Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray
Charles W. Stone

CHARLES W. STONE, Hondo, Texas—Born Jan. 3, 1842, near Bastrop, Tex., in the Republic of Texas. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in September, 1861, at Austin, Tex., as private in Company D, Eighth Texas Cavalry, Terry's Rangers, Harrison's Brigade, Hume's Division, Joe Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee. My first Captain was S. C. Ferrell, and first Colonel, B. F. Terry, who was killed at Woodsonville, Ky.

I had my horse killed at Farmington, Tenn., and lost my saddle, as the Yankees were within thirty yards of me. I had three other horses wounded—one at Murfreesboro, Tenn.; one at Aikin, S. C., and one at Resaca, Ga. I have always thought that he bullet which hit Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh was the one which saved Grant's Army and sealed the fate of the Southern cause.

Was in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Perryville, Dalton, Bentonville and a hundred smaller ones.

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

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