Confederate Ancestors

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Comment by J. Moore on July 11, 2009 at 12:02am

Have all mine I believe, but joining to offer others any help I may be able to supply.

Comment by DeeDee Anglin Shackelford on July 10, 2009 at 10:04pm

My husband's great grandfather

Leonard Wade Shackelford
b; 16 Oct 1841 TN
d; 3 Oct 1935 Greenwood AR
father; James Madison Shackelford
mother; Susan Fossett
buried; Liberty Cemetery Greenwood Sebastian Co.,AR


He Married;15 Oct 1865 Itawamba Co., Mississippi


Matilda Catherine Stacy
b. 15 Jan 1845 Tishomingo Co., Mississippi
d. 14 Jan 1941 Greenwood, Sebastian Co., AR
buried Liberty Cemetery Greenwood AR
father; David Stacy
mother; Alpha Omega Beasley


Leonard "Lynn" was wounded- Musket shot to the chest at the battle of Cold Harbor Virginia on 3 June 1864

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Leonard W. Shackelford
Name: Leonard W. Shackelford
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi
Regiment Name: 26 Mississippi Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 26th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Company: H

Comment by Jeanie DiLeonardo on July 9, 2009 at 1:46pm

My great-grandfather, Edwin Andrew Sanders, was a private in Wingfield's Cavalry (Company C, Third Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, CSA). He was from Washington Parish, LA.

Comment by Patty Wilkowski on July 9, 2009 at 3:02am

The government of the Confederate States of America got underway in the Spring of 1861. William Henry Parsons formed a Regiment of mounted troops that came to be called the 12th Texas Calvary. During the summer of 1861 the companies were formed. Company D was formed from Bastrop County and called the Bastrop County Rawhides. Among the Privates was T. C. Young, 20 years old. He was an orphan living with his uncle Joseph Young at the time and Joseph Young must have assumed care of Thomas's cattle for the duration. William Young in the company was not a relative but a member of another prominent Young family in Bastrop County. On Sept. 1st 1861 at Camp Beauregard, Parsons was elected Colonial and the company continued their march to Hempstead near Houston where on October 28th they were mustered into Confederate service. They equipped themselves with what they cound. Besides their horse and tack, each man carried a variety of weapons. Most carried double-barrel shotguns. In the Spring of 1862 they were sent to Little Rock, Arkansas to aid General Van Dorn. Finally on May 19th they saw their first real action at Whitney's Lane, Arkansas,skirmishing with a Federal foraging party.The 12th lost 1 killed, 1 wounded and 1 missing. July 7th at Cache River, they were ambushed in the river while trying to stop the Federal movement to Little Rock. They lost 17 killed and 32 wounded. August 3rd they repaid the Federals in a surprise attack on a Federal camp at L'Anguiville Ferry, capturing or destroying over 1/2 million dollars in supplies and losing only 2 killed and 10 wounded. For the rest of 1862 they spent time in cat and mouse skirmishes with Federal Major Samuel walker. Each side viciously hunting the other down night and day. They participted in the Little Rock Campaign in 1863 and the Red River campaign in 1864 where they were constantly skirmishing throughout April and May. Finally on May 18th they led a charge against the Federal works at Yellow Bayou. They spent their final months in Arkansas and finally back into Texas. May 20th they were officially disbanded after 3 years, 7 months of official Confederate Service. They left an impressive record of moving as light cavalry across 3 states,with almost constant guerrilla warfare and skirmishes, while keeping their casualties to a minimum.

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