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From: "LL" <>
Subject: Re: [17TH-TX-CAVALRY] More Information on 17th
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:44:37 -0500
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Thank you for this information. I don't need it either but I like learning,
reading about it while trying to find the men I'm looking for.
I think all information should be reported, sourced, discussed and confirmed
or disproved.
History isn't history unless it's the truth -Abe Lincoln
On another note I did find something new information using footnotes.com
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Turner" <>
To: "Charles Temple" <>;
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Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [17TH-TX-CAVALRY] More Information on 17th
>I can't speculate as to where he got his numbers. I am quoting from his
>letters. Was he a truthful man? I can't say. I know that he enlisted in
>1861 and served in Company C, 17th Texas Cavalry. He was elected captain
>at Little Rock. He was promoted Colonel before the Battle of Franklin,
>Tennessee. He was wounded at New Hope Church, Georgia on 16 Jun 1864,
>after which his arm was amputated. There are twenty-nine letters extant
>from him to his wife in Smith County.
>
> With respect to the letters and any specific mentions of Company C, on 29
> Oct 1862, he wrote from Camp Nelson, reporting to his wife that no men
> were lost until the 16th when B. F. Massy was killed. On Dec 1, he wrote
> from Arkansas Post, having left 10-12 men at Camp Nelson because they were
> too ill to travel. On 21 Dec, he wrote that four men had died including
> Joseph Clary [?] on the 4th. On 5 May 1863, he wrote from Petersburg,
> Virginia that he had been imprisoned by Yankees and nearly 1/3 of the Regi
> ment was dead. On the 20th, he wrote from Tulahoma, Tennessee and he
> specifically said 313 men were captured at the fall of Arkansas Post, of
> whom 111 died. Company C had 14 men die. Five were left at Camp Douglas
> because they were unable to travel. On 14 June, he wrote that the old
> 17th died May 23 when it was consolidated with the 18th, 24th and 25th
> Texas Cavalries. He was allowed to keep his old company. . . He then
> writes that "the boys left Camp Douglas and he!
> was now with them. By the 20th, he was in Wartrace, Tennessee and
> appointed Brigade Provost Marshall and was detached from the Regiment. At
> this time he sent the Company flag to the ladies of Starrsville. On 25
> Jul, he wrote from Tyngs Station, near Chattanooga, TN and reported
> Company C was on the TN River. On Oct 1, he wrote from Chattanooga to
> report that the balance of Company C were all right after the Battle of
> Chickamauga. In his subsequent letters, he made no mention of Company C.
>
> I don't know where you're getting your information about Marsh's
> whereabouts . . . and don't really care. I don't have a dog in this
> fight. All I've done is report exactly what his letters reported to his
> wife.
>
> I've decided to remove my name from the message board.
> Toby
>
>
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