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From: "Dorothy Newberry" <>
Subject: Re: [11TH-TEXAS-BATTALION] Another Spaight's Man in Uniform
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:40:01 -0600
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God bless you John, I have asked many many people about this and no one had
even an inkling about

what he might have played, so thanks. Have you been to Hill College in
Hillsboro TX. Did you know

that the 11th Battalion has their flag stored there? My brother and I
visited there several years ago and

when they found out that our ancestor ws in that unit, they brought it out,
unrolled it (it is packed in special

paper)while wearing white gloves and let us look at it. It was quite a
moving experience.

Thank you again, sorry as far as I know, there are no photos of James E.
Ferguson.

Regards,
Dorothy Newberry
----- Original Message -----
From: "John P Pate" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [11TH-TEXAS-BATTALION] Another Spaight's Man in Uniform


>I just looked at his service records - it shows that he was trained as a
> musician at Camp Green at the same time as James Dallas Collier who is
> holding a flute in the picture. Might be a good bet your James played the
> flute.
>
> There is also a rather lengthy and very hard to read copy of his court
> martial in the records. As far as I can tell it was for sleeping on duty.
> There is also a hard to read card that I think says he was sent out to
> hunt
> prisoners. I am having a hard time reading bad handwriting tonight.
>
> I will try to upload all the cards on a webpage tonight in the hopes that
> you or someone else on the list can transcribe them. Court martial
> records
> can be a goldmine of information, especially if they defend themselves.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Dorothy
> Newberry
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 4:04 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [11TH-TEXAS-BATTALION] Another Spaight's Man in Uniform
>
> Am scanning a photo of my g grandfather's gravestone in Mason County TX,
> Mason TX., Crosby Cemetery.
>
> Id you notce, his gravestone states that he was a musician (is that what
> Mus. means?) Do you know how to find
>
> out which instrument he played?
>
> Regards,
> Dorothy Newberry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John P Pate" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [11TH-TEXAS-BATTALION] Another Spaight's Man in Uniform
>
>
>> Do you by any chance have any pictures - especially interested in
>> cemetery
>> photos?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
>> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Dorothy
>> Newberry
>> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 4:18 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [11TH-TEXAS-BATTALION] Another Spaight's Man in Uniform
>>
>> John Pate,
>>
>> I wrote a few days ago about my g grandfather, James E. Ferguson. He
>> enlisted in company C., later Company A, Speights Battelion Gibbs Texas
>> Infantry. He supposedly was a musician in that unit although I have no
>> proof
>>
>> of that. James E. was born April 26, 1842 in Sabine County, TX. and died
>> June 9, 1904 in Mason County, TX. He is buried in Mason County TX in the
>> Crosby Cemetery.
>>
>> If you could add him to your info, I would appreciate it.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John P Pate" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:27 PM
>> Subject: [11TH-TEXAS-BATTALION] Another Spaight's Man in Uniform
>>
>>
>>> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr
>>>
>>
> <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Collier&GSfn=James+&G
>>> Smn=Dallas&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=6799964>
>>>
>>
> &GSln=Collier&GSfn=James+&GSmn=Dallas&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=6799
>>> 964
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This site on find a grave has a picture of James Dallas Collier in
>>> Uniform.
>>> He was a musician and the picture is supposed to show him with a fife in
>>> hand.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does anyone have the ability to blow the picture up without distortion?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.spaightsbattalion.org/Collier_J_D.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
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