Son of John C. & Kerenhappuch (Caron) Smith Rachels

1836-1902

My gggg uncle, an emigrant to Fannin,Co., Texas from Caldwell,Co.,Ky. First joined the Texas state militia then 11th Tx Cavalry. Mustered out as 1st corporal.

Born 11 Jan 1837 in Montgomery Co., Alabama. Enlisted 1 July 1862 in Paris, Texas. Captured during the Battle of Murfreesboro on 31 Dec 1862. Died as a POW in Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois on 15 Feb 1863.

Enlisted January 31, 1862 in Hunt County, Texas by C. H. Featherston. He was present for all subsequent muster rolls. No further military records on file. Files contain a Statement of Service Reference Slip sent to the Chairman of the Oklahoma Board of Pension Commissioners in Oklahoma City from H. P. McCain, Adjutant General, dated September 16, 1915. Married Elizabeth Ann Coker.

http://www.11texascav.org/content/company-h-2

captured nov 27 1863 near ringgold ga. released from talladega
prison, alabama by b.g. chrysler. need info on talledaga
prison. if anyone has info, please contact me.

In late May of 1861, Captain George R. Reeves organized a company in Grayson County for the First Regiment of Texas State Troops under Colonel Young. On June 1, 1861 they mustered into state service. He provided Camp Reeves as a mustering point for the 11th Texas Cavalry and other Texas regiments into Confederate States service.
He was promoted to Colonel from being the Captain of Company 'C' on August 10, 1863. The Field and Staff Roster of January 1864 has remarks: 'Col. George R. Reeves as senior Captain of the Regiment was promoted to Colonel by order of Gen. John A. Wharton and assigned to duty.
Colonel Reeves commanded the regiment at the battle of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, on Wheeler's raid through middle Tennessee, during Longstreet's Knoxville campaign, and the Atlanta campaign. He was always in the front when bullets rained. He was the first when a contest ceased, to secure the wounded and dying among the enemy, an attribute without which man ceases to be noble and becomes a brute.