John was born 4 March 1825 in Humphries Co. Tenn. The 1860 census finds him at age 34 in beat 4, Hunt County, Texas. His occupation was Blacksmith. He has two cards in his archival file. No date of enlistment is given but the 18th was organized 13 May 1862. The only specific detail of his service is an entry dated 6 Nov 1864 is that he is on detached duty at Shreveport, La. working in the Ordnance Dept per special order #270. His regiment served in the Trans- Mississippi Dept and saw action in the Red River Campaign, and in the fighting in the Vicksburg Campaign having engaged at Milliken's Bend.

Company A was from Cherokee County Texas and was commanded by Matthew A. Gaston.

John is in my family tree as a distant relative. He died 8 Feb 1900 in Callahan County Texas and is buried in the Eula Cemetery in that county.

1827-1903 Buried in Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery in Alto, Cherokee Co., Texas.

Born: 1819 in Tennesee.
Died: 1880 in Kaufman Co., Texas.

Was living in Cherokee County Texas at the time of the War Betwen the States. Married to Paulina Hill.

James Wiley Franklin Cook is my third great grandfather. He was born in Macon, Georgia in 1829. He would move to Alabama and meet his wife Mary Elizabeth Howell in 1857 in Russell, Alabama. They would move West to Cass County, Texas where James would help build Laws Chapel which still stands today. On April 2nd, 1862 He would enlist in the 18th Texas Infantry Co. B in Linden, Texas. It is said he left home with a double barrel shotgun and a bowie knife. He would serve through the war and stay in Cass County for the remainder of his life until passing in 1909 from Brights Disease. He is buried in the Laws Chapel Cemetery in Cass County, Texas. If anyone has photos or documents please reach out. Also any other descendants of the 18th Texas Infantry feel free to reach out as well.

I am seeking a wartime image.Thomas is related on my mother's side.

John was born 1 Mar 1816 in Grayson County Va. He enlisted 7 April 1862 in Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas in Capt. Thomas R Bonner's Co. Texas Vol's. It is 100 miles to rendezvous. Mustered 13 May 1862. at Camp Sidney Johnson in Marion Co. This regiment served it entire service time in the Trans Mississippi Dept. The regiment was involved in some 20 battles and skirmishes, mostly in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana. Known as Ochiltree's Regiment. In Oct of 1862 a new Division was formed, and the 18th was incorporated into the First Brigade. In Dec John G Walker assumed command of the division, and it became known as "Walker's Greyhounds."
The men suffered terribly from disease. John in Jan. 1864 is in the hospital at Marksville, Louisiana, and 24 March 1864 in hospital with chronic rheumatism. 17 April 1864 sick in hospital at Shreveport, Louisiana.

John died 4 May 1905 in Cherokee Co. Texas and is buried in the Evergreen Cem. at Percilla, Houston Co. Tx. He was the father-in-law of my 2nd cousin 3 x removed.

Andrew C. Thomas enlisted as a Private in Rusk, Cherokee County, TX on April 7, 1862 for 3 yrs. service. He joined Capt. Thomas R. Bonner’s Company, W.B. Ochiltree’s Regiment of Texas Volunteers (which subsequently became Company C., 18th regiment Texas Infantry).
The company bivouacked at Camp Nelson where he became ill with black measles and died on November 13, 1862. Literally hundreds died of disease at that camp that winter, and they were buried in mass graves in the woods near the camp. In 1898 a group of Confederate veterans relocated the remains of 428 rebels in what is now the Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, about 14 miles northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas, near Cabot, Arkansas.

My Great-Grandfather was a wagon driver in the 18th infantry,Company D ( Ochiltree's Reg)

From what I could gather from my research, William C. Oney was in the battles at Pleasant Hill and Mansfield, LA., where the Confederates had a great victory to keep the Union soldiers from moving into Texas. He was then sent to Camp Nelson, Arkansas, where he died of typhoid fever. He is buried in an unmarked grave there, as were many of the other soldiers who died at Camp Nelson. If anyone could help me learn more, or if some of this information is wrong, please contact me. He was in Company D 18th Texas Infantry.

Frank Clifton was born 1830 in Tennessee. Son of John Clifton and Acenith Welch. Enlisted at Bright Star (Sulphur Springs), Hopkins County, April 1, 1862, along with his cousins James and John Clifton, and his younger brother William Marion Clifton (all were mustered out as Privates from this Regiment). Frank Clifton's Pension Application is number 12431.

KIA Civil War. My 2nd Great Grandfather, born May 19, 1834, Lawrence County, TN, and was KIA sometime in 1863 in Louisiana. Moved to Hopkins County, TX, in 1845 with his family, father Wilson Clifton and mother Sarah Welch Clifton. Enlisted at Bright Star (Sulphur Springs), Hopkins County, April 1, 1862. Served in Company E, 18th Texas Infantry, The Grayrock Volunteers. Never returned home from the war and orphaned three sons all under the age of 5. Widow Martha Jane Garrett Clifton, daughter of William Garrett and Susannah Huggins, remarried Teddy Medders in Sulphur Springs in 1864. Since all of the men in the 18th Texas Infantry enlisted from Bright Star (Sulphur Springs), it is likely there were many family members, relations and friends serving together. I would be happy to correspond with any descendant of the 18th Texas Infantry, especially Company E, and share family information. If anyone has a Civil War diary from this regiment, please contact me. Thanks.

John D. C. Clifton was born 1838 in Lawrence Co., TN, son of Wilson Clifton and Sarah Welch. Enlisted at Bright Star (Sulphur Springs), Hopkins County, April 1, 1862. Served in Company E along with his brother James A. H. Clifton, who didn't make it back home from the war. John went on to raise a family in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, and died there in 1912. Pension Application number 15529.

William “Marion” Clifton was born April 18, 1834 in Lawrence County TN to John Clifton and Acenith Welch. He enlisted at Bright Star with his brother Franklin, cousins James and John D. Clifton and brother-in-law William Garrett. Marion married Lucinda Garrett in 1857 and had 7 children before his early death in 1877. Marion was elected by his peers to 2LT on August 11, 1864 as recorded in “Texans in Gray: A Regimental History of the 18th Texas Infantry” by James Davis; his National Archives service record (reel #391, microfilm roll #M323); and as declared in a letter written by Marion to his brother Frank (who was home on a medical discharge) published in “Civil War Shadows in Hopkins County” by June Tuck.

William M. Moss served in the 18th Texas Infantry, Company E from April 1, 1862 until the end of the war as a teamster and a mechanic.He married Emily N. Welch on 18 May 1854 in Hopkins County, Texas.

This was my GGGGrandfather he also served with his brothers Sgt Joseph Dotson and Sgt Josiah Dotson and Brother James served but dont know with whom. His Son was J.A.Dotson my gggrandfather. please help with more info if you can. Thank You

Died at the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana on 8 April 1864.

1842-1922

John Augustus Carpenter was listed on the muster as ''Augustus Carpenter.'' He was a nurse.

John died durung the War 1862 at Camp Nelson Ark. John had 2 young brother that fought for Texas. Brothers William and Vincent Loyd

Great grandson of Noah Smith, 19th Texas Infantry.

Jasper entered Co. K, 18th Texas Infantry in Jacksonville, 1862. He returned to Cherokee County in 1865.