The
Online Archive of Col. Terry's Regiment
Galveston Weekly News
September 3, 1861
p. 2, c. 4
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COL. TERRY'S REGIMENT.-The mounted regiment raised by Messrs. Terry and Lubbock, is now gathering, at its rendezvous, near Houston. Commissions were issued to picked men in all parts of the State to raise companies, and the men of the companies were required to be the ne plus ultra of the Texas Ranger. Col. Terry was determined that the Regiment should be the best of its kind in the Confederate army, and we have no doubt he has obtained his wish. The first company, we see by the Telegraph, arrived at Houston last Wednesday, under Capt. Louis M. Strobel, a native of South Carolina, but raised in Texas. He received a military education. His Lieutenants are W. R. Jarmon and P. [Tate] and W. Tate. The men are 104 in number, each armed with a double-barrel shot-gun, a six shooter, and a bowie knife, double-edged, two feet long, and weighing three pounds. Every man is a perfect horseman and a splended shot. If this regiment does not make its mark on the Lincolnites, there is
no virtue in strength, courage, patriotism and through knowledge of
the use of horses and arms. |
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