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Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865

Latest Updates

Updates during August/September 2003

Wharton & Terry Advertisement
Galveston Weekly News January 10, 1860.
William Fort Smith Advertisement
Galveston Weekly News August 17, 1861.
Mounted Rangers!
Terry's Texas Rangers Recruiting Poster.
Terry's Mounted Regiment is Filling Up
Galveston Weekly News August 17, 1861.
Texas in the Field
Galveston Weekly News September 3, 1861.
Terry's Regiment to Rendezvous at Harrisburg
Galveston Weekly News September 3, 1861.
Col. Terry's Regiment
Galveston Weekly News September 3, 1861.
Letter from B. F. Burke
Written at Oso, TX in September 1861.
Letter from B. F. Burke
Written at Houston, TX on September 10, 1861.
Letter from R. E. Hill
Written at Houston on September 12, 1861.
Cavalry Tactics
Galveston Weekly News September 13, 1861.
ORs - Gen. Johnston Requests Terry's Regiment
A. S. Johnston to S. Cooper on September 17, 1861.
Ors - Terry's Regiment May Remain in Johnston's Command
S. Cooper, A.G. to A. S. Johnston on September 18, 1861.
Letter from B. F. Burke
Written at Bayou Lours, LA on September 25, 1861.
Letter from W. Nicholson
Written at New Iberia, La on September 27, 1861.
Letter from W. Nicholson
Written at New Orleans, LA on September 28, 1861.
Letter from E. H. Ross
Written from Houston, TX on September 29, 1861.
Letter from B. F. Burke
Written at Bayou Boeuf, LA on September 29, 1861
Letter from J. W. Hill
Written at New Orleans on September 30, 1861.
George R. Allen's Roster for Company D
Sheet sold thru EBay listing killed, wounded, died, and resigned Rangers of Company D.
Edward R. Tarver Biographical Sketch
Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas (1894).
Marksmanship in the Army
Article from Confederate Veteran Magazine, January 1896.
Letters From Veterans: Miss Sallie McCallum
Article from Confederate Veteran Magazine, January 1896.
Texas Pension Application #27261 - S. D. Calhoun
Application for a Confederate Pension , March 1, 1914.
Texas Pension Application #36281 - Nancy E. Calhoun
Application for a Widow's Confederate Pension, December 12, 1919.
Paul Scott's Thesis, Chapter 5
The text to chapter 5 has been transcribed and is now available online.
Private Jared K. White, Texas Ranger
1980's Goldsboro News-Argus article about a Terry Ranger buried in SC.
Sandy Point Cemetery
Rangers buried there.
BIOGRAPHY UPDATES:
George R. Allen
Samuel Swann Ashe
R. Gaston Ashe
William L. Ashe
James Fiske Matthews
Sylvanus Gerard Miller
Ansel Asbury Stovall


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