (neck), Bermuda Hundreds,
June 17, 1864: W. (arm), White Oak Swamp (Aug.16, 1864).
(1) MUSE, W. T'. - Died of disease, Nov., 1861.
(1) NASH, FRANK M. - Dischgd. for sickness ("permanent stricture of the
urethra"), Mar.19, 1862.
(1) NIBLETT, R. S. - Sick (VD & diarrhea), Farmersville, Va., Summer,
1862 &
Summer, 1864: Furlough to Miss., Fall, 1864.
(1) (2) PATRICK, DAVID 0. - W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): W. (shoulder
&
chest), Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864); Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
(1) PATRICK, SIDNEY V. - Prom., 3Cpl., Aug., 1862: Prom., lCpl., Nov.,
1862:
Sick, Winter, 1862-63: Prom., 4Sgt., Nov., 1864: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12,
1865).
(1) PEARSON, R. W. - K., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862).
PETERS, HARRIS - Enl., Feb. 14, 1863 as a substitute for A. W. Drummella:
Deserted, Apr. 7, 1863.
(1) PETTEY, V. E. - Prom., 35gt., Dec~, 1861: Prom., lSgt., Aug., 1862:
W., 2nd
Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Died of wound, Sept. 1, 1862.
POLLOCK, HENRY - Recruited, Mar.29, 1862 at Washington, Tex.:
AWOL, Jan., 1863: Did not return to Co.
(1) RANDLE, JOHN A. - Sick, Fall, 1862: Sick leave granted, Oct., 1862:
AWOL,
Nov., 1862: Never returned to Co. REEDY, W. S. - Recruited, Mar.29, 1862
at
Washington, Tex.: Died, Richmond, Aug.15, 1862
(1) RICE, CHAS. J. - Dischgd. for disability (chronic rheumatism), Dec. 14, 1861.
(1) RINGGOLD, R. M. - K., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862).
(1) ROBERTS, JOHN H. - W. (both legs) & POW, Gettysburg (July 2, 1863):
Exchanged: Dischgd. for wounds, June 1, 1864.
(1) ROBERTS, JOHN J. - A physician by profession: See roster, "Regmtl.
Hdqtrs.,
5th Tex. Inf."
(1) ROBERTS, JOHN L. - Dischgd. for disability (lung disease), Dec.14, 1861.
(1) ROGERS, P. H. - Transfd. to Terry's Tex. Rangers (8th Tex. Cav. Regt.),
Oct.25, 1861.
RUARK, W. A. - Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Died of typhoid
fever, July 8, 1862.
(1) SENSEBAUGH, WM. - Asgnd. as a scout, Dec., 1861: W. (thigh), 2nd
Manassas (Aug.80, 1862): Leg amputated: Died, July 21, 1863.
(1) SHERMAN, JOS. W. - K., Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862).
(1) SMITH, B. F. - Transfd. to the 14th No. Car. Inf. Regt., July 22, 1862
as
Regmtl. QM.
(1) (2) SMITH, FRANK M. - Detailed to Regmtl. QM, Summer, 1862: Detailed
as a
wagon driver for Hood's (Field's) Div., Mar., 1864: Paroled, Appomattox
(Apr.12,
1865).
SMITH, J. J. - Prom., 2Cpl.: W. (arm), 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Prom.,
35gt.: W., Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Disabled: Furloughed to Tex.
(1)(2) SMITH, SIMON B. - W. (shoulder), Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): Paroled,
Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
(1) SPANN, JAS. W. - Sick, Winter & Spring, 1863: W., Chickamauga (Sept.19,
1863): Died of wound.
STEVENS, W. B. - Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: W. (both
legs &
right hip) & POW, Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Died of wounds at Camp
Letterman,
USA Genl. Hosp., Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 4, 1863.
STUTSMAN, DAVID - Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Died of
measles, Richmond, June 28, 1862.
TOLAND, J. F. - W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): On sick leave to Atlanta,
Ga.,
Nov., 1863: AWOL: Did not return to Co.
(1) TOLAND, R. S. - K., Antietam (Sept.17, 1862).
TOWNSEND, D. B. - Recruited, Apr.22, 1862 in La.: Leave granted, June,
1862:
AWOL: Did not return to Co.
(1) TRANER, A. J. - Died of pneumonia, Lynchburg, Va., June 15, 1862.
(1) WALLACE, JOS. W. - W., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Detailed to Brig.
Comsy. Dept., May 1, 1864: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
WALTHALL, J. J. - Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Washington, Tex.: Prom., SSgt.:
W., accidentally, July 5, 1863: Died of wound.
(1) WATSON, SAM H. - W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): W. (arm) & POW,
Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Arm amputated: Died of wound, Sept.13, 1863.
WEATHERSBY, THOS. - Recruited, Mar.29, 1862 at Washington,
Tex.: K., Gettysburg (July 2, 1863).
(1) WILCOX, JOHN L. - Died, Richmond, June 2, 1862.
(1) WILKINSON, R. D. - Dischgd. on Surg. Cert. for rheumatism, Jan.10, 1862.
(1) (2) WILLIAMS, GEO. B. - Detailed as a wagon driver, Nov., 1861: W.,
2nd
Manassas (Aug. 30, 1862): W. (both legs), Wilderness (May 6, 1864): Prom.,
2Sgt.: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).
(1) WILLIAMSON, F.M. - Prom., SSgt., June, 1862: Prom., lSgt., Oct., 1862:
Transfd. to Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt.
(1) WRIGHT, JEFFERSON - See roster, "Regmtl. Hdqtrs., 5th Tex. Inf."
ZANTGROFT, AUGUST - See preceding list of "Musicians