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Terry's Regiment.

Galveston Weekly News
August 15, 1862
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TERRY'S REGIMENT.—The Telegraph publishes the following casualties of Terry's Regiment since January last.

Major Clinton Terry, Volunteer Aid, died from wounds.

Co. A.—Capt. Rufus Y. King, Daniel Neil, of McLennan county, and R. Holdsworth, Bell county, killed in action; J W Baldridge, Milam county, D M Gordon, Williamson county, W B Arendal, Burleson county, died.

Co. B.—Capt. R McKay, Richmond Champin, Brazoria county, killed in action; A J Stansberry, Wharton county, Jos A Stewart, Austin county, and H T Cureton, Brazoria county, died.

Co. C.—Capt N L Evans, 2d Lieut James Dunn, Gonzales county; and W T Moore, Limestone county died.

Co. D.—Capt S C Terrill, [???] Ed Harris, Bastrop county, died; John F Creain, Bastrop county, killed in action; John H Washington, Davis county, supposed killed in action.

Co. E.—Capt L M Rayburn, [died?]; H E Storey, Gonzales county, wounded and died with pneumonia.

Co. F.—Capt W R Jarmon, G L Guinn, A Ponton, Lavaca county, J L Harris, T B Jones, Fayette county, died; J H Andrews, Fayette county, missing at Shiloh.

Co. G.—Capt W Y Houston, Jos Barker, Guadaloupe county, died; Chas Reiber, Bexar county, killed in action.

Co. H—Capt Gustave Cook, Ben L Calloway, S G Moore, Wharton county, James Rector, Bexar county, B B Fatheree, Liberty county, John Rorie, Fort Bend county, died, M A Page, Harris county W B Spencer, Fort Bend county, died from wounds; David Cook, Fort Bend county, killed in action.

Co. I—Capt G W Littlefield, Capt A D Harris, Gonzales county, and Ben F Burr, Guadalupe county, killed in action; L R Cockrun, Guadalupe county, R [J?] Eskridge, Ord. Serg't James S Harris, Gonzales county, died; Robert Taylor, Victoria county, died from wounds.

Co. K.—Capt Pat Christian, J M Hackney, Harris county, and T J Sypert, Washington co., died.

Co. L.—Capt J S Anderson, none.

The total of casualties since the regiment was sworn into service is as follows:

Discharged, 208; Dishonorably discharged, 3; Died, 114; Killed in battle, 12; Supposed do., 1; Missing, 4; Transferred, 13; Deserted, 5; Resigned, 12; Drummed out, 1. Total, 373.

Deducting this number of 373, and adding 136 as the new recruits, shows the whole number on the present roll 762 of whom about 60 are absent from wounds sickness and other causes. There is said to be no sickness now in this fine regiment, and it is reported to be in better condition than ever before.