The
Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
The
Online Archive of Reminiscences
of the Boys in Gray
J. K. White
J. K. WHITE, (no postoffice given).—Born Aug. 24th, 1833, near Union Village, Union County, South Carolina. Enlisted in the Confederate Army Sept. 1, 1861, at Houston, as private in Company E, Eighth Texas Cavalry, Wharton's Brigade, Wheeler's Division, Army of Tennessee, Rayborn, first Captain, and Terry, first Colonel. Was captured at the battle of Chickamauga, and sent to prison at Johnson's Island, Lake Erie. Was elected to Lieutenant first, and then promoted to Captain after the battle of Perryville. Was in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga and several others.
Yeary, Mamie. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray. McGregor, Texas, 1912.
Page 791.