5TH TEX. VOL. INF. REGT.

COMPANY F - COMPANY INVINCIBLES

Company was organized in Washington County, Texas, July 11, 1861 and was mustered into the Confederate service there "for the war," Aug.11, 1861. Company included men from Jefferson and Liberty Counties as well as Washington County.

Key (1) Original member of Company. (2) Paroled at Appomattox. K (Killed), W (Wounded), POW (Prisoner of War) AWOL (Absent Without Leave)

(1) BRYAN, KING Capt. - See roster, "Regmtl. Hdqtrs., 5th Tex. Inf."

(1) (2) WILLIAMS, WATSON DUCAT 1Lt. - Detailed to recruiting ser". In Tex., Feb.-Apr., 1862: In charge of Regmtl. sick camp, June 11, 1862: Prom., Capt., Aug.30, 1862: Sick, sent to Tex. Hosp., Richmond, Aug., 1863: W. (leg), Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864): Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

(1) COBB, J. E. 2Lt. - Prom., 1Lt., Aug.30, 1862: POW, Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Confined at Johnson Is., Ohio: Paroled, May 17, 1865.

(1) BRYAN, PRYOR L. 3Lt. - Died, May 28, 1862, in a private home in Va.

(1) EVANS, WM. S. lSgt. - Sick, Summer & Fall, 1862: K., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863).

(1) CHURCH, J. F. 2Sgt. - W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Died of wound, Oct.22, 1862.

(1) CROSBY, GILBERT 3Sgt. - Dischgd. for VD, Dec.21, 1861.

(1) STEPHENSON, W. S. ("Shake") 45gt. - Dischgd., Nov.14, 1861 for "homesickness."

(1) DILLON, J. M. 55gt. - Prom., 35gt., Dec.21, 1861: W., 2nd Manassas (Aug. 30, 1862): W., Chickamauga (Sept.20, 1863): W. (leg), Wilderness (May 6, 1864): W. (head), Chaffin's Farm (Sept. 29, 1864): K., Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864).

(1) (2) ANGELL, HENRY V. lCpl. - Sick in Warwick Hosp., Richmond, Oct., 1861: Appt. 2Sgt., Jan. 1, 1862: Prom., lSgt.: W. (groin), Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

(1) McCARTY, WM. J. 2Cpl. - Died of tuberculosis, Richmond, Jan. 8, 1862.

(1) PRUETT, EDMOND 3Cpl. - Sick, Fall & Winter, 1861: Dischgd. for sickness, Mar.19, 1862.

(1) KEITH, EDMUND N. 4Cpl. - Died, Dec. 1, 1861.

LEONARD, R. H. 2Lt. - Orig. Pvt. in Co.: Detailed as a Brig. teamster, Dec., 1861: Elect., 2Lt., Sept. 14, 1862: AWOL in Tex., Apr., 1863: Dropped from rolls by special order from Richmond, July 20, 1864.

McCALLY, CHAS. 2Lt. - Orig. Pvt. in Co.: Appt. lCpl., Jan. 1, 1862: Prom., SSgt., Nov. 1, 1862: Detailed as clerk to Regmtl. Adj.: Prom., 2Lt., Apr. 2, 1864, & transfd. to the Engineering Corps, Trans-Miss. Dept.

STRICKLAND, MACK 2Lt. - Orig. Pvt. in Co.: Elect., 2Lt., July 22, 1862: W., Antietam (Sept.17, 1862): Died of wound, Sept.19, 1862.

McKINNON, R. J. 3Lt. - Orig. Pvt. in Co.: Elect., 3Lt., Oct.16, 1862: W., Wilderness (May 6, 1864): W. (face & arm), Chaffin's Farm (Sept.29, 1864): W., Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864): W., Williamsburg Rd. (Oct.27, 1864): Died from wound, Jan.31, 1865.

(1) SANDERS, J. B. - Detailed to Ambulance Corps, June, 1862: Sick, Apr., 1862-July, 1863: Died on leave in a hosp. in Ala., Aug., 1863.

(1) SMITH, JOHN - POW, 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Exchanged, Sept.29, 1862: Detailed to duty in Harness Shop at Clarksville, Va., Oct., 1862: Detailed to duty as a shoemaker, Greenville, Tenn., Feb., 1864: W. (arm), Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864): Paroled, Jackson, Miss., May 19, 1865.

(1) ALLNOCH, WM. - Detailed as an ambulance driver, Dec., 1861: Sick, most of 1863: Detailed as a Provost Guard, Dec., 1863: AWOL, Dec., 1864.

(1) ATCHISON, J. M. - Died, Richmond, Aug. 1, 1862.

(1) BAUDWIN, ALBERT - Sick, Summer, 1862: K., Gettysburg (July 2, 1863).

(1) (2) BECKMAN, JULIUS - W., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Extra duty as a beef driver for Maj. Hamilton, Brig. Comsy. Off.: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

(1) BENJAMIN, CEO. - Died of chronic diarrhea, Charlottesville, Va., Nov.15, 1862.

(1) BERRY, E. M. - Dischgd. for disability (chronic diarrhea), Nov.10, 1861: Recruited again Mar. 31; 1862 at Liberty, Tex. by Lt. W. D. Williams: Sick, Summer, 1862: Dischgd. a second time for disability (chronic diarrhea), July 28, 1863.

(1) BOOTH, JAS. - W. (thigh), Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Disabled: Retumed to Tex., Jan., 1865.

(1) BOSTWICK, J. A. - Died of disease, Dec.20, 1861.

(1) BOUCH, E. R. - W. (head) & POW, Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Paroled: W., Wilderness (May 6, 1864).

(1)(2) BRASHEAR, BASIL CROW - Dischgd. for disability (chronic rheumatism), Nov. 10, 1861: Recruited again Mar.10, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): W. (side), Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864): Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

(1) BRASHEAR, CHAS. D., Jr. - Extra duty as Company Commissary: K., Gettysburg (July 2, 1863).

(1) BROWN, J. H. - Asgnd. as a butcher in Longstreet'sCmd., Oct., 1862: W. (hip) & POW, Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Confined at Letterman Cen'l. Hosp., Gettysburg, Pa.: Paroled, Nov.12, 1863: Transfd. to 8th Tex. Cav. Regt. (Terry's Tex. Rangers).

BRYAN, ANDREW - Recruited, Mar. 12, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Dischgd. for asthma, Aug. 6, 1862.

BRYAN, J. K. ("Dallis") - Recruited, Mar. 6, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: W., 2nd Manassas (Aug. 29, 1862): Dischgd. for underage, Oct. 17, 1862.

BRYAN, THOS. W. - Recruited, Mar.12, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Chaffin's Farm (Sept.29, 1864): Granted wound furlough, Oct., 1864: Did not return to Co.

BRYAN, W. M. - Died of asthma, Richmond, July 8, 1862.

(1) BUXTON, PINKNEY C. - K., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863).

GUEDRY, S. - Recruited, Mar.16, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: No other record.

GUNNING, THOS. - Recruited, Mar.16, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: POW, Antietam (Sept.17, 1862): Confined at Ft. Delaware: Took oath of allegiance to Federal govt.

(1) HALL, W. S. - K., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862).

(1) HAMILTON, FRANK - Dischgd. on Surg. Cert. of disability, Nov.15, 1861.

HARRIOTT, R. H. - Recruited, Mar.16, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: No other record.

HART, EDWIN - Recruited, Mar. 8, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Died of chronic diarrhea, Lynchburg, Va., Nov.28, 1862.

(1) HOWELL, JAS. - Died of typhoid fever, Charlottesville, Va., July 5, 1862.

(1) JAMES, CEO. W. - Dischgd., Nov.14, 1861.

JIRON, JOS. - Recruited, Mar. 16, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Sick furlough granted to Tex.: AWOL, Nov., 1862: Did not return to Co.

(1) JIRON, SEVAN - W. (both thighs) & POW, Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Confined at Fed. Hosp. at David's Is., N.Y.: Paroled, Aug.24, 1863: W., Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864): Paroled, Lynchburg, Va., Apr.13, 1865.

JOHNSON, JAS. - Recruited, Mar.28, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: W. (both thighs), Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862): Died, pneumonia, Richmond, Va., May 20, 1863.

(1) JOHNSTON, H. BLAIR - Appt. 3Cpl., Feb. 6, 1862: K., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862).

(1) JOHNSTON, M. H. - Dischgd., Oct.18, 1862, underage.

KAUFFMAN, MATHEW - Recruited, Mar.12, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: POW, Dandridge, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1864: Confined at Rock Is. Barracks, Ill.: Took Fed oath, Mar.23, 1865.

(1) KEY, PHILIP - Courier, Dec., 1861: Sick, Spring & Summer, 1862: Dischgd., Sept.15, 1862 for "gen'l. debility."

(1) KNAPP, C. W. - W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): Leg amputated.

(1) LEONARD, R. H. - See preceding list of "Other Officers."

LINSCOTT, ISAAC - Recruited, Mar. 6, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Transfd. to Conf. Navy, Mar.20, 1863.

(1) LITTLE, JOHN - W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Died of wound, Sept. 1, 1862.

(1) LORISCH, ALBERT - Drowned before starting to Va. at Harrisburg, Tex., Sept.10, 1861.

(1) LYONS, C. W. - Dischgd., Nov.19, 1861.

(1) LYONS, MIKE L. - Elect. an officer in Co. I of the 28th La. Inf. Regt.: Transfd. to new regt., Nov. 5, 1862.

(1) McCALLY, CHAS. - See preceding list of "Other Officers."

(1) McCARTY, ED. V. - Sick, Winter & Spring, 1863: In arrest & confinement in prison, Richmond, since June, 1863: Died of pneumonia at Cen. Hosp. #13, Richmond, Jan. 4, 1864.

(1) McCARY, W. L. - Detailed as a company cook, Spring, 1863: Prom., SSgt.: W., Chickamauga (Sept.20, 1863): Absent on convalescent furlough since Mar.15, 1864: Never returned to Co.: Paroled, Houston, Tex., June 30, 1865.

(1) McCOLL, THOS. - K., Antietam (Sept.17, 1862).

(1) McDONALD, ALEXANDER - Dischgd. on Surg. Cert. of disability (asthma), Apr.15, 1862.

(1) McKINNON, R. J. - See preceding list of "Other Officers."

MeVEY, WM. - Recruited, Mar. 18, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: W., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Leg amputated.

(1) MALLORY, PETER - Orderly for Lt.-Col. King Bryan (cmdr., 5th Tex. lnf.), Spring, 1863: Courier for Brig.-Cmdr., Cen. John Gregg, Aug., 1864: K., Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864).

(1) MEADOWS (or MEADOURS), J. S. - Sick (rheumatism), Nov., 1862: Sick furlough granted, Dec., 1862: Did not return to Co.

(1) MERRIMAN, A. C. ("Gus") - Sick at Fredericksburg, Va., Winter, 1861-62: Died, Liberty, Va., July 16, 1862.

(1) MILLER, JOHN J. - Died of disease, Nov.20, 1861.

MILLINCTON, J. A. - POW, 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): No other record.

MOBRAY, JOS. - Recruited, Mar.11, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Furlough granted to Tex., Oct., 1862: AWOL, never returned to Co.

MOODIE, JOHN R. - Recruited, Mar.10, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: W., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): Asgnd. duty as a Div. Provost Guard, June, 1863: Deserted near Russeliville, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1863: Took Fed. oath, Jan. 9, 1864.

(1) MULDOON, JOHN - W., Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862): Vanished in Richmond: Reported as a deserter.

(1) NOBLES, J. C. - Asgnd. duty as a Brig. teamster, Dec., 1861: W. (arm), Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862): W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): Asgnd. as a litter bearer, May, 1863: Prom., Sgt.: K., White Oak Swamp (Aug.16, 1864).

(1) NOE, J. W. - Dischgd. on Surg. Cert. at Harrisburg, Tex., July 11, 1861.

(1) NORTON, ALONZO B. - Died of pneumonia, Feb. 5, 1862.

(1) O'BRYAN, CEO. W. - Dischgd. for measles, Dec.10, 1861.

OXFORD, ISAAC - Recruited, Mar.22, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Died of diarrhea, June 5, 1862.

PELON, EDW. - Recruited, Mar. 6, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Dischgd. for rheumatism, Sept.19, 1862.

(1) PEMBERTON, I. W. - W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.29, 1862): Died in Tex., of wound while on convalescent furlough in 1863.

(1) (2) PERLEY, SAM E. - Asgnd. as a Brig. teamster, Nov., 1861 and continued on this asgnmt. entire war: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr. 12, 1865).

PERRYMAN, R. M. - Recruited, Mar. 7, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Died of VD in Richmond, Aug.15, 1862.

(1) PRICE, SAM - Asgnd. as a Brig. teamster, Dec.23, 1861: Broke leg on march from Fredericksburg to Yorktown, Apr. 8, 1862: Detailed to Richmond Navy Yard as a ship's carpenter, Dec., 1862.

PRUE, MARSHAL - Recruited, Mar. 7, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: K., Gettysburg (July 2, 1863).

(1) RACHAL, DARIUS C. - Detailed to Ambulance Corps, Aug., 1862: Appt. Cpl., Feb., 1863: Granted furlough "of indulgence" to Tex., Feb., 1864: AWOL, did not return to Co.: Jnd. Another unit in Tex.

(1) READ, A. J. - Died of disease, Dec.19, 1861.

(1) REESE, JAS. - Died of disease, Nov.28, 1861.

(1) ROBERTS, A. B. - Detailed as wardmaster at hosp. in Newman, Ga., Oct., 1863: Deserted in East Tenn., Mar. 5, 1864.

ROSAS, SANTOS - Recruited, Mar.17, 1863: W. (leg), Wilderness (May 6, 1864): W., Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864): POW, Petersburg, Apr. 4, 1865: Paroled, June 14, 1865.

(2) ROSS, JOS. C;- Recruited, Mar. 7, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: W. (leg), Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): W. (leg), Darbytown Rd. (Oct. 7, 1864): Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

(1) RYAN, JAS. - Asgnd. as a Brig. carpenter, Nov., 1861: Sick much of 1862: Detailed for 60 days to work on a gunboat (James River), Feb., 1863: Deserted, Feb.18, 1865.

(1)(2) SCHULTZ, WM. - Died of pneumonia at Warrenton, Va., Sept.10, 1862.

SHEA, HENRY C. - Recruited, Mar.20, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: W., 2nd Manassas (Aug.30, 1862): POW, Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Confined at Ft. Delaware: Released, Aug., 1864: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

(1) SIMMONS, THOS. - Died of typhoid fever, June 27, 1861.

(1) (2) SLOAN, JOHN V. - W. (neck), Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862): W. (head), Cold Harbor (June 2, 1864): Paroled, Appomattox (Apr. 12, 1865).

SMITH, T. F. - Recruited, Mar. 7, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Detailed as teamster, June, 1862: Sick furlough granted, Apr., 1863: Dischgd. in Tex. with chronic rheumatism.

SPENCER, JOS. - Recruited, Mar. 6, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: W. & POW, Antietam (Sept.17, 1862): No other record.

(1) STARK, L. M. - Sick, Winter, 1861-62: Dischgd., Dec. 4, 1862 on Surg. Cert. of disability (chronic hepatitis).

(1) STARNES, C. W. ("Wash") - Appt. 4Sgt., Dec.21, 1861: W. & POW, 2nd Manassas (Aug. 30, 1862): Paroled, Sept.29, 1862: Died from wound, Dec.21, 1862.

(1) STRAHAN, J. N. - Sick, Fall & Winter, 1861-62 & Summer & Fall, 1862: Detailed as company cook, June, 1863: Sick, Fall, 1864.

(1) STRICKLAND, MACK - See preceding list of "Other Officers."

(1) (2) SWINNEY, RANSOM - Detailed as an ordnance wagoneer: W., Chaffin's Farm (Sept. 29, 1864), finger shot off: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

(1) TAYLOR, H. L. - W., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Deserted, East Tenn., Mar. 5, 1864.

(1) TAYLOR, THOS. W. - Sick, Winter, 1862-63: W. (shoulder), Wilder-(2) ness (May 6, 1864): Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

TAYLOR, WM. M. - Recruited, Mar.10, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Sick, Summer, 1862: Furlough granted to Tex.: [)ischgd. for disability in Tex., July, 1864.

TILTON, DAVID - Recruited, Mar. 8, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Detailed as nurse in hosp. at Morristown, Tenn., Dec., 1863: Deserted at Morristown, Feb.25, 1864.

(1) TOUPS, DEMOSTHENES - A native Frenchman: Detailed as a Regmtl. butcher: K., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Toups was the French cousin of Cant. W. D. Williams. Co. Cmdr.

(1) TRUAX, A. M. - Detailed as an ambulance driver, Dec., 1861: Dischgd. on Surg. Cert,, Aug. 6, 1862.

(1) TUCKER, E. T. - Detailed as an ordnance wagoneer, Jan.23, 1863: W. (leg & foot), Wilderness (May 6, 1864): Furlough granted to Tex.: Paroled, Jackson, Miss., May 19, 1865.

(1) TUTT, JOHN C. - W. (shoulder), Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862): POW, near Knoxville, Tenn., Nov.20, 1863: Confined at Rock Island, Ill.: Paroled, June 20, 1865.

VARIN, PAUL - Paroled at Winchester, Va., Apr.19, 1865: No other record.

(1) VAUGHN, A. N. - Sick, Winter & Spring, 1862: Sick, Fall & Winter, 1863: W. (leg), Wilderness (May 6, 1864): Agent for 5th Tex. Regt. Depot in Richmond, Nov., 1864: Paroled, Montgomery, Ala., May 9, 1865.

(1) VAUGHN, A. R. - Transfd. out of Co., Nov. 12, 1861: No other record.

WALKER, J. - Recruited, Mar. 9, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: Deserted, Mar.21, 1862, before leaving for Va.

(1) WALLACE, W. W. - Died of pneumonia at Huguenot Springs, Va., June 12, 1861.

(1) (2) WILBORN (or WELLBORN), CADMUS - Appt. 4Cpl., Nov. 1, 1862: Prom., 3Sgt.: Prom., 25gt.: Received Tex. Medal for Bravery, Feb., 1865: Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

WHALAN (or WHALEN), M. - Recruited, Mar.18, 1862 at Liberty, Tex.: W., Boonsboro (Sept.14, 1862): Little finger amputated: Deserted, East Tenn., Feb.25, 1864.

(1) WHITE, JOHN 0. - Sick during entire 11 months of service: Dischgd., June 5, 1862 for "feeble constitution, great emaciation and debility."

(1) WHITLOCK, BENARD - Dischgd. for disability, Nov.19, 1861.

(1) WHITLOCK, HENRY - Spent most of serv. in hosp.: Died of pneumonia, Jan.17, 1863.

(1) (2) WHITTINCTON, FRANK J. - Shell-shocked at Gaines' Mill (June 27,1862): W., 2nd Manassas (Aug. 30, 1862): W., Chickamauga (Sept.19, 1863): Paroled, Appomattox (Apr.12, 1865).

(1) WILSON, JOHN - POW, 2nd Manassas (Aug. 30, 1862), left with wounded: Paroled: Detailed to Pioneer Corps, Jan., 1863: POW, Gettysburg (July 1, 1863): Confined at Ft. McHenry: Took Fed. oath.

(1) WOODS, CEO. N. - K., Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862).

(1) YATES, F. 0. - Sick, Winter, 1861-62: Prom., SSgt., July, 1863: W. (thigh) & POW, Gettysburg (July 2, 1863): Sent to the Hammond Cen'l. Hosp. at Pt. Lookout, Md.: Paroled, Apr. 27, 1864: Furlough granted to Springville, Ala.