What's New, August 2004 - Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers

What's New

Updates during August 2004


Timeline: August 1862: Chronology of Ranger activities during March 1862.
ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Howard and the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry - August 4, 1862: Order to report to Forrst "wherever he may be"
ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Whaton and the 8th Texas Cavalry - August 5, 1862: Orders to proceed to Kingston, TN.
News: "Office Semi-Weekly News" - August 6, 1862: Galveston Weekly News article regarding Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid.
Letter: C. W. Love - August 8, 1862: Letter to his parents from Camp below Kingston, TN.
ORs: (CS) HQ Dept 2, General Orders No. 109 - August 8, 1862: Orders outlining the baggage, camp equipment, and ammunition permitted in the baggage trains.
ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Whaton and the 8th Texas Cavalry - August 9, 1862: Orders to report again to Forrest's Command.
ORs: (CS) Correspondence between Gen. Smith & Gen. Bragg - August 10, 1862: Comments on move into Tennessee, mentions Forrest's activities.
ORs: (CS) HQ Dept 2, Special Orders No. 148 - August 11, 1862: Orders for Forrest's Cavalry
ORs: (CS) Correspondence between Thomas Jordan & Gen. Forrest - August 14, 1862: Message regarding Forrest's request for mountain howitzers on August 12, 1862.
ORs: (US) Correspondence Between Gen. D. C. Buell & Col. Miller: Comments how Forrest's force is able to scoop up guards as easily as herding cattle.
News: "Terry's Regiment." - August 15, 1862: Galveston Weekly News article listing regimental casualties since January 1862.
ORs: (CS) Correspondence between G. W. Randolph & Gen. Bragg - August 17, 1862: Message that Forrest is promoted to brigadier General and ordered to report to Bragg.
ORs: (CS) Correspondence between Gen. Bragg & Gen. Forrest - August 17, 1862: "Suggestions" for Forrest's actions and request to see him.
Letter: C. W. Love - August 18, 1862: Letter to his parents from Camp near Kingston, TN.
News: "Horses for Terry & Lubbock's Regiment" - August 18, 1862: Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph article regarding the need for horses in the Regiment.
Letter: C. W. Love - August 20, 1862: Letter to his parents from Camp in Rhea County, TN.
News: "Texas Rangers at Murfreesboro" - August 20, 1862: Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph article regarding Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid.
ORs: (CS) Orders for Gen. Forrest and his command - August 22, 1862: Orders for Forrest to execute earlier orders and to prepare his command for other duties.
ORs: (US) Report of Col. William Grose - August 30, 1862: Report on August 27, 1862 skirmish at Round Mountain, near Woodbury, TN.
News: "By the Central Train." - August 27, 1862: Galveston Weekly News article containing the Rangers' casualty list for Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid.
ORs: (US) Correspondence between G. T. Thomas & Gen. Buell - August 28, 1862: Mentions that he sent an infantry brigade after Forrest on the Murfreesboro Road.
News: "Horses for Texas Rangers" - August 29, 1862: Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph article regarding the need for horses in the Regiment.
ORs: (US) Report of Capt. Henry R. Miller - August 30, 1862: Report on August 29, 1862 skirmish at Short Mountain Crossroads, TN.
ORs: (US) Report of Capt. Henry R. Miller - August 30, 1862: Report on August 29, 1862 skirmish at Short Mountain Crossroads, TN.
ORs: (US) Correspondence between Gen. Thomas & Gen. McCook - August 30, 1862: Mentions an attack on a stockade by the Confederate cavalry.
ORs: (US) Report of Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood -August 31, 1862: Report on August 30, 1862 skirmish at Little Pond, TN.
ORs: (US) Report of Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood - August 31, 1862: Report on August 30, 1862 skirmish at Little Pond, TN.
ORs: (US) Report of Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood - August 31, 1862: Skirmish at Short Mountain Crossroads
ORs: (US) Report of Col. George P. Buell - August 31, 1862: Report on August 30, 1862 skirmish at Little Pond, TN.
ORs: (US) Report of Col. Edward P. Fyffe - August 31, 1862: Report on August 30, 1862 skirmish at Little Pond, TN.
ORs: (US) Correspondence between Gen. Thomas & Gen. Buell - August 31, 1862: Report on Confederate troops that have been observed.
ORs: (US) Correspondence between Gen. Thomas & Gen. Buell - August 31, 1862: Report on information from captured prisoner and Germans.
ORs: (US) Correspondence between Gen. Thomas & Gen. Buell - August 31, 1862: Report on Forrest's recent "whippings."
John Allan Wyeth's That Devil Forrest - Chapter 5b: Excerpt from biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest
Robert Selph Henry's Nathan Bedford Forrest: First With the Most - Chapter 7b: Excerpt from biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Runnels County Pioneers: John A. Hanna: Biographical sketch.
Runnels County Pioneers: Nathan Worley Grant: Biographical sketch.
Runnels County Pioneers: Colonel James Harrison Parramore: Biographical sketch.

The Last Roll: Lieut. Rice McLean - June 1906, page 278: Confederate Veteran obituary for member of the 4th TN Cavalry, Wharton's Brigade.
J. C. Ferguson Seeks Contact Information - July 1906, page 330: Confederate Veteran seeks information from members of the 8th TN and 8th TX Cavalry..
Life of a Texas Woman During the War- September 1906, page 422: Confederate Veteran article describing life on the homefront in Texas.
Forrest's Men to Meet at Memphis - October 1906, page 441: Confederate Veteran article regarding a reunion of those who served under Forrest.
Shannon's Scouts — Kilpatrick - November 1906, page 511: Confederate Veteran article regarding Shannon's Scouts.
Roster organized by Locality: List of Terry's Rangers identified by their home counties.

Biographical Notes: ( Family Portrait Census Gravesite Researchers Links): Elijah Stover Alley
Joseph H. Andrews
L. H. Barlow
Walter Bennett
James Knox Polk Blackburn
Leonidas S. Bowen
William R. Brooks
Benjamin Frank Burris
James E. Carlton
N. B. Cotton
B. H. Davis
Thomas E. Drinkard
William E. Drisdale
Henry Clay Evans
Joseph R. Ford
Isaac Fulkerson
William A. Gill
Nathan Worley Grant
Robert W. Gray
Perry Green
John A. Hanna
R. W. Harris
Charles W. Herndon
Eugene Allen Herndon
Joseph Clifton Herndon
John B. Holloway
Jesse Austin Holman
David Hooks
David H. Houston
William P. Hull
Harry T. Hunter
Marcus A. Hunter
Peter L. Kendall
George G. Kibbe
M. A. Lea
Egbert F. Lilly
Charles E. Littlefield
Columbus C. Littlefield
John B. Long
J. B. Longineau
S. M. Lowrie
A. H. McClure
Addison Moore
Samuel Gillett Moore
John Heryman Morgan
Daniel P. Moser
John S. Moser
Robert Lafayette Nevill
Zachariah Lewis Nevill
Robert G. O'Brien
Thomas B. O'Brien
Thomas J. Oliver
J. M. Onins
James Harrison Parramore
Samuel C. Patton
Virgial L. H. Phelps
Milam B. Polk
Thomas J. Potts
James Prior
A. W. Proctor
Ira Proctor
Thomas J. Proctor
Arthur Pue
Robert C. Pullen
Edward T. Rhodes
Volney B. Riddly
Elisha Tarber Robinson
Joseph Franklin Rogers
Victor W. Rogers
Lafayette Roselle
A. J. Royall
Daniel L. Russell
Edward Darnaby Ryon
John Ryon
William Ryon
John C. Scott
W. J. Sevilley
William Fort Smith
W. L. Smith
James Stonam
Henry D. Sullivan
Hugh L. Tally
John M. Tanquary
William L. Thornton
E. B. Thomas
S. K. Tutwiler
August D. Walker
L. Timothy Ward
William Ward
Henry Clay Wiley
Terry W. Willie
Walter S. Wood
William H. Wood