Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray
W. M. Darst

W. M. DARST, Kendleton, Tex.—Born eighteen miles from Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in September, 1861, at Houston, Texas, as private in Company H, Terry's Rangers, Army of Tennessee. My first Captain was Holt, and first Colonel, Terry. Was discharged in February, 1862, and re-enlisted in the winter of 1863 in Company A, Benson's Company, Brown's Regiment.

When I first enlisted I had two uncles who joined the same command. Their names were Addison and Sam Moore. Sam died in Nashville and Addison was with the same command till the last engagement at the close of the war. Never missed an engagement nor duty. Was never sick nor wounded. There was never a braver or better soldier. He was killed in the last little skirmish.

Yeary, Mamie. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray. McGregor, Texas, 1912.

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